The city's first Black mayor and three-term leader lay in state Wednesday, as Kip Holden's successors, loved ones and members of the public gathered at City Hall to honor his legacy.

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 ...

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 ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — Melvin “Kip” Holden, the first Black Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish and a towering figure in Louisiana politics, died early Wednesday following a lengthy illness. He was ...

And instead of third, Baton Rouge would be 18th out of 107 cities ... t-going-anywhere diatribe yesterday… Mayor-President Kip Holden also attended Tuesday’s meeting and called on CATS to ...

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 ...

Baton Rouge came together to say goodbye to a giant of public service—former Mayor-President Melvin “Kip” Holden. Family, friends, and public officials filled Greater King David Baptist Church to ...