PORT ALLEN — A police officer disciplined by two police chiefs and who has been investigated at least twice for alleged misconduct now faces City Council dismissal proceedings, a Police Department lawyer said Thursday.Jill … Continue reading →

PLAQUEMINE — Dow Chemical Co. has agreed to shore up Plaquemine’s defenses against possible water contamination to avoid a repeat of a late-1990s emergency in which the city’s aquifer tested positive for the carcinogen vinyl chloride, … Continue reading →

PORT ALLEN — The City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to follow parish government in strengthening its stand against liquor sales after 10 p.m. on Sundays.An ordinance adopted during the council’s regular meeting calls for … Continue reading →

NEW ROADS — Pointe Coupee Parish maintenance workers have been selling scrap metal owned by the parish to pay for employee parties in a practice that may have been going on for as long as 40 … Continue reading →

ADDIS — The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development announced Wednesday it will install a temporary traffic signal at the intersection of La. 1 and Sugar Plantation Parkway, a crossing where three people died last year.Continue reading →

The Addis Firemen’s Parade, marking the 50th anniversary of the Addis Volunteer Fire Department, is set to roll at 11 a.m. Sunday.There will be festivities including music, food and games at the Museum Park after the … Continue reading →

NEW ROADS — After a 21-year ban, commercial fisherman may be allowed to fish on False River as part of the state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries’ efforts to improve the … Continue reading →

ADDIS — The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development will seek bids later this month for a construction project to redesign the intersection of La. 1 and Sugar Plantation Parkway, an intersection that both the … Continue reading →

ADDIS — Addis police investigated a fatal shooting Saturday afternoon on Main Street after an apparent domestic dispute, Police Chief Ricky Anderson said. The slaying was the first in Addis since 2010, Anderson said.… Continue reading →

NEW ROADS — A 25-year-old Pointe Coupee woman suffered a broken neck Friday when she attempted to hang herself in jail a few hours after a judge sentenced her to serve five years in prison for … Continue reading →

PLAQUEMINE — The Iberville Parish School Board has named a former teacher with 15 years of service to fill the board’s vacant District E seat.The board chose Pauline “Polly” Higdon Wednesday to replace … Continue reading →

Arden Bucklin Sporer, executive director of the San Francisco Green Schoolyard Alliance, is scheduled to discuss school gardens at 1 p.m. Monday at the Pointe Coupee Civic Center, 1200 Major Parkway, New Roads.The speaker has … Continue reading →

Angola Warden Burl Cain said death row inmate Derrick Todd Lee has not profited from his notoriety in any way since he’s been in the prison, but a letter written by Lee and released Monday says otherwise.Continue reading →

WHITE CASTLE — A St. James man died in a single-vehicle wreck on La. 1 south of White Castle shortly after midnight Sunday, State Police spokesman Russell Graham said Monday.Kennie Harrison, 28, was … Continue reading →

Convicted serial killer Derrick Todd Lee has artwork for sale online with at least one drawing selling a day after it was posted on the site.A colored pencil drawing of a panda bear eating bamboo is … Continue reading →

AGE: 57POSITION: District attorney since 1991 for the 18th Judicial District, which encompasses Iberville, Pointe Coupee and West Baton Rouge parishes.Continue reading →

PORT ALLEN — A long-simmering dispute between the Sheriff’s Office and the Addis police chief over handling security for private events at the Addis Community Center bubbled over Thursday night at the West Baton Rouge Parish … Continue reading →

ADDIS — More than 100 people packed the Dow Westside YMCA Wednesday night to learn more about the redesign of a dangerous intersection in Addis where three people have died in car wrecks in the past … Continue reading →

The Iberville Parish Sheriff’s Office investigated a chemical leak on Interstate 10 at the Ramah exit Wednesday night.Sheriff’s Maj. Johnny Blanchard said the driver of an 18-wheeler heading east pulled off the roadway onto the … Continue reading →

NEW ROADS — A state district judge reinstated the full-five year probation imposed on a former schoolteacher convicted of communicating improperly with an underage girl, court records show.Former Livonia High School teacher … Continue reading →

The Pointe Coupee Parish Historical Society begins its “Last Friday Louisiana Film Series” on Friday with the 1947 movie “New Orleans,” a music-filled tribute to the birth of jazz featuring Louis Armstrong, Billie Holliday and others.Each … Continue reading →

PORT ALLEN — State Police arrested three Chicago residents on counts of identity theft, Trooper Russell Graham said in a news release.A state trooper made the arrests during a Jan. 16 traffic stop … Continue reading →

ST. GABRIEL — Claude Porter does not know where his truck is but he wants it back.The 1989 Ford F-350 flatbed pickup that he used to haul junk cars to a scrap yard … Continue reading →

PORT ALLEN — Death row inmate Michael Garcia was denied a first step toward a new trial Friday by a judge who ruled there was no conflict of interest at play during the defendant’s first-degree murder … Continue reading →

BUECHE — A woman died Friday morning after she was struck by a vehicle on Bueche Road , State Police said Friday.Brandon Gueho, 24, of Port Allen was driving a 2006 Chevrolet pickup south … Continue reading →