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Manship purchased his partner's interest in 1912. In 1925, he also began publishing The Morning Advocate to focus on national news. The Manship family [4] [5] went on to become an influential force in Baton Rouge, later adding radio station WJBO in 1932 (moving it to Baton Rouge in 1934) and television station WBRZ-TV in 1955. [4] [6]
On Friday, Feb. 10, police in Louisiana's capital city of Baton Rouge arrested two people for a mass shooting that left 12 others wounded at a nightclub in January. (Michael Johnson/The Advocate ...
WBRZ was Baton Rouge's "news leader" in the ratings for much of its early history until the mid-1990s, given its history of always broadcasting on channel 2 (rival WAFB did not move to the VHF band until 1960) and its ties to the Baton Rouge newspapers, The Morning Advocate and The State-Times. The station experienced a ratings decline when Ed ...
A snowman was made in front of Jackson Square and the St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, La. during the snowstorm on Tuesday, photographed early Wednesday morning, Jan. 22, 2025.
Since 1909, The Advocate had been owned by Charles P. Manship, Sr., and his subsequent heirs. Georges named Dan Shea as general manager of The Advocate and Peter Kovacs as the editor. [2] In 2019, Georges purchased The Times-Picayune and merged it with the New Orleans edition of The Advocate to form The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate ...
That number is significant for john a. powell, a social-justice advocate and author of ... 2016. Evans, a 28-year-old Pennsylvania nurse and mother of one, had traveled to Baton Rouge to protest ...
She was celebrating New Year's with her brother on Bourbon street when she was killed, her family told The Advocate newspaper of Baton Rouge. Polk lived in New Orleans' Tremé neighborhood. Polk ...
All but seven defendants ranged from ages 21 to 25. Baton Rouge District Judge Donovan W. Parker set a $500,000 bond for each individual. [8] On February 10, the East Baton Rouge Parish Grand Jury indicted 14 men each with two counts of murder, and along with an additional man, two counts for inciting to riot where death occurred. [19]