Port Allen, LA

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

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

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,

BATON ROUGE — Amazon plans to open a new Baton Rouge facility on Tom Drive, according to a report by The Advocate. 61 North Logistics Center, measuring 240,000 square feet, will be the location of Amazon's newest operation center just over a mile away from Amazon's fulfillment center at Cortana Place. The new facility will be the fourth built in Baton Rouge alongside the Cortana Place center, the regional sortation center in Port Allen and a distribution center near

PORT ALLEN — An audit is underway to determine how much money the City of Port Allen could lose after a new state law limits what city marshals are allowed to do.The law prevents marshals' offices in cities with fewer than 40,000 residents from conducting traffic enforcement without city council approval. Port Allen has a population of barely 5,000.A proposed ordinance that would have given marshals permission to continue writing tickets in Port Allen failed last week without a vote.

PORT ALLEN — Former Port Allen Mayor Derek Lewis died at the Our Lady of the Lake emergency room on Thursday night, but it is not clear what led to his death, the West Baton Rouge Parish Coroner's Office said. An autopsy is still pending for the 65-year-old former mayor, the coroner's office added on Friday morning. It was not immediately clear whether foul play is believed to have been involved or whether his death was self-inflicted. "At this time, the Po