New Roads News

Most will agree that the motorcycling mystic started with the movie "Easy Rider." Parts of the movie was filmed in Louisiana and Louisiana bikers want to embrace their part in motorcycling history.

State highway officials took the 35-car ferry operating between St. Francisville and New Roads out of service Thursday morning after debris in the Mississippi River damaged the vessel's propeller.

In the northern part of the country, leaves are turning gold and falling. In south Louisiana, pecans are falling.

New Roads police are investigating a possible hate crime, after they found a noose hanging from a tree Tuesday morning.

11/14/2009 To 11/15/2009 The Pointe Coupee Historical Society is holding a 40th anniversary celebration of the release of Easy Rider (1969-2009) to raise funds for a commemorative historical marker to be placed in Morganza and to raise awareness for motorcycle safety. We will begin with a screening and discussion of Easy Rider at 6:30 on Saturday, November 14th at the Poydras Center in New Roads. The main event will be held on Sunday, November 15th at 12:30 p.m. at the Poydras Center with gumbo, documentary footage of our local stars, an exhibit, and speakers. This will be followed by a ride at 3:00 p.m to The Bear’s Den in Morganza, just down the road from the old Meloncon’s Café where a 40th “Birthday Cake” will be served. Wristbands for Sunday’s event are $20 and may be purchased in advance by contacting Angélique Gardner. Advanced purchases of the wristband will also get you into the Saturday movie screening free of charge. Tickets for the screening will be $5 at the door.

After nearly a year of delay because of the national freeze in credit markets, Pinnacle Entertainment's proposed casino resort on River Road has been put on a schedule that could see the riverboat open in late 2011.

Two Louisiana hunters are moving their business headquarters to New Roads. New Roads and Pointe Coupee Parish officials each gave "Wildgame Innovations" $46,000 to relocate.

A hunting equipment manufacturer is expanding its operations in New Roads. Wildgame Innovations will be creating 23 new jobs in New Roads as it undergoes an expansion totaling $3 million.

Pointe Coupee Parish voters wishing to get a head start on voting in the Oct. 17 elections can start balloting today.

The state Department of Transportation and Development said Monday the 35-car ferry in service at the New Roads/St. Francisville location will be temporarily replaced with a 17-car vessel.

Several church congregations in New Roads are breathing a sigh of relief. The man accused of burglarizing three churches in the area, is now behind bars.

Sheriff's deputies have arrested a New Roads man for allegedly breaking into three local churches.

Emotions ran high at the Pointe Coupee Parish courthouse in New Roads as Larry Snyder Jr.

A local minister says he has to remove anything of value from his church before he locks the doors each night.

A Port Allen man was killed last night at approximately 8:30 p.m. on the Interstate 10 Mississippi River Bridge when he was struck by a vehicle.

A retired schoolteacher, she died at 6:47 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009, at The Carpenter House in Baton Rouge.

A retired electrician and a lifelong member of IBEW Local 995, he died at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept.10, 2009

Patrick Swayze , the movie star whose iconic roles in Dirty Dancing and Ghost transcended, and the man whose perseverance in the face of advanced cancer inspired, died today in Los Angeles.

On Sept. 11 we will be observing the eighth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. It is the day we remember those who lost their lives and those who today are fighting to preserve our cherished freedoms. In the days, weeks and months following 9/11, our country was bathed in American flags as citizens mourned the incredible losses and stood together against terrorism. This year you can again show your patriotism by flying a flag, wear a shirt or sweatshirt with a flag on it or wear a flag pin. It’s a good time to share history with your children and grandchildren. Talk about the freedom we take for granted

A Louisiana State Penitentiary chase team was following a trail in the Tunica Hills at 1 p.m. today for an inmate believed to have escaped from his assigned job of picking up litter on the prison grounds, a West Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office spokesman said.