() - On July 4, 2025, Thomas Jefferson's Monticello hosted its 63rd annual immigration and naturalization ceremony, swearing ...

As we get back to summer travel, cookouts, and time with friends and family, COVID-19 is still something to watch out for.

When Bayou Justice recounted the 2008 disappearance of Holden resident Barbara Blount, astute readers recalled significant similarities between her disappearance and the abduction of a Denham Springs ...

Just after 4 in the afternoon, Thursday, December 6, 1956, Audrey Moate’s former mother-in-law answered the telephone in her New Orleans apartment. The voice on the other end said, “Mom, ...

Thursday afternoon, July 23rd, 2020, I spoke with the last commissioned officer to investigate both the murder of Thomas Hotard and the disappearance of Audrey Moate. And I asked the retired St. John ...

The West Baton Rouge Parish Council denied the Industrial Ad Valorem Tax Exemption Program (ITEP) request by a San Francisco-based firm looking to build a solar energy manufacturing facility north of ...

West Baton Rouge welcomes a new type of farm off of Rosedale Road - a 560-acre solar farm by DEPCOM Power that is one of the state’s largest solar facilities.

The Attorney General will not charge West Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Deputy deputy Vance Matranga Jr., who fatally shot Josef Richardson in the back of the head last summer while executing a “no-knock” ...

The second installment of the Jingle Jeepin’ Parade avoided the rain and was another success. This year’s event morphed into an all-day affair with craft vendors, food trucks, pictures with Santa, ...

By the end of August, Brusly residents may see the completion of St. James Park. Located on the corner of E Main St. and S. Kirkland St., this new park is sure to not only attract locals, but ...

Catfish is one of my favorite kinds of seafood. I love how tender and flaky it is. It’s a southern staple and there are many ways to prepare it. When I am craving catfish, this Cajun catfish is the ...

In May of this year, the editor of The West Side Journal asked me to review three Port Allen homicides. Studying the facts surrounding the murders of Fatrell Queen, Dedrick Jackson, and Larry Profit, ...