On Your Side
10/25/2024
Citing case profiled by 2 On Your Side, state Supreme Court voids automatic court delays for lawmakers
Posted 7:12 PM 10/25/2024 by WBRZ Staff
NEW ORLEANS — The Louisiana Supreme Court says lawmakers who are also lawyers are not automatically entitled to delays in court proceedings they're handling — a decision that could impact a Baton Rouge property dispute.
Justices said in a Caddo Parish case that granting (More)
10/23/2024
Firefighter under investigation for driving unit to home in another parish against department policy
Posted 7:51 PM 10/23/2024 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE - A member of the Baton Rouge Fire Department Hazmat Division accused of driving his department-issued truck home to another parish was placed under investigation Wednesday.
According to city-parish ordinance, that's not allowed.
The marked BRFD unit was seen last week (More)
10/21/2024
Neighborhood street swallows delivery driver's car; 2OYS looks into problem on private street
Posted 9:40 AM 10/22/2024 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE — A delivery driver has found herself in a hole, quite literally.
Renee Hoyt says she was making a grocery delivery along Stonegate Court when her car bottomed out in an enormous pothole she couldn't avoid.
"As I was going through here at about 5 mph I just hear (More)
10/8/2024
Dogs removed from smelly home following 2OYS report
Posted 3:53 PM 10/8/2024 by WBRZ Staff
BATON ROUGE - Last week, 2 On Your Side's Brittany Weiss spoke with the neighbors of a home in the Shenandoah area about their concerns regarding the amount of dogs living there causing a (More)
10/4/2024
Neighbors complain about smelly house full of dogs, camper in driveway
Posted 7:13 PM 10/4/2024 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE - A house with a lot of dogs and overgrown grass in the Shenandoah area has the attention of several neighbors. They contacted 2 On Your Side after they said they had done everything they could think of.
The complaints center around a house on Chantilly Avenue in Baton Rouge. (More)...
10/3/2024
Apartment blames parish for sewage troubles, parish says it's not on them
Posted 5:58 PM 10/3/2024 by Brittany Weiss
DENHAM SPRINGS - The toilets are working again at an apartment complex that is dealing with a major sewage problem. So far, tenants tell 2 On Your Side that the clean-up has been minimal and at least two of them are waiting for a solution from corporate.
For the past 12 days, Dan Vallot (More)
10/2/2024
Dilapidated house still sits in disarray, trial set for November
Posted 5:59 PM 10/2/2024 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE - A property in Southern Heights has been in rough shape since 2016. It's been sitting untouched without improvements for a long time and the man living next door continues to report trouble to 311 and law enforcement.
The brick house on 77th Avenue sits on three lots. It's a (More)
10/1/2024
Tenants in second week of sewage problem at Denham Springs apartment
Posted 7:03 PM 10/1/2024 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE - An apartment complex is having a sewage issue that's now on its 10th day. Tenants tell 2 On Your Side it's a reoccurring issue that the complex should pay for.
Renee Jenkins moved into The Palms at Juban Lakes in Denham Springs in the spring. Sewage flooded her apartment (More)
9/30/2024
Trash piles cleared less than 48 hours after OYS story
Posted 7:02 PM 9/30/2024 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE - Less than 48 hours after a 2 On Your Side story aired, a crew cleaned up the trash piles causing complaints in one Baton Rouge neighborhood.
Last week, Brittany (More)
10/1/2024
University Lakes construction expecting delays after no contractors bid on project
Posted 7:17 AM 10/1/2024 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE - A portion of the University Lakes Project has hit an unexpected snag after it didn't receive any bids from contractors for the May Street bridge portion of the plan.
Project manager Mark Goodson says they received a "variety of reasons why contractors ultimately decided not (More)