EBR Chief Services Officer Dr. Yolanda Burnett-Lankford told Metro Council members the federal grant that funds the program ...

In his first run for office, Republican Sid Edwards pulled off a surprise upset, defeating two-term Democratic incumbent Sharon Weston Broome to become mayor-president of East Baton Rouge Parish.

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — In a heartfelt call for unity and safety, Mayor-President Sid Edwards has launched a new community-wide initiative titled “Pray for the Parish”—aimed ...

Three months in, Sid Edwards is still a political rookie. The coach-turned-candidate-turned-mayor-president has gone from leading his Istrouma High football team into the playoffs last fall to ...

Sid Edwards was a high school football coach who had never run for office. Now, he’s the mayor of Baton Rouge, Louisiana’s second-largest city. By Rick Rojas Reporting from Baton Rouge ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Istrouma High School Head Football Coach Sid Edwards easily won the race for East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Saturday. “I know a lot of people are in disbelief ...

Louisiana's capital city Baton Rouge will be governed by a Republican mayor for the first time in a generation after political novice and high school football Coach Sid Edwards pulled off a ...

(The Center Square) — Republican Sid Edwards has been elected Mayor-President of Baton Rouge, defeating Democratic incumbent Sharon Weston Broome in a decisive victory. Edwards, a first-time ...

And this time, it didn’t involve Tiger Stadium. Political newcomer and Republican Sid Edwards received 34% of the vote for mayor-president of East Baton Rouge, while Democratic incumbent Sharon ...