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Baker, Louisiana



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Fair
Temperature: 53.1 °F

Humidity: 78 %
Wind Speed: 7 mph SW
Pressure: 29.92 "

Dew Point: 46 °F
Gusts: 10 mph NNE
Rain Today: 0.00 "





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  • Baker News
    Local news for Baker, LA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

    • Baker man, 49, arrested in rape of woman

      Police arrested a Baker man accused of breaking into a home early Tuesday and raping a 35-year-old woman, a Police Department spokesman said.

    • Trio arrested after attempted pill sale

      A pair of Monroe men were arrested by Sterlington police on a variety of drug charges over the weekend after being accused of attempting to sell drugs to a civilian informant and an undercover officer in a ...

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      And the headlines are ... Monday, December 29, 2008 Move over death. Push left taxes.

    • Scuttlebutt

      Selecting from a smorgasbord that never seems to run short of colorful personalities, the Louisiana Political Museum has chosen six politicos to enter its hall of fame in 2009.

    • Trinity boys, girls victorious

      BAKER, La. a ' The Trinity Saints were in a dog fight with Central Private for one half Saturday evening, but pulled away in the second half to take a 73-52 victory.

    • Fire damages Baker home

      A midmorning fire in the attic of a home on Brantley Drive in Parkwood Terrace caused extensive damage to the residence Thursday, Baker Fire Chief Danny Edwards said.

    • Demco and Entergy power outages

      As the temperatures drop tonight, utility crews are working to get power back on for the customers in our region.

    • Police and fire briefs for Dec. 08

      A Baton Rouge man is dead and another man was seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash Saturday night, police spokesman Capt.

    • Some students left out of religious rally

      Thousands of students are leaving school Thursday for a massive field trip. However, not everyone who planned on making the trip gets to go on it.

    • Crash kills Baker man

      Police chief John Herty says a 78-year-old Baker man died in a three-vehicle crash.

    • Man dies after chase with police

      A Centreville, Miss., man died Thanksgiving Day after a 15-minute vehicle and foot chase with Zachary police.

    • Appeals court rules against street preacher

      A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday in favor of a Baton Rouge suburb where a street preacher was threatened with arrest when he spread his message outside a bar.

    • Study: Many kids in Katrina trailer park anemic

      Dozens of infants and toddlers who lived in Louisiana's biggest trailer park for those displaced by Hurricane Katrina were anemic because of poor diets, at a rate more than four times the national average.

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      If nothing else, what we learned from the narrow election night defeat of Mayor Kip Holden's nearly $1 billion tax and bond proposal is this: East Baton Rouge is one seriously divided parish.

    • School news

      J.S. Clark Magnet School students recently held elections for Student Council officers and homeroom representatives.

    • No charges for men in church check case

      The East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney's Office will not prosecute two men Zachary police arrested earlier this year on a Ponchatoula minister's complaint that he paid $20,000 for building materials that ...

    • Schools conduct forums, survey

      Have strong feelings about what kind of person should replace Superintendent Charlotte Placide and what that person needs to tackle once he assumes control of the East Baton Rouge Parish school system? You'll ...

    • Around Acadiana

      EVANGELINE PARISH Louisiana State Police is investigating an Evangeline Parish crash where an alleged drunken driver ran his car into an elderly woman's home and killed her Tuesday morning.

    • Baker council OKs last storm contract

      The City Council approved a contract Wednesday for what city officials said will be the last round of debris removal related to Hurricane Gustav.

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    Local classifieds for Baker, LA

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    City Description

    Baker is a city in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States, and a part of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 13,793 at the 2000 census. Ossie Brown, who served as East Baton Rouge Parish district attorney from 1972—1984, grew up in Baker and graduated from Baker High School. While a student there, he composed the Baker High alma mater Baker is located at 30°35′8″N 91°9′26″W / 30.58556, -91.15722 (30.585637, -91.157096). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 7.9 square miles (20.4 km²), all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 13,793 people, 4,971 households, and 3,782 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,747.3 people per square mile (675.0/km²). There were 5,389 housing units at an average density of 682.7/sq mi (263.7/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 45.97% White, 52.36% African American, 0.28% Native American, 0.22% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.17% from other races, and 0.99% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.86% of the population. There were 4,971 households out of which 39.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them,

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    City Contained By:

    • United States
    • Louisiana
    • East Baton Rouge Parish

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