BATON ROUGE- Virginia College in Baton Rouge had its last graduation commencement service because of one man’s determination. Graduation that many thoughts would never happen after the school abandons its plans to host a commencement ceremony due to the school’s loss of accreditation. In a packed-out room, more than 1600 people came to view the(…)
BATON ROUGE, LA (PPN)- According to KCBD-TV, Virginia College, the for-profit college owned by Education Corporation of America, announced Wednesday that they are officially shutting down all campuses nationwide due to financial and educational circumstances. Students and faculty were faced with devastating news as administrators told them that there school and job would be terminated effective immediately. (…)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana (PPN)- Monday, November 5, 2018, an unidentified man was seen dangling off an interstate sign near the I-12, Airline exit. It is unclear as to why the man got up onto the interstate sign; however, authorities say the man came down and was taken to a nearby hospital. Hours later a local(…)
Baton Rouge, LA – On Monday, October 22 at 6:00 p.m., Prophetic Voices, a group of Baton Rouge area clergy, have united seven Baton Rouge African-American churches to host a Candidates Forum where candidates for the November 2018 East Baton Rouge Parish School Board, City Constable and City Court Judge races can respond to voter(…)
Baton Rouge (PPN)- Tuesday, Raheem Howard, the 21-year-old was released from the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison this morning. Howard was accused of shooting at Baton Rouge Police Officer Yuseff Hamadeh nearly two months ago during a traffic stop. According to authorities, Officer Yuseff Hamadeh, a 2-year veteran working in the Street Crimes Unit, pulled over the Raheen Howard(…)
BATON ROUGE, LA (PPN) -According to Baton Rouge police, LSU basketball player Wayde Sims, 20, was killed in an early Friday shooting near Southern University. Detectives are investigating the homicide that happened in the 600 block of Harding Boulevard around 12:25 a.m. This is located across the street from Mumford Stadium and the tennis(…)
Baton Rouge, LA (PPN)- Today Virginia College announced that they will no longer be accepting new students. According to the Virginia College website, “After many years of successfully preparing students for new careers, Virginia College in Baton Rouge will no longer enroll new students effective Sept. 10, 2018. As always, we continue to focus on(…)
Baton Rouge, LA (PPN)- On behalf of Southern University Laboratory School, we are pleased to announce the 4th Annual “Generations of Excellence” Fundraising Gala on Saturday, October 6, 2018, from 6:00-8: 00 pm, at the Donald Wade House on Southern University’s beautiful campus. This event will include an awards ceremony, dinner, live auction, and live(…)
BATON ROUGE, LA(PPN)- Today, Community Organizer Daniel Banguel announced his community candidate forum in the North Baton Rouge area. Banguel partnered with the Capitol City Ques, where he is also a member of. The Capitol City Ques consist of all local Baton Rouge chapters of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Incorporated: Lambda Alpha, Lambda Kappa Kappa,(…)
Avoyelles, LA (Pen Point News)- Today, video surfaces as it shows a Sheriff’s Deputy choking and killing an unarmed black male for his refusal to get off a tractor. On October 20, 2017, two sheriff’s deputies, Brandon Spillman and Alexander along with Markville Police officer Kenneth Parnell, attempted to wrestle Armando Frank off a tractor(…)
