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A West Baton Rouge Parish school bus driver and aide were captured on video berating students and confronting parents who were on the phone with their children, with multiple recordings now circulating on social media. In the videos, the driver can be heard using explicit profanity in front students and
February 06, 2026
Council approves $175,000 emergency transfer as treatment plant nears breaking point PORT ALLEN – The city's wastewater treatment plant is running on two of five blowers, and engineer Tony Arikol told the city council January 7 that if another one fails, the plant goes septic. That means raw
February 05, 2026
Editor's note: This article has been updated to correct the spelling of council members' names. BRUSLY — The Town Council voted 4-1 on Jan. 12 to begin assessing $500-per-day liquidated damages against Spinks Construction for continued delays on the $3.7 million sewer lagoon improvement project. The decision
February 02, 2026
A malfunctioning vapor recovery system at Apex Oil Terminal caused the odors residents reported near River Road on Wednesday, according to Jay Hardman, Executive Director of the Port of Greater Baton Rouge. The City of Port Allen alerted residents last Thursday that Apex Oil had reported "a malfunction with
January 12, 2026
Owner commits to midnight closing; police chief to monitor incidents PORT ALLEN — The Port Allen City Council approved alcohol license renewals for 10 establishments on December 10, but not before a pointed discussion about ongoing safety concerns at French Quarter Bar & Daiquiri on Court Street. The establishment has been
January 05, 2026
PORT ALLEN — The City of Port Allen received a clean financial audit for fiscal year 2025, a sharp reversal from the prior year when auditors flagged four material weaknesses and three compliance violations. "Last year we got together and said we can't have this happen again,"
December 31, 2025
PLAQUEMINE — A December 2 town hall hosted by Save My Louisiana drew a crowd to Island Golf Course with claims about carbon capture legislation, corporate connections, and pipeline dangers. WBR Independent attended the meeting and spent the following weeks verifying claims made by speakers. West Baton Rouge Parish President Jason
December 31, 2025
BRUSLY — The Town of Brusly recognized its first-ever queen at a council meeting Monday night, presented a clean financial audit, and advanced plans for a major drainage improvement project funded largely by state grants. The December 8 regular meeting followed a December 1 committee session where council members reviewed public
December 09, 2025
BRUSLY — A packed St. John the Baptist Catholic Church said farewell Friday to former West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff Mike Cazes, who died November 24 at age 69. West Baton Rouge Says Goodbye to Sheriff Mike Cazes BRUSLY — A packed St. John the Baptist Catholic Church said farewell Friday to
December 01, 2025