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WBR Parish Council threatened to cut the Council on Aging's millage unless it spends down its $5.4 million fund balance — while budget documents show the parish itself sits on over $54 million in reserves across all departments, including a Criminal Court with 11.3 years of operating reserves.
July 07, 2025
Jacie Lee, 3, went missing from Port Allen's Antonio Subdivision area and was found in a neighbor's swimming pool. She was transported to a Plaquemine hospital where she was pronounced dead. WBRSO is investigating as an accidental drowning.
July 02, 2025
Port Allen's July 4th Fest kicks off at 5 p.m. Friday with live music, food, and fireworks at 9 p.m. — free and open to the public. Plus fireworks rules for Brusly, Addis, and Port Allen residents.
July 02, 2025
Ricky G. Hasbert, 54, was arrested by WBRSO and transferred to Pointe Coupee Parish to face three counts of livestock theft — crawfish valued at $8,819. The warrant was originally issued in February 2025.
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
Port Allen's first mayor's town hall tackled a $15 million sewer plant that will take five years to build, blight ordinances residents didn't know existed, and a city that's running out of land to grow on.
June 11, 2025
The existing LA 1 northbound bridge over the Intracoastal Canal in Port Allen is closing permanently Thursday as demolition begins. Drivers will use the new bridge exclusively starting this week.
June 10, 2025
