A new partnership between the City of Baton Rouge and the East Baton Rouge Parish School System is using football to help ...

The departments that run Baton Rouge's fire trucks and ambulances are merging, Mayor-President Sid Edwards announced Monday.

In a stunning upset, Republican newcomer Sid Edwards, the Istrouma High School football coach, defeated Sharon Weston Broome to become East Baton Rouge mayor-president.

Coach Sid Edwards is a man of many hats. He’s a husband, father, grandparent and Istrouma High School dean of students and football coach of 40 years.

Time for truth.” Those were the head-scratching words of former Mayor Sharon Weston Broome in her recent Instagram post ...

Republican Sid Edwards addresses supporters at a watch party on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. It’s the last Monday of the month, so we’re getting an update on the latest news in Acadiana.

Coach Sid Edwards has won the race for EBR Mayor-President, WAFB’s Jim Engster projects. (WAFB) “We’re not saying that everything has been bad in Baton Rouge, we never said that, but there ...

Faimon Roberts: Sid Edwards' library plan is a bad idea. But if it ignites a serious commitment to solve Baton Rouge's problems, it's a worthy effort. Here's why.

Sid Edwards was a high school football coach who had never run for office. Now, he’s the mayor of Baton Rouge, Louisiana’s second-largest city. By Rick Rojas Reporting from Baton Rouge, La. As ...

In a stunning upset, Republican newcomer Sid Edwards, the Istrouma High School football coach, defeated Sharon Weston Broome to become East Baton Rouge mayor-president.