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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
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
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
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
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
