Staff report editor@thewestsidejournal.com Wendy’s restaurant franchise Haza Foods purchased a lot on Lobdell Highway for $1.17 million. Read more
Staff report editor@thewestsidejournal.com Four men were arrested on drug charges after Louisiana State Police discovered 15,000 dosage units of Xanax and 9 pounds of marijuana in the predaw... Read more
Staff report editor@thewestsidejournal.com A Port Allen man who was reported missing nearly a week ago was discovered in his vehicle on Friday, June 30, completely submerged in a drainage di... Read more
Staff Report editor@thewestsidejournal.com Forecasters are predicting 2-3 inches of rain between through Thursday, June 24, in the Baton Rouge area in preparation for Tropical Storm Cindy. L... Read more
Staff report editor@thewestsidejournal.com Six Union Pacific train cars carrying wood pellets derailed on Wednesday morning in Port Allen. Two train cars appeared slightly off kilter on the... Read more
Staff report editor@thewestsidejournal.com West Baton Rouge Sheriff deputies are looking for a missing teen, according to a report from WAFB. Officials are searching for Andrew Varnado, 16,... Read more
Staff report editor@thewestsidejournal.com Gina Marks, 22, of Plaquemine, was killed in car crash in front of the Port Allen Walmart on Tuesday, May 23. Marks was riding as a passenger in a... Read more
Staff report editor@thewestsidejournal.com Travis Edwards, 35, of Port Allen, was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Bueche Road, just north of Section Road, in the pre-dawn hours of Friday... Read more
Quinn Welsch editor@thewestsidejournal.com Photos by Quinn Welsch/The West Side Journal he last Lenten dinner at Port Allen’s Knights of Columbus Hall is always the biggest. It might also be... Read more
Quinn Welsch editor@thewestsidejournal.com The Intracoastal Canal bridge on La. Hwy. 1 remains broken. After a weight restriction on the canal bridge for 15-25 ton trucks, commerce on the We... Read more
