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Families who moved heaven and earth in 1932 rally again as October deadline approaches Three months after a packed community meeting saved St. Francis Hall from demolition, the descendant families of Sardine Point and the Cut Off community have launched an ambitious $150,000 fundraising campaign to preserve the 98-
September 03, 2025
Bottom Line Up Front: Governor Jeff Landry highlighted confirmed improvements in Louisiana's national rankings at Tuesday's West Baton Rouge Chamber event, including a jump from 31st to 18th in economic outlook and from 49th to 32nd in education, while outlining infrastructure financing strategies to business leaders.
August 21, 2025
Billy Hebert reveals how Morley went from 400+ residents to complete abandonment in just 20 years West Baton Rouge Museum – A standing-room-only crowd gathered Saturday morning to learn the remarkable and tragic history of Morley, Louisiana – West Baton Rouge Parish's own ghost town that once bustled
August 13, 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
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
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
https://www.wbrindependent.com/addis-residents-demand-action-on-chronic-flooding-at-heated-town-meeting/
June 05, 2025
