Baton Rouge and the would-be city of St. George have been down this path before. A 2015 petition effort fell 71 signatures short of the number necessary to place the issue before voters.

Sharon Weston Broome, the mayor-president leading the combined Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish governments, had sued the St. George organizers, arguing that the split would siphon more ...

Some people in a neighborhood included within the boundaries of St. George are split after some have chosen to annex into the City of Baton Rouge.

Residents of the predominantly white and wealthy southern part of Baton Rouge have launched a campaign to split from the rest of Louisiana's state capital to form their own city called St. George.

Baton Rouge Police Department gets hit the hardest with cuts by Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome's proposed budget for 2025 in wake of the incorporation of the City of St. George.

BATON ROUGE, La. — Residents of a largely white suburb of Baton Rouge voted on Saturday to incorporate a new city of their own — to be called St. George — and take away control of the ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Louisiana Supreme Court’s decision on the possibility of St. George becoming its own city has people split on the ruling. “I was extremely happy to hear that this ...

East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome issued a letter to St. George leaders on Tuesday, Aug. 13, that urged them to finalize an incorporation date and raised questions about a tax ...

And while Baton Rouge is a poor city overall, St. George isn't. Single family homes there can sell for over $1 million. CARLA POWELL-LEWIS: This will be the largest breakaway school district that ...

The roots of the St. George effort came from a legislative push in 2012 to create a new school district inside East Baton Rouge Parish, which has about 441,000 residents.

As St. George leaders move forward with plans to create their own city, the leader of Baton Rouge's Metro Council is requesting a new hearing on the matter from the Louisiana Supreme Court, his ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The mayor-president of East Baton Rouge announced a proposed transition plan that was presented to City of St. George leaders. According to the mayor’s office ...