West Feliciana Parish, LA

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Several students in the Capital City will be back to the books Tuesday, August 9. Livingston, Ascension, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana, Zachary and St. Helena (1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th, 9th and 10th graders) are on the list to go back. As you get your...

While leading a tour of the new Bains Elementary, West Feliciana Parish schools Superintendent Hollis Milton said he was excited to start with the inside of the bus entrance, which features a large model of an airplane from the ceiling and a quote on the floor, “Learning is the gateway to adventure.”

ST. FRANCISVILLE, La. (BRPROUD) — The West Feliciana Parish 2022-2023 school year is ringing in many changes. West Feliciana Parish School District Superintendent Hollis Milton said he is most excited about Baines Elementary School moving to a brand new building. “This school is replacing the old Baines Elementary, it...

West Feliciana Parish students in middle and high schools will be charged this school year for breakfast and lunch for the first time in five years. Elementary school students will continue to be served in the cafeteria without paying, however. Following the 2016 flood and continuing through the COVID-19 pandemic,...

Devan Corbello has been named the new executive director of the West Feliciana Parish Tourist Commission, its board of commissioners announced. A native of Lake Charles, Corbello was previously employed by the Arts & Humanities Council of Southwest Louisiana as its executive director. Corbello has years of experience in community organizing, nonprofit development and leadership experience, a news release said.

Former West Feliciana Parish Assessor W.D. Spillman died July 31. The lifelong cattleman and father of Sheriff Brian Spillman was buried Aug. 3 at Upper Place Cemetery in St. Francisville. He served as assessor for 20 years before retiring. His family and friends celebrated his 90th birthday with a community...

ST. FRANCISVILLE - Two gunmen terrified a usually quiet community when they chased each other through the streets of a West Feliciana Parish neighborhood, according to law enforcement. West Feliciana Sheriff Brian Spillman said Wednesday that the shooting happened Monday evening and involved two men from Woodville, Mississippi who were...

A shootout in a West Feliciana Parish neighborhood in which a number of homes were struck by gunfire resulted in the arrests of two Mississippi men, according to the West Feliciana Sheriff's Office. Derrion Stine, 25, and Deandre Tolliver, 27, both of Woodville, Mississippi, were visiting the area Monday afternoon...

WEST FELICIANA, La. (BRPROUD) — Two Woodville, Mississippi men accused of a Monday shootout in a West Feliciana neighborhood were arrested on attempted murder charges. West Feliciana Parish Sheriff Brian L. Spillman said the two men were visiting the neighborhood before an argument broke out and led to shots fired. The men allegedly chased each other through the neighborhood.

WEST FELICIANA PARISH, La. (WAFB) - Two people are behind bars for a neighborhood shootout that endangered residents and injured one of the shooters. According to the West Feliciana Parish Sheriff’s Office, multiple stray gunshots struck homes and an unoccupied car as two Wilkinson County, Mississippi men engaged in a running gun battle in a quiet West Feliciana neighborhood Monday afternoon, July 25.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Louisiana state leaders announced a $130 million investment from the America Rescue Plan to bring more affordable and accessible internet to more than 66,000 households and small businesses through Internet Service Providers in 50 parishes. Applications for the first phase of the grant were submitted...

West Feliciana Animal Humane Society is a volunteer group that works with West Feliciana Parish government to handle dog and cat adoptions at the parish's James L. "Bo" Bryant Animal Shelter. All animals, when adopted, will have received all vaccinations up to the date of adoption, a rabies shot (excluding...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The West Feliciana Parish Sheriff’s Office and the Louisiana Department of Corrections are performing an investigation after the death of a Louisiana State Penitentiary inmate. According to the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, inmate Carlos McGrew, 42, was involved in a...

West Feliciana Parish voters apparently are satisfied with the job their School Board members are doing: for the second election cycle in a row, all seven members were returned to office without opposition. When qualifying for the Nov. 8 election ended at 4:30 p.m. Friday, incumbent board members Amanda Temple...

A woman was hit in the face, dragged into an alleyway beside Ivar's Sports Bar & Grill and raped at knifepoint in a seemingly random attack July 10, according to arrest documents filed in the 19th Judicial District Court on Thursday. Accused attacker Raynon Oubre, 30, of Baton Rouge, was...

BATON ROUGE, La. — An inmate is dead following a fight with another inmate at the Louisiana State Penitentiary. An investigation is now underway with the West Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office and the Louisiana Department of Corrections. According to reports, 42-year-old Carlos McGrew, died after getting into a fight...

BATON ROUGE, La. – Possible criminal charges are pending following the death of 42-year-old Louisiana State Penitentiary inmate Carlos McGrew. The West Feliciana Parish Sheriff’s Office and the Louisiana Department of Corrections have launched a joint investigation into the incident. McGrew was involved in a fight with 26-year-old...