The Port Allen Police Department is asking the public to help identify three women connected to a stabbing and home invasion on Gladiolus Street in June 2025. One suspect has been arrested. The three remaining women are unidentified.
August 07, 2026
Judge Tonya S. Lurry ruled on July 20 that the protective order statute was not intended for how it was being used. She denied the Rule for Contempt filed by the Rev. Thomas A. Shepard against Matthew Tyler.
August 05, 2026
A representative of Browning Associates LLC told the WBR Fire Protection District No. 1 Board of Commissioners on July 23 that call volumes rose nearly 12% in the first half of 2026 while average response times improved by 28 seconds compared to the same period last year.
August 04, 2026
A new state law will strip City Marshal Sonny Massey of his police powers on January 1 unless the Port Allen City Council votes to authorize them. The ordinance request drew pushback from council members over the marshal's ticket-writing program.
August 03, 2026
West Baton Rouge Parish officials are investigating an unidentified odor reported by residents along Interstate 10 and Highway 1 South. The source has not been identified. LDEQ has been notified.
August 03, 2026
Brandon C. Greely, 48, of Baker, was booked into the WBR Parish Correctional Center on charges of Carnal Knowledge of a Juvenile and Indecent Behavior with Juveniles after an LSP and FBI investigation into allegations at a school in Addis.
July 31, 2026
The Addis Town Council approved a $50,000 property purchase on 5th Street, donated two police vehicles to the Port Allen City Marshal and debated whether the town's noise ordinance gives officers enough tools to enforce complaints about loud music.
July 31, 2026
After months of public comments and rumors about a potential federal facility, Parish President Jason Manola confirmed last Thursday that Community Coffee LLC has submitted a zoning determination request for 2070 Commercial Drive. The council also approved road bids and the 2027 budget schedule.
July 29, 2026
Port Allen native A J Olatuyi returned to the West Baton Rouge Museum on June 26 to read her children's book, "Little Femi's Adventure Leaving Lagos," to summer campers. The book is based on her husband Thompson Olatuyi's real journey from Lagos, Nigeria to the United States. (274 chars)
July 28, 2026
Port Allen is one step closer to a new wastewater treatment facility after the council approved funding for a land appraisal. Here's what else happened at the July 8 meeting.
July 27, 2026
Three cats and one dog found new homes at the West Baton Rouge Parish Animal Shelter's second annual adoption event Saturday. The crowd was bigger this year, and the staff had help from volunteers.
July 27, 2026
A wife stood before the WBR Parish Council on Thursday and described how a three-minute response by parish firefighters and paramedics saved her husband's life after a cycling accident on the Mississippi River levee left him with cracked vertebrae.
July 24, 2026
Members of Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church walked from their 7th Street sanctuary to the Benevolent Cemetery to honor their first pastor, Rev. A. A. Ginn, at his recently discovered gravesite. The church celebrates 127 years this Sunday.
July 23, 2026
Brusly hires a deputy from the West Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office, pays out the final retainage on the street overlay, introduces a rezoning on West Main, buys employment practices and cyber insurance, and surpluses aging police gear for Port Allen.
July 22, 2026
An Addis man was arrested Tuesday evening after a domestic disturbance that left a woman with stab wounds on Benoit Drive. Braylon Oneil Duffy has been booked into the West Baton Rouge Parish Detention Center on multiple criminal charges.
July 21, 2026
The warden hired to fix the drug problem at the West Baton Rouge Detention Center has resigned after less than a year. His departure follows another inmate death and a group overdose linked to the facility's work release program.
July 21, 2026
Paul and Michael Mladenka opened Cou-Yon's BBQ in Port Allen in 2009 when nobody thought they'd make it. Seventeen years later, the doubters are eating brisket.
July 20, 2026
New Cohn Elementary opens Sept. 2 but permanent cabinets are delayed. The school board also switched to twice-monthly payroll, approved new student promotion rules and discussed funding $1.4 million in teacher stipends with local money.
July 17, 2026
