BRUSLY, La. - Brusly High football got off to a good start for the 2026 season in a 34-0 shutout of Port Allen for their seventh straight win in the Sugar Cane Classic.From the get-go, it was the Panthers' night. Port Allen fumbled the opening kickoff, and Brusly immediately scored on the ensuing drive. Robdrick Covington rumbled in for the season-opening score, and Brusly rolled from there.Reggie Riley checked in at quarterback, and he definitely looked the part a year removed from playing re

High school football scores from Week 1 for the state of Louisiana:Academy of Sacred Heart-Grand Coteau 26, Gueydan 14Acadiana 47, Central - B.R. 35Airline 48, Wossman 42Alexandria 44, Bryant, Ark. 20Amite 34, Franklinton 19Avoyelles 42, Ville Platte 12B.T. Washington 54, Arcadia 0Beekman 37, Buckeye 20Belle Chasse 48, McMain 6Benton 34, Shreveport Northwood 26Berwick 42, Morgan City 7Brother Martin 38, Southside 19Brusly 34, Port Allen 0Carroll 20, Woodlawn (SH) 14Carrollton, Ga. 61, Baton Ro

PORT ALLEN — There are extra school resource officers at Port Allen High School on Friday after a reported threat was made to campus. A spokesperson for the West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office said that they responded to the school around 9:25 a.m. on Thursday in relation to an ongoing trend of "Cat in the Hat"-related images being spread on social media that appear to threaten violence at local schools.Deputies then began investigating the circumstances around the thre

PORT ALLEN — The Port Allen Police Department is asking for help locating a woman who is wanted for questioning in connection with a death investigation. Desherica Keshawn Walker, 35, was last seen in the Baton Rouge and Port Allen area. Walker, also known as "DD," drives a 2014 Dodge Charger, according to the Port Allen Police Department. Anyone with any information is urged to contact the Port Allen Police Department at (225) 343-5525. Permalink| Comments

PORT ALLEN — The Port Allen Police Department is asking for help locating a woman who is wanted for questioning in connection with a death investigation. Desherica Keshawn Walker, 35, was last seen in the Baton Rouge and Port Allen area. Walker, also known as "DD," drives a 2014 Dodge Charger, according to the Port Allen Police Department. Anyone with any information is urged to contact the Port Allen Police Department at (225) 343-5525. Permalink| Comments

BATON ROUGE — The Drop-In Center, along with the A1 Crisis Center, invited the Baton Rouge community to its Community Partnership and Resource Day on Saturday along Choctaw Drive. The day saw multiple organizations join together to pursue one mission: reducing homelessness and crime and bringing resources and opportunity to the North Baton Rouge community by providing an Intensive Outpatient Program, Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, domestic violence support, job training, lit

ADDIS — AT&T has opened a Connected Learning Center at the Dow Westside YMCA in Addis, providing access to high-speed internet, computers and digital learning resources. To support the center's goal of helping residents overcome barriers to online participation, AT&T invested $50,000 into the YMCA for programming support. This is the second center of its kind in Louisiana and will offer high-speed AT&T Fiber internet and Dell computers, as well as Achiev

PLAQUEMINE — One person was injured after their car was struck by a train at the railroad crossing at La. 1 between Plaquemine and Addis on Friday morning. The vehicle, traveling northbound, struck the train near the DOW Chemical plant in Iberville Parish. A West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office spokesperson told WBRZ that one person was injured and taken to the hospital with moderate injuries. Following the crash, La. 1 was briefly closed, but by 5:40 a

PORT ALLEN — The West Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office is looking for help identifying two suspects involved in a burglary. Authorities say that two people broke into the garage of a home located along the 7000 block of Rosedale Road on Sunday around 11 p.m. and allegedly stole two dirt bikes. One person was wearing a mask and the other was wearing a hoodie, according to WBRSO. Residents with any information are urged to contact WBRSO detectives at 225-382-5200 or Capit

ADDIS — Early Tuesday morning, West Baton Rouge Parish fire crews worked to contain a fire that started when a large tank of flammable liquid caught fire in the Sugar Mill subdivision in Addis.According to fire officials, workers were operating a large Acetylene tank when the valve ruptured, causing the pressurized vapor to ignite. Firefighters used hose streams to cool the tank to prevent any further explosion and released all the contents.After this, the area was rendered safe.&amp