Addis, LA

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

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

PORT ALLEN — A West Baton Rouge Parish Grand Jury indicted the mother of a 7-year-old girl in Addis who died in the hospital following a domestic disturbance. Bryonne Dorsey, 31, and Christopher Butler, 34, were indicted on Monday in connection with the death of 7-year-old Paris Williams, who died of multiple blunt force injuries. Williams was originally found unresponsive on July 1 before being taken to the hospital, where she later died.According to Addis Police,

ADDIS — A Brusly man was sentenced to 49 years in prison on Monday after pleading guilty to manslaughter for the killing of 18-year-old Ja'Morius Mitchell in 2024 in West Baton Rouge Parish.According to District Attorney Tony Clayton, 20-year-old Tyler Davis shot and killed Mitchell in a sugarcane field off Sid Richardson Road on Dec. 18, 2024, before setting the field on fire to destroy Mitchell's body and any evidence left at the scene.Davis allegedly shot Mitchell twice from behin

ADDIS — A car wash fundraiser in Addis is raising money for people affected by ALS.Two dollars from every paid wash at participating Pitstop locations is going to Team Gleason, an organization that helps families living with ALS.ALS attacks the nerve cells that control voluntary muscle movement. The disease eventually affects a person's ability to walk, speak, eat and breathe.For General Manager Missy Gore, the mission is personal. Her mother was diagnosed with ALS in 2022.Pitstop sa

IBERVILLE — An Addis man was arrested by Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries agents recently for driving a boat while impaired in Iberville Parish. Charles B. Day Jr., 52, was arrested for operating or driving a vessel while impaired, careless operation, operating a boat without boat numbers, failing to possess a vessel registration, improper running lights and failing to comply with personal flotation device (PFD) requirements. Louisiana Department of Wi