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New Baker superintendent shares plans for future

BAKER, La (FOX44) -- Just weeks after taking office, Baker's interim superintendent is making plans for the school system. At the annual school district meeting, Dr. Ron Jackson spoke about the goals he has for Baker schools.

New local business offers different way to shed pounds

BATON ROUGE, La (FOX44) -- If one of your resolutions this year is to lose some pounds, one local gym says there's a new way to do it. BRfit is the newest business in a wave of fitness changes happening all over the country.

EVP Session: The Gazebo

ST FRANCISVILLE, LA (FOX44) - Maria and Ken Allaire from Everyday Paranormal of Louisiana accompanied Beau and Meghan to The Myrtles to assist with the investigation.

EVP Session: The Caretaker's Cottage

ST FRANCISVILLE, LA (FOX44) - After yielding no results from an earlier EVP session at the gazebo, Beau Vorhoff and Meghan Reiners ventured to the Caretaker's Cottage located behind the main house to conduct another EVP session.

School board members sworn in

BATON ROUGE, La (FOX44) - January 2, 2011 - At a ceremony at the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board, representatives from eleven districts were sworn into office today. The members were elected back in october.

APSO cracks down on Cockfighting

BAYOU L'OURSE, La (FOX44) - January 2, 2011 - On Saturday, Assumption Parish deputies broke up a cockfighting ring near Bayou L'Ourse.

Attic room fire

BATON ROUGE, La (FOX44) - January 2, 2011 - Sunday morning, an upper room caught fire above a Highland resident's garage. The early morning fire was contained to just that room, leaving the rest of the house undamaged.

Over the limit, under arrest makes fatal crashes go down

BATON ROUGE, La (FOX44) - January 2, 2011 - State Police were happy to see drunk driving trends decrease this holiday season.

Utility pole blocks traffic

BAKER, La (FOX44) - January 1, 2011 - The pole fell on u.s. 61 in Baker on new year's eve, blocking the roadway for hours.

King cakes hit the shelves

BATON ROUGE, La (FOX44) - January 1, 2011 - On the first day of the new year bakers at Ralph's Market were continuing a long Louisiana tradition.