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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
From 1866 to 1932, Sardine Point was a thriving Louisiana river community with two churches and hundreds of families. Then the Army Corps of Engineers cut a levee across the peninsula — and erased it from the map. Part 2 of the St. Francis Hall series.
June 24, 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
St. Francis Hall in Brusly is the last surviving structure from Sardine Point — a Louisiana river community that vanished in 1932 when the Army Corps of Engineers built a new levee. Now families have weeks to save it from demolition.
June 14, 2025
Terry Coye retired from Port Allen City Hall after 29 years of service — and the city sent him off with a police escort and a crowd lining the streets from City Hall to his home.
June 09, 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
Port Allen came together at Williams and Lee Park for the Annual Stop the Violence Kickball and Adult Field Day — a day of community, remembrance, and a clear message: violence has no place here.
June 03, 2025
West Baton Rouge gathered at the WBR Museum to mark the closing of an exhibit on Edward Searcy — educator, veteran, and civil rights leader who quietly changed lives in this parish for more than half a century. His story now belongs to all of us.
May 28, 2025
PORT ALLEN, LA — Rain drummed against the windows of Jack's Place Last Friday evening, but inside, warmth radiated from more than just the kitchen. West Baton Rouge residents packed the establishment shoulder-to-shoulder, eyes fixed on screens showing their own Cou-Yon's barbecue making its
May 16, 2025
