The city's first Black mayor and three-term leader lay in state Wednesday, as Kip Holden's successors, loved ones and members ...

Baton Rouge came together to say goodbye to a giant of public service—former Mayor-President Melvin “Kip” Holden. Family, ...

Family confirmed former East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Melvin “Kip” Holden died on Wednesday morning, May 14. He was ...

The Baton Rouge community is honoring the legacy of former Mayor Melvin Lee “Kip” Holden. Holden will lie in state at ...

The service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Greater King David Baptist Church, 222 Blount Road in Baton Rouge.

Family, friends, and people from all over came together to celebrate former East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Melvin “Kip” ...

Kip Holden's legacy is a complicated one, Columnist Faimon Roberts argues. He could be angry and combative. He could be ...

At the funeral yesterday for rookie policeman Matthew Gerald, Baton Rouge Mayor Kip Holden acknowledged the simmering racial tension in the city. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) KIP HOLDEN ...

William Daniel, who spent four years as Baton Rouge's chief administrative officer ... and advocated on behalf of former Mayor-President Kip Holden during the three-term mayor's final years ...

The wife of former East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Melvin “Kip” Holden confirmed he passed away early Wednesday ...

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