BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) -- The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board is adding another layer of oversight to how district contracts are reviewed and signed. The board voted 8-0 Thursday, Aug ...

A special grand jury issued a superseding indictment against EBR Superintendent LaMont Cole for bribery and money laundering charges related to his former role on the Metro Council, with his ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lawyers file motions to have indictments against EBR Schools Superintendent LaMont Cole thrown out BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana ...

The Louisiana Attorney General’s Office amended the indictment against former Councilman and East Baton Rouge school superintendent Lamont Cole this month, reducing the number of corruption charges ...

LaMont Cole's attorneys filed new motions Wednesday to toss a superseding indictment filed by the Louisiana attorney ...

The indictment against Superintendent LaMont Cole alleges he planned to trade city-parish contracts for personal kickbacks ...

Former East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor Pro Tempore LaMont Cole turned himself in to the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison in early August, one day after he was indicted by a grand jury on corruption ...

Attorneys representing Lamont Cole filed two new court motions pushing to have the new updated indictment against him tossed ...

For the second time since he was charged in August, former Baton Rouge Metro Council member LaMont Cole is asking the judge to throw out his indictment. In a motion filed in Baton Rouge court Thursday ...

The corruption case against LaMont Cole centers on text messages between the former Metro Council member and current school superintendent and a city-parish contractor who is his close friend, court ...