BATON ROUGE - Established in the mid 1800s, Sweet Olive Cemetery was the first cemetery for African Americans in the capital city. Nearly 200 years later, weeds are overgrown, graves are broken into pieces and piled on top of one another.
Baton Rouge hospitals work with small business in hopes of getting more people to donate blood during the pandemic
Baton Rouge hospitals work with small business in hopes of getting more people to donate blood durin By Breanne Bizette | January 9, 2021 at 5:26 PM CST - Updated January 9 at 7:22 PM
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - More than 2,000 Louisianans are in the hospital with COVID-19, and the disease is killing nearly 40 people every day, but the phones at the blood donation banks have stopped ringing.
Baton Rouge General says it took half as much blood in 2020 as the year before, and more people need donations now than ever. So, the hospital is partnering with city leaders like Mid City Redevelopment and Merchants, along with Circa 1857 to get more folks to roll up their sleeves.