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 ...

On Wednesday afternoon, Melvin Lee “Kip” Holden returned to City Hall in the heart of Baton Rouge — one final time. This time not to lead, but to be remembered. The former parish mayor ...

Family confirmed former East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Melvin “Kip” Holden died on Wednesday morning, May 14. He was 72. Holden was born and raised in Baton Rouge. He was a graduate ...

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 ...

Reporting from Baton Rouge, La. — From a distance ... That has always been Kip Holden’s talent — to make the crowded, messy integration of disparate elements look, from a distance, united.

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 ...