After 91 years and 227 days, the Port Allen Volunteer Fire Department is done. Its last members spent what was left in the bank on a granite memorial at Centennial Park. It honors every volunteer and the Ladies Auxiliary that fed them after long nights.
October 28, 2026
The West Baton Rouge Parish School Board voted 7-2 to keep a Port Allen High ninth grader expelled for the rest of the year after a fight in the school's parking lot. His mother says she was told it would be 30 days.
October 28, 2026
The council's finance committee meets Oct. 29 at 5 p.m. A demolition deal, a bigger drainage job and the first road payment are already on the books.
October 27, 2026
West Baton Rouge Parish is under a burn ban, effective immediately. Here's what's banned and what's still allowed.
October 27, 2026
The old Conn's warehouse in Port Allen is now zoned for coffee. The parish council rezoned it for Community Coffee on Oct. 22, and heard updates on the health unit tax, road projects and a new fire captain.
October 26, 2026
Brusly's Julieann Bourque represented West Baton Rouge at the Louisiana Sugar Cane Fair & Festival and came home with Miss Congeniality, an award voted on by her fellow contestants. Louisiana's new Queen Sugar has a message too.
October 23, 2026
John Haydel had no pulse when he collapsed at the ExxonMobil plant in Port Allen in August. Thursday, he thanked the coworkers and parish paramedics who brought him back.
October 23, 2026
Three candidates are running for the at-large seat on the Iberville Parish School Board. We asked each the same four questions, including who is paying for their campaign, and checked their answers against their finance reports.
October 22, 2026
Port Allen's engineer says crews will start digging up some city streets for sewer repairs within weeks. The city's attorney also laid out how the city plans to buy land for a new wastewater plant and annex it.
October 21, 2026
The West Baton Rouge Parish Council voted 7-2 on Oct. 8 to approve a mobile home park on Rosedale Road, two days after the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended denial. The rezoning needed a supermajority and passed with one vote to spare.
October 20, 2026
Three lawyers are running for the open 18th JDC Division C seat. We asked each the same questions and checked their campaign finance reports. One candidate's early money is tied to her boss, District Attorney Tony Clayton.
October 19, 2026
The state money for Brusly's sewer lagoon project hit the town's bank account Oct. 12. A final payment of $53,431 has been requested but hasn't arrived.
October 15, 2026
The lawsuit the West Baton Rouge Parish government and fire district brought against me is over. Here's what these six months were like, and why I'm still here.
October 13, 2026
A Houston company wants to store carbon dioxide under Iberville and Assumption parishes. At an Oct. 8 state hearing in Plaquemine, residents, council members and environmental groups lined up to question the plan.
October 12, 2026
Gov. Jeff Landry called West Baton Rouge's Career Academy Louisiana's "exhibit A" during a skilled-trades event Oct. 8. Then he told state lawmakers in the crowd that TOPS spending has to change.
October 09, 2026
Brennan Williams set up his first lemonade stand at 9. He's 20 now, his lemonade is in stores, and Sunday, Oct. 11, he's throwing it an official launch at the Addis Community Center. Free and open to everybody.
October 09, 2026
Port Allen police believe one person is behind six vehicle break-ins reported Sept. 30, and detectives have video. All six cars were unlocked, and guns were among the items taken.
October 08, 2026
Addis Police say a homeowner fired a shot toward a car carrying two juveniles who had just rolled his home with toilet paper. They had the wrong house. Brusly police also report a busy homecoming week.
October 07, 2026
