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Clerice "Clo" Lacy — the first woman to serve as Port Allen's at-large councilwoman — died unexpectedly over the weekend. Her annual back-to-school giveaway will go on as a tribute to everything she stood for.
July 08, 2025
Freedom rings loudest when citizens stay informed and hold their leaders accountable. A Fourth of July message from WBR Independent to West Baton Rouge Parish.
July 04, 2025
In 1932, Sardine Point families moved their chapel using horses, logs, and cables rather than let the federal government erase it. That building is now St. Francis Hall in Brusly — and their descendants are fighting to save it again. Part 3 of the series.
June 30, 2025
Congressman Cleo Fields came to Port Allen to defend FEMA, Medicaid, SNAP, and the Department of Education — and to remind constituents that when they can't get through to Social Security, his office can.
June 23, 2025
Dr. Tammy Seneca retired after 32 years building what the WBR superintendent calls one of the best technology departments in Louisiana — including keeping the district clean when cyberattacks hit other parishes. The school board also set millage rates for 2025.
June 18, 2025
Highway 1 carries 44,700 vehicles a day on infrastructure designed for far less. A resident brought unsynchronized signal complaints to the Parish Council the same night the old Intracoastal Bridge permanently closed — and the $126M relief project is still years away.
June 17, 2025
An Addis resident's letter to The Advocate calling out WBR Parish for reactive governance landed in the middle of WBR Independent's own documented pattern of the same thing — from flood rescues to emergency water alerts issued only after the crisis had already started.
June 11, 2025
https://www.wbrindependent.com/addis-residents-demand-action-on-chronic-flooding-at-heated-town-meeting/
June 05, 2025
Announcing the Launch of WBRIndependent.com West Baton Rouge Parish is growing. Changing. Making decisions that will shape our communities for decades. But too often, those decisions happen quietly — in meetings few attend, with language few understand, and consequences that few realize until it’s too late. That doesn’t
May 05, 2025
