Metro Airport to Host First Plane Pull Festival on Oct. 4
Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport will host one of the largest fundraisers ever in the Capitol City on Saturday, October 4. The event is being held to benefit The Arc Baton Rouge which provides for the special needs of children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in nine parishes. More
Editorial
Editorial
Pets are wonderful things. Whether your liking goes to birds or cats or dogs or gerbils or fish, nearly all of us know or have known the fun and satisfaction that come with owning and caring for a friend from the animal kingdom...More
Plane Pull History Traced to Virginia
In 1992, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority law enforcement officers raised money for Special Olympics in Virginia by competing to see who could pull a 150,000-pound Boeing 727 cargo plane 12 feet the fastest.That first plane pull gave birth to a growing phenomenon that today has stretched very nearly nationwide and has the potential to reach worldwide. More
BeBe Becomes an Artist
She is a wife of 43 years. She is a grandmother, or BeBe, to six, including a Zachary High championship game right-fielder. She loves traveling around the globe, and she recently had surgery to remove three cervical disks from her neck. But beneath all the roles and experiences that define her, she is an artist More
Scaling Down with Lane Regional Medical Center
Jocelyn Guillot-Kilgore of Zachary said she began steadily gaining weight in 2003 when she started cooking more for her daughter during her senior year in high school. She had also recently retired and was spending more time at home. So Kilgore began to look into gastric bypass surgery as she developed diabetes...
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Council on Aging Serving Zachary's Senior Citizens
“Everyone is the age of their heart.” This old Guatemalan proverb describes the work of the East Baton Rouge Parish Council on Aging quite well. The Zachary Senior Center, a branch of the EBR/COA located off Rollins Road, keeps seniors young because it is an organization that is young at heart! More
Vacations that Benefit Everyone!
You may be surprised to learn that you don’t have to consider yourself wealthy—or start a foundation—to get involved with charitable giving. Today there are many new and innovative ways for people to donate money, time, or services while having the time of their lives. More
Zachary Buzz
Check out the "Buzz" for more information on the exciting events taking place in Zachary this summer... More
The Churches of Zachary
Located just across the street from the Zachary Youth Park, Fellowship Church has “dynamic children and youth programs for all ages,” according to senior pastor Scott Hornsby. Hornsby said the church is... More
B.R. Swimmer Takes Special Olympic Gold
Baton Rouge has its very own Olympic winner! Throughout his lifetime, Greg Gros has won hundreds of medals at state, national and international Olympic competitions for swimming... More
Zachary Church Directory
A listing of churches in the Zachary community... More
