ST. FRANCISVILLE — West Feliciana Parish residents cast their ballots on a number of different races on Tuesday, including for the school board and several propositions.Republican Taylor Sullivan has been elected to serve District 1 on the West Feliciana Parish School Board.Sullivan was chosen by 63% of voters beating Stephen H. Comfort, no party.Sullivan said his priorities are investing in the future, protecting tradition, putting students first, supporting great teachers and bring

WEST FELICIANA — A mapping error left hundreds of voters in West Feliciana Parish assigned to the wrong districts for years.According to the West Feliciana Registrar of Voters' Office, the problem dates back to 2022 redistricting when the map was not properly entered into the system. Officials said about 800 voters were assigned to the wrong districts or precincts.School board candidate Elijah Lewis said the change affected his campaign and moved him from District 7, meaning he can n

BATON ROUGE — Construction at Hut 8's multi-billion-dollar River Bend data center in West Feliciana Parish is underway and anticipated to be completed by the end of 2027.In August of 2025, campaign finance reports show CEO of Hut 8, Asher Genoot, made two payments of $12,000 to Governor Jeff Landry's 2027 reelection campaign.The data center project was officially announced in December of 2025.On June 24 of this year, US Data Mining Group Inc. — the company that merged with

BATON ROUGE — Three months before ground was broken on Hut 8’s new River Bend data center in West Feliciana Parish, a company tied to the $10 billion project donated thousands of dollars to a political action committee associated with Gov. Jeff Landry.Campaign finance records show that in June, Landry’s Cajun PAC II raised $377,500 and spent $209,578. Among the highest donations the PAC received in June was from US Data Mining Group Inc., which merged with Hut 8 i