Port Allen News

BATON ROUGE -- A Senate judiciary committee green-lighted a bill Tuesday that would circumvent any possible federal gun regulations by creating a made-in-Louisiana brand of firearms and ammunitions.

Mayor Demetric "Deedy" Slaughter has vetoed an ordinance from the City Council seeking to identify five positions within the city's administration as department heads.

Investigators say a device found in a small neighborhood Saturday night on West Parkway Drive in the Port Allen area was a bomb.

On 4 May 2013 at 0535 hours, Scott Police was dispatched to a vehicle crash at the intersection of Apollo Road and Cameron Street .

The racial divide was front and center at Wednesday's Port Allen city council meeting.

Black and white residents urged city leaders Wednesday night to put an end to the racial tension spilling over into the community blamed on repeated clashes among Mayor Demetric "Deedy" Slaughter, the City Council's white majority and certain members of the city administration.

The West Baton Rouge Museum is preparing to host its 18th annual Blast From the Past Summer History Camp series.

Gayle B. Smith, Linda Collins and Tracy Flickinger, from left, demonstrate 19th-century cooking during their April 29 class A Battle for Food: Civil War Era Southern Recipe Books at the West Baton Rouge Museum in Port Allen, La.

<![CDATA[Katie Daire and Michael Santangelo Dr. and Mrs. John Daire announce the engagement of their daughter, Katie Lorraine Daire, to Mr. Michael Blake Santangelo, son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Santangelo of Plaquemine, Louisiana. The couple will exchange vows on Saturday, June 22, 2013 at 6:00 P.M. at Oakbourne Country Club in Lafayette, Louisiana. Katie is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Daire and the late Mr. and Mrs. Claude Soileau Jr., all of Ville Platte, Louisiana. Blake is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Michael Santangelo of Plaquemine, Louisiana, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Clay Bourg of Port Allen, Louisiana. Katie is a graduate of Westminster Christian Academy and Louisiana State University. She received a Bachelor's degree in elementary and special education. She is employed by West Baton Rouge Schools in Port Allen. Blake is a graduate of St. John Catholic High School in Plaquemine, Louisiana. He is employed by SNF Flopam Holding Company in Plaquemine. After the wedding, the couple will reside in Addis, Louisiana.

Two bills aimed at regulating salt dome operations were approved unanimously by the Louisiana House on Thursday, a day after some Bayou Corne residents were told an evacuation order will remain in place indefinitely due to the instability of a 15-acre sinkhole.

Fire Chief Rick Boudreaux told the City Council on Wednesday that proposed legislation merging West Baton Rouge Parish's six fire subdistricts into one parishwide fire district is getting traction in the state Legislature and could mean major fire protection changes if enacted.

Monique Kitts of Port Allen pleaded not guilty to principle to second-degree murder and conspiracy to murder in Judge Robin Free's courtroom Wednesday morning.

A state district court judge on Tuesday pushed back the start of a hearing in which a Port Allen official is seeking a permanent injunction against Port Allen Mayor Demetric "Deedy" Slaughter until May 29.

Port Allen City Attorney Victor Woods Jr. owes more than $430 for a property located on West Main Street in Brusly, according to tax collector Mike Wiemer.

Investar Bank said Monday that shareholders of Hammond-based First Community Holding Co.

Hearth cooking instructor Gayle B. Smith scooped up a shovelful of hot, glowing red coals from the fireplace and told her cooking class audience, "This is your burner." Smith, along with West Baton Rouge Museum employees Linda Collins and Tracy Flickinger, were demonstrating what Southerners would have cooked during the U.S. Civil War of ... (more)

The West Baton Rouge Parish Council voted unanimously Thursday night to absorb Water District 2 into the parish water system.

"Seventy-five hundred children will go through the foster care system in Louisiana this year.

State police say a Baton Rouge man was killed in a two-vehicle crash on I-10 west of Port Allen.

A shooting at the Port Allen Walmart started a chase that ended in Baton Rouge. The shooting happened around 9 p.m. Wednesday in the parking lot.