BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - It’s a big day for the City of Baton Rouge! If you look at the calendar, today’s date, February 25, or 02/25, spells out 225, which is the area code for the Red Stick.

Haven't made it out to a Mardi Gras parade yet? No worries — there are eight more chances in the Baton Rouge area before the season wraps up.

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Voters in West Baton Rouge will decide next month on renewing the parish library's property tax rate of 4.1 mills, which ...

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The best time to visit Baton Rouge is March through May and September ... football game days at the city's two major universities, Louisiana State University and Southern University and A&M ...