Founder and editor of WBR Independent. U.S. Army veteran, Purple Heart recipient, Eagle Scout, former volunteer firefighter. Covering West Baton Rouge Parish with principle, not politics.
BRUSLY — The Brusly Police Department is handling more than twice the call volume it did a year ago, the budget is feeling the strain, and the department has two officers per shift. So they built their own surveillance equipment. Department incident records show 1,197 total calls for service in
May 18, 2026
GXO Logistics and Spherion Staffing are hiring more than 30 reach truck operators at a fair Tuesday, May 19, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 2850 Sugarhouse Road in Port Allen. Starting pay is $20.50 an hour.
May 18, 2026
Joy and Mike Ruckman opened Ship-N-Mail Center at 540 Court St. in Port Allen — the first one-stop shipping and business services center on the West Bank. Mike is a Navy veteran. The community showed up for the ribbon cutting.
May 13, 2026
Two Brusly officers received Life Saving Awards Monday night, but the full story includes a cardiac arrest, four doses of Narcan, and five more first responders who deserve recognition too.
May 12, 2026
Port Allen's finance director presented a plan to formalize utility payment arrangements — fixing a problem auditors have flagged for years. The committee also heard about a $13,000 Lexipol correction, four police hires, and a budget focused on sewer repairs.
May 11, 2026
One year in. Editor John Summers reflects on what it took to build West Baton Rouge's only independent news publication — and what's coming in year two.
May 11, 2026
