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Tenants living in sewage mess file lawsuits against apartment, management company
Posted 6:26 PM 1/27/2025 by Brittany Weiss
DENHAM SPRINGS - Several tenants of an apartment complex in Livingston Parish have filed lawsuits after sewage overflowed into their units and sat there for days. The tenants claim the sewage was never cleaned and in at least one case it was painted over.
One tenant at The Palms of Juban (More)
1/24/2025
Bus union unhappy with CATS contract negotiations; votes to go on strike
Posted 5:58 PM 1/24/2025 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE - Capital Area Transit System bus operators are asking for more money and a safer work environment, but contract negotiations have stalled. The bus operators are unionized and Friday voted to go on strike.
Ninety-one percent of the union membership voted in favor of the (More)
1/23/2025
Taking the necessary steps to protect your property if a pipe bursts
Posted 6:44 PM 1/23/2025 by Brittany Weiss
DENHAM SPRINGS - With cold weather events in south Louisiana often come plumbing emergencies. A busted water line is not something anyone wants to wake up to, but it was the reality for one homeowner in Denham Springs Wednesday.
AccuTemp tells 2 On Your Side they are responding to many (More)
1/20/2025
Power restored to apartment after 2 On Your Side locates problem
Posted 6:30 PM 1/20/2025 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE - When Jessica Jones came home to her Magnolia Gardens apartment on Jan. 15, she didn't expect it to be cold and dark.
The power was out and Entergy told her the problem wasn't theirs, but the building's.
"There's nothing I can really do," Jones said.
For days (More)
1/17/2025
Extra large pothole damages restaurant customer's car, driver seeking responsible party
Posted 6:35 PM 1/17/2025 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE - There is a large pothole in a fast food restaurant chain's driveway that one customer ran into and damaged her car.
Nakirsha Edwards rolled over the hole when she was leaving Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen on Greenwell Springs Road in November. The pothole is in the driveway (More)
1/16/2025
Litter crusader angry over repeat mistakes creating litter
Posted 6:48 PM 1/16/2025 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE - While Keeping Tiger Town Beautiful and Keep Jaguar Nation Beautiful are helping keep parts of East Baton Rouge Parish clean, there's another effort to keep watersheds clear of litter. Marie Constantin is the founder of the Louisiana Storm Water Coalition and is on a personal crusade (More)
1/14/2025
Street light outage drags on for years, neighbors call 2 On Your Side for change
Posted 10:01 PM 1/14/2025 by Brittany Weiss
PRAIRIEVILLE - Ten years! That's how long one neighborhood has been trying to get their street lights working. A couple of them contacted 2 On Your Side hoping to reach Entergy and solve their frustration.
Javier Silva lives in Quail Creek and says the effort to get three street lights (More)
1/9/2025
Hurricane victim waits months for mobile home company to make repairs
Posted 4:51 PM 1/9/2025 by Brittany Weiss
LIVINGSTON - A Hurricane Ida victim bought a new home from Clayton Homes in Hammond last year after receiving funds through Restore LA.
The mobile home has been sitting on her lot since July 2024 in need of (More)
1/7/2025
Storage facility still trashed months after targeted by thieves
Posted 6:09 PM 1/7/2025 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE - A Square Space Storage location in Melrose East was broken into multiple times last fall. Every unit has been opened and rummaged through, leaving belongings scattered around the site. It's remained this way for weeks.
The Melrose East Community Association contacted 2 On (More)
1/6/2025
Lake Beau Pre creeper grabs neighborhood's attention
Posted 6:18 PM 1/6/2025 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE - People living in an area close to LSU have been dealing with a neighborhood creeper.
The person has been caught on camera walking around, peeking into windows, jumping fences and checking door handles.
It's happening in the Lake Beau Pre area. Week after week, people (More)
1/3/2025
Driver looking for party responsible for damage that happened inside car wash
Posted 6:17 PM 1/6/2025 by Brittany Weiss
BATON ROUGE - A woman's car was damaged in a car wash, not by the car wash itself but by something that fell off of another car. So far, no one has accepted responsibility and she has reached out to 2 On Your Side.
Valerie Walton likes to keep her car clean and gets bi-weekly car washes at (More)