Kip Holden, the son of North Baton Rouge bar owners who became the city-parish's first black mayor-president, died Wednesday morning. Holden, who was 72, passed away at the Carpenter House ...

Just months after East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Kip Holden came into office in 2005, he faced the repercussions of the largest disaster Louisiana has ever endured. He leaves as his ...

showed then-East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Kip Holden awaiting the start of an on-camera TV interview in the outer part of his office. In the picture, Holden, who died Wednesday at 72 ...

A hotly contested campaign for the coveted seat of mayor-president of East Baton Rouge has pitted the current mayor-president, Melvin "Kip" Holden , against three challengers as they battle for a ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The wife of former East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Melvin “Kip” Holden confirmed he passed away early Wednesday morning at Carpenter House after ...

Long-time mayor-president of Baton Rouge Kip Holden has died. He was a New Orleans native who left his mark in the political realm in New Orleans. Long-time mayor-president of Baton Rouge Kip ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — Former Mayor-President of Baton Rouge Kip Holden passed at the age of 72 after battling a "lengthy illness", according to WBRZ. Holden led Baton Rouge as Mayor-President from ...