Several West Baton Rouge Sheriff deputies are in quarantine due to coronavirus exposure, Sheriff Mike Cazes confirmed Thursday. Read more
Port Allen police arrested a Lake Charles man with a warrant from Baton Rouge Police Department illegally carrying a modified AK-47 pistol Saturday, Sept. 19. Read more
I-10 West is closed at the Mississippi River Bridge due to an overturned tractor trailer. Read more
Port Allen and Brusly high schools held voter registration drives on Tuesday, Sept. 22, National Voter Registration Day. Read more
After months of uncertainty surrounding in-person music lessons, the West Baton Rouge Museum and Rockin Mozart School of Music kicked off the Blues After School program on Friday, Sept. 11. Read more
Hurricane Laura disaster relief and recovery efforts, ongoing COVID-19 issues and the state’s Unemployment Trust Fund figure as the main objectives for the lawmakers who will return to the State Capitol on Monday for the second special session of the year. Read more
West Baton Rouge Parish ranked third for property tax values across Louisiana in a study released by SmartAsset, a New York-based financial technology company. Local experts claim the parish’s high score is a direct result of its fortunate geography, but others point to other contributing fa… Read more
(The Center Square) – Louisiana has regained more than half of the jobs it had lost since the low point of the pandemic-related recession, the Louisiana Workforce Commission reported Friday. Read more
A grand jury indicted a Port Allen man and woman for the second-degree murder of an infant who died in a motel room off LA 415 in June. Read more
(The Center Square) – Fewer Louisiana residents claimed unemployment benefits last week than the week before, though claims still are much higher than in a typical year, the Louisiana Workforce Commission reported Thursday. Read more
The National Science Teaching Association (NTSA) named Brittany Nelson, a science teacher at Port Allen High School, and Samantha Mendehall, a science teacher at Port Allen Middle School, regional winners in the Shell Science Lab Regional Challenge. As finalists, Nelson secured a $15,000 sch… Read more
(The Center Square) – A district judge has ordered Louisiana officials to conduct this fall’s elections using the same emergency plan implemented this summer to minimize the risk of voting amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more
The Back Brusly Grocery, located at 1256 W Main St. in Historic Back Brusly, is under new management as of Sept. 2, 2020. Richard LeJeune, 55, a Brusly native, now owns the local grocery. Read more
Jill Saia had hopes last week that she and her husband Jerry would soon see some friends they had not seen in a while. Read more
Brusly High School will host a voter registration drive on Tuesday, Sept. 22, National Voter Registration Day from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Read more
(The Center Square) – Hurricane Laura caused about $1.6 billion in agriculture and forestry losses in Louisiana, more than hurricanes Katrina and Rita combined, according to a preliminary estimate. Read more
The on ramp to I-10 East at LA-1 is closed due to an overturned truck on the Mississippi River Bridge. Read more
(The Center Square) – Louisiana legislators asked Monday if a program meant to help small-business owners with COVID-19-related expenses could be streamlined. Read more
West Baton Rouge Parish is collecting items for people in Lake Charles and other areas affected by Hurricane Laura through the "Friends Indeed" program sponsored by Cross Industrial Services, Del-Con Construction and several surrounding parishes. Read more
Louisiana moved into Phase 3 of reopening on Friday, but the transition will take a bit longer for local schools. Under Phase 3, West Baton Rouge Schools will remove its alternating schedule for middle and high school and welcome all students on campus five days a week. Read more
(The Center Square) – The federal program meant to help workers who lost wages due to the COVID-19 pandemic and response has ended. Read more
(The Center Square) – Louisiana churches and many businesses currently limited to half of their usual capacity as part of the effort to control the spread of COVID-19 will be allowed to move to 75 percent starting this weekend, Gov. John Bel Edwards said Friday. Read more
The type of pollution emitted by many chemical plants in Louisiana's industrial corridor is correlated with increased coronavirus deaths, according to new peer-reviewed research from SUNY and ProPublica. Read more
Sewer fees defined for commercial customers Read more
(The Center Square) – The federal government has paid $73 million in individual assistance to Louisiana residents affected by Hurricane Laura, Gov. John Bel Edwards said Thursday. Read more
Louisiana will move into Phase 3 of its reopening plan Friday, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced in a Thursday morning news conference. Read more
Casey Johnson, Head Baseball Coach of Anacoco High School, posted a request for ham and bread on Facebook to provide for people in his community, many of whom were without power for nearly two weeks following Hurricane Laura. His friends in West Baton Rouge vowed to do him one even better an… Read more
(The Center Square) – Oil and gas companies are asking a federal appeals court to reconsider its previous decision that parish lawsuits alleging damage of coastal wetlands should be heard in state court. Read more
Mosquitos carrying West Nile Virus have been identified across the parish, according to the West Baton Rouge Mosquito Control Department. Positive samples began popping up in Addis and Brusly in June, but now positive samples have been identified in northern parts of the parish, including Po… Read more
Gov. Edwards to make announcement about COVID-19 mitigation Read more
Addis Councilman Wilson “Hook” Cazes, 72, will not seek reelection after 28 years on the Addis Town Council. Addis residents elected Cazes to the Town Council in 1993 and have reelected him six times since. In that time, the population of Addis tripled, according to Census records. Read more
(The Center Square) – A federal judge said Tuesday she is “inclined to agree” that requiring voters with COVID-19 concerns to get a doctor’s certification before using the state’s disability excuse to vote absentee places a cost burden on the right to vote. Read more
The Louisiana Department of Health reported the death of a West Baton Rouge resident due to coronavirus on Sunday, Sept. 7 and one new confirmed case. Over the past seven days, LDH has reported 23 new confirmed cases in the parish. Read more
West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff Mike Cazes needed only one word to describe the plight southwest Louisiana residents have endured in Hurricane Laura's aftermath. Read more
(The Center Square) – Louisiana’s Republican legislative majority and Democratic governor couldn’t agree on how to safely hold an election during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, the decision may be out of their hands. Read more
The long-awaited West Side Village sewer rehab project is complete Mayor Richard Lee told City Council members during the Wednesday, Sept. 2 council committee meetings. Read more
Ochsner will offer free COVID-19 testing at the Addis Community Center from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8 and Wednesday, Sept. 9. Read more
Our Lady of the Lake announced its selection as one of only 51 sites to participate in a one-year nationwide study led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center of convalescent plasma as a treatment for COVID-19. The study, called Passive Immunity Trial for Our Nation (PassItOn), is funded by … Read more
A Port Allen man confessed to intentionally starting a fire that burned a mobile home and vehicle in the 12000 block of Patricia Road in Port Allen on Monday, Aug. 31. Read more
(The Center Square) – Louisiana’s response to Hurricane Laura likely will cost more than $700 million, Gov. John Bel Edwards said Wednesday. Read more
Mayor Richard Lee, III has served as Port Allen Mayor since 2014 but says his work is far from over. Read more
For Jason Hammack, “Together We Prosper,” is more than just a snappy campaign slogan - It is how Hammack intends to lead Port Allen into realizing the city’s potential. Read more
(The Center Square) – Louisiana laws established in 2017 could be tweaked to help prevent law enforcement officers fired for misconduct from being hired at another agency, representatives of law enforcement and prosecutors said Tuesday. Read more
Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin’s office joins other election officials and the United States Election Assistance Commission in celebrating National Poll Worker Recruitment Day on September 1. Read more
UPDATE: I-10 West is now open. Read more
My Fellow Citizens of Port Allen: Read more
(The Center Square) – Restoring electricity service in southwest Louisiana could take three weeks or longer following Hurricane Laura’s devastating blow last week, Gov. John Bel Edwards said Monday. Read more
On Monday, August 24, 2019 my family was contacted by the offices of Rev. Al Sharpton and our family attorney Ben Crump about taking the trip to Washington, D.C. to speak to the crowd about the untimely death of Josef Richardson. We were honored to be chosen as a family that would be able to… Read more
Federal government approves disaster unemployment benefits for six parishes following Hurricane Laura Read more
The West Baton Rouge Parish school system was rocked last week by the death of Angela Silvan, a beloved seventh-grade social studies teacher at Brusly Middle School. Read more
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