St. George and East Baton Rouge Parish have previously disagreed over how much tax money the parish owes the new city.

Winning 54% of the vote, Edwards — a high school football coach — is the first Republican candidate to be elected ...

Edwards, a Republican, defeated incumbent Democrat Sharon Weston Broome in the mayoral runoff on election night with 57,308, ...

There's not much time for the mayor-president-elect to celebrate Saturday's win, as Edwards now is looking ahead to filling ...

Turnout for the runoff race for East Baton Rouge Mayor-President on Dec. 7 was significantly lower than that of the Nov. 5 ...

Republican Sid Edwards has been elected Mayor-President of Baton Rouge, defeating Democratic incumbent Sharon Weston Broome ...

There will be a new mayor-president in East Baton Rouge Parish. High school football coach Sid Edwards won with 54% of the ...

In a bid for unity, Mayor-President elect Sid Edwards said during this transition he hopes to break the chains of divide in ...

Istrouma High School Head Football Coach Sid Edwards easily won the race for East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Saturday.

Political newcomer Emile “Sid” Edwards has defeated Sharon Weston Broome in the Dec. 7 runoff election for East Baton Rouge ...

Saturday night, something surprising – at least, it seemed, to everyone but us here at The Hayride – happened in Baton Rouge.

It should be clear to everyone that the big news coming out of the December 7 election was the election of Coach Sid Edwards ...