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Port Allen is launching paid student internships, a Senior Roundup, community bike rides, and a running club partnership — while passing three federal compliance resolutions required just to repair sewer lines already in the ground.
July 16, 2025
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
Dozens of parishioners packed a June 25 community meeting at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church to push back on a $1.35 million renovation plan that would demolish the 95-year-old St. Francis Hall. The building committee admitted it never discussed the hall's historical significance.
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
American Idol Season 23 runner-up John Foster Benoit performed for municipal officials at an LMA District H meeting hosted by the Town of Addis — singing "Country Roads" and "How Great Thou Art" while Addis Mayor David Toups serves as District H Vice President.
June 18, 2025
A house fire on Live Oak Drive in Brusly destroyed a family's home and everything in it. West Baton Rouge responded with over $3,000 in donations, weeks of meals, and a social media post that reached 23,000 people.
June 08, 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
