A new vision for downtown Baton Rouge is beginning to take shape, and city leaders are turning to the public to help guide the process.

When Whitney Hoffman Sayal took the helm of the Downtown Development District in June 2022, she had big shoes to fill.

The City of New Orleans skyline photographed during a flyover tour Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune) ... Thursday in downtown Baton Rouge, La.

Although the number of homicides in Baton Rouge decreased last year from 2021, Louisiana’s capital city has been plagued by gun violence. In October, an early-morning shooting near Southern ...