updated Thu. April 11, 2024
-
WGNO
April 27, 2018
ST. TAMMANY PARISH, La. — I-12 East is shut down near Highway 190 after an 18-wheeler overturned. According to St. Tammany Fire Protection District #12, several agencies are working the crash. I-12 was completely blocked as of 2 p.m. Authorities say it will remain closed for at least one or two moreÃâà...
CBS News
April 27, 2018
Their heads were found in plastic bags and in similar surroundings at Lake Houston and near Calcasieu Lake. The lakes are about 150 miles apart. A prison inmate doing cleanup labor found the severed head in Louisiana on March 1. It was in a grassy marsh next to Highway 27 in Cameron Parish.
KATC Lafayette News
April 27, 2018
Brewing Beer dates back more than five thousand years, and humans can't seem to get enough. A relatively young brewery in Broussard is making its mark on Louisiana culture. We took a trip to the Parish Brewing Company in Broussard. Andrew Godley realized there was a market for craft beer inÃâà...
The Daily Advertiser
April 27, 2018
CROWLEY — OneAcadia, the designated economic development organization for Acadia Parish, with One Acadiana and SLEMCO, announced a 17.72-acre site along the new Rice Capital Parkway Service Road in Crowley has been certified under the Louisiana Economic Development (LED) CertifiedÃâà...
The Daily Advertiser
April 27, 2018
The following people were arrested Thursday, April 26, 2018: Name: Alfred, April Charge: Fugitive Arresting Agency: Lafayette Parish Sheriff'S Ofc Address: 1300 Blk Jefferson STR Lafayette, La. Name: Ardoin, Bokeem Charge: Principal/ Second Degree Murde Arresting Agency: Lafayette City Pd Address:Ãâà...
The Daily Advertiser
April 27, 2018
They're mostly people who attended city-parish council meetings and felt like they were talked down to or are frustrated with local government, he said. Their names do not appear on the report. The group has ties to Policies for Louisiana's Future, a PAC that paid for mailers in 2017 opposing the taxÃâà...
Bossier Press-Tribune Online
April 26, 2018
The multi-million dollar operation has been in service for several years now and is attracting the attention of others around the state. Parish Engineer Butch Ford said Bossier has, essentially, become a “poster child” because of their success. “We've had people from around the state call us and actually visitÃâà...
NOLA.com
April 25, 2018
The Louisiana Senate voted 18-15 Tuesday (April 24) to kill Senate Bill 417, which called for a local voter referendum in Tangipahoa Parish on the presence of a casino in November. If the state ... Livingston, Washington and St. Tammany parishes do not accept either form of gambling within their borders.
Area Development Online
April 24, 2018
Taiwan-based Formosa Petrochemical Corp. will build its $9.4 billion chemical manufacturing complex in St. James Parish, Louisiana. The company ... Formosa Plastics Group operates three existing Louisiana facilities with 410 employees in East Baton Rouge and Pointe Coupee parishes. The SunshineÃâà...
Cointelegraph
April 14, 2018
Mayor-President Joel Robideaux of Lafayette parish, Louisiana proposed the parish government to create its own cryptocurrency and consider launching an Initial Coin Offering (ICO), local news The Acadiana Advocate reported April 12. In his annual speech at the Heymann Center, Robideaux presentedÃâà...
NOLA.com
April 3, 2018
On April 3, 1955, a Louisiana State trooper stopped a pink and white Cadillac on U.S. 171 in Caddo Parish for driving 80 mph in a 60-mph zone. The car was being driven by a 20-year-old from Tennessee - Elvis Presley. The king of rock and roll was taken into custody and brought to the Caddo Parish Jail,Ãâà...
NOLA.com
April 3, 2018
Three of the biggest Louisiana names in the federal lobbying world -- John Breaux, Bob Livingston and Billy Tauzin - are vying for Jefferson Parish's Washington D.C. government relations contract after the current lobbyist submitted the only proposal to keep the job yet didn't win it. Now the Parish CouncilÃâà...
richlandtoday.com
April 3, 2018
Currently, Richland Parish's labor force is 7,923 people, up from 7,843 in January and 7,687 in February. Jefferson Davis and LaSalle parishes tied at 3.8 percent for the state's lowest unemployment. West Carroll Parish had the highest unemployment rate at 9.7 percent in February. Louisiana's notÃâà...
NOLA.com
April 3, 2018
Smith said Joseph Johnson Jr., 24, was pronounced dead at the scene of the gun battle at Louisiana 1077 and Railroad Avenue in the Goodbee area on Easter, authorities said. The St. Tammany Parish Coroner's Office said later Tuesday that Johnson sustained gunshot wounds to the head, neck, chestÃâà...
Shreveport Times
April 2, 2018
Jennifer Wilson, as previously reported, left a goodbye note in the car they left parked on the La. 2 bridge in north Bossier Parish, from which authorities believe they jumped. In a new detail, Marvin said Coty Wilson left a note and $5,000 in the mailbox of a former girlfriend. The man originally accused in theÃâà...
The Advocate
April 2, 2018
Bicycle Route 90 is designed to pass through 11 parishes in the state, including Pointe Coupee, East and West Feliciana, St. Helena and Tangipahoa, starting at the Louisiana-Texas state line, crossing through northern portions of Acadiana and ending in Washington Parish at the Louisiana-MississippiÃâà...
WAFB.com
April 1, 2018
Sgt. Jared Sandifer with LSP said the investigation up to this point shows Whitfield was headed eastbound on LA 22 on a 1997 Harley Davidson motorcycle when he went off the road in a curve. He added it remains unknown why Whitfield lost control of the motorcycle and went off the highway. According toÃâà...
The Advocate
April 1, 2018
But in most Louisiana parishes, the crowds of people who turn up at the courthouse for jury service, called venires, are less diverse than the lists from which they're drawn, sometimes substantially. In East Baton Rouge Parish, this step is where most of the falloff in black jury participation occurs, whereas inÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 30, 2018
Settlement Reached Over Boy's Killing by Louisiana Officers ... The boy's father and two other relatives sued the town of Marksville and its city court, Avoyelles Parish, Marksville City Marshal Floyd Voinche Sr., and the officers ... Attorneys for Avoyelles Parish and Stafford declined to comment Friday.
U.S. News & World Report
March 30, 2018
The National Weather Service has confirmed at least four tornadoes struck northern Louisiana during severe storms Wednesday. ... A twister with top winds of 105 mph (170 kph) touched down near Mangham in Richland Parish around 5 p.m. It flipped a mobile home, injuring four people, before lifting 4.2Ãâà...
WGNO
March 29, 2018
ST. TAMMANY PARISH, La. — Deputies from the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office will conduct a DWI checkpoint this weekend at an undisclosed location in St. Tammany Parish. The checkpoint is part of the ongoing, proactive “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign to combat impaired driving.
WBRZ
March 29, 2018
Webb started his law enforcement career in 1986 with the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections. He would later move on to the Criminal Investigations Division before returning the Patrol Division as a Sergeant in 1990 and rising to the rank of Lieutenant in 1995. In 2011, Lt. Col. Webb lastÃâà...
Alexandria Town Talk
March 29, 2018
The worst area parishes were Concordia (58th in both outcomes and factors) and Catahoula (62nd in outcomes, 53rd in factors). The worst Louisiana parish was East Carroll, which ranked last in the state in both outcomes and factors. To see the full County Health Rankings, visit countyhealthrankings.org.
KLFY
March 29, 2018
Even though moderator and Lafayette City-Parish Councilman Jay Castille insisted a parish finance summit Wednesday wasn't about raising taxes, it seemed at the end of the three-hour session to be the ... Lafayette Parish is 50th out of 64 Louisiana parishes in the amount of property taxes it assesses.
Weekly Citizen
March 29, 2018
Quarantine areas in the state include all areas south of Louisiana Highway 10 beginning at the Mississippi state line moving west until intersecting at Highway 171 in Vernon Parish. Also, moving south on Highway 171 to Highway 190 in DeRidder and turning west onto Highway 190 and continuing onÃâà...
The Daily Advertiser
March 29, 2018
Lafayette Parish is 50th out of 64 Louisiana parishes in the amount of property taxes it assesses. "A millage (property tax) has to be on the table," Carencro's city manager Donald Chauvin said. But there's the issue of trust. Several elected officials noted some residents don't trust government, don't believeÃâà...
WAFB.com
March 28, 2018
Webb became a legend of sorts in Ascension Parish law enforcement. When your boss calls you a "doer" and "game changer," you know you've done some things right. One of those things was transforming the office's Louisiana Special Olympic efforts. “He had the heart of a lion and the courage of a lion,”Ãâà...
Monroe News Star
March 28, 2018
... in Caldwell Parish north of Columbia has left 1,036 customers without power while an outage in Lincoln impacting Choudrant and Downsville has left 3,383 without power. A tornado watch is in effect until 11 p.m. for East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse, Richland, Tensas and West Carroll parishes.
Knoe.com
March 28, 2018
Northeastern Catahoula Parish in northeastern Louisiana... Southern Franklin .... A tornado warning is in effect until 4pm for southcentral Jackson and northern Winn parishes. A radar ... A severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect until 4pm for Winn and southern Jackson parishes. An intense line ofÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 27, 2018
Local Gas Tax Idea Rebuffed by Louisiana House Tax Committee. Lawmakers have spurned a proposal to allow Louisiana parishes and municipalities to raise their own gas taxes to pay for roadwork. March 27 ... If you divide that by parish and you divide that by region, it gets smaller and smaller," he said.
NOLA.com
March 27, 2018
An inmate housing pod during a media tour of the Orleans Parish Justice Center in New Orleans Sept. 12, 2015. ( (Photo by Brett Duke, ... Last year, an unprecedented collection of legislative reforms aimed at improving Louisiana's justice system passed and became law. These reforms were the product ofÃâà...
Greater Baton Rouge Business Report
March 27, 2018
There are plenty of lessons to be gleaned from the 130 elections on the ballot this past Saturday in 22 of Louisiana's 64 parishes, Jeremy Alford writes in ... “The Jefferson Parish sheriff's race, for example, was the prize fight of this spring cycle, but the election only saw a turnout of only 30%, despite heavyÃâà...
The Advocate
March 27, 2018
The administrator for the Louisiana Tax Commission was arrested and accused of domestic violence in Livingston Parish earlier this month, according to the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office. Charles Abels III, 51, of Killian, was booked March 4 on one count of domestic abuse battery into the LivingstonÃâà...
Weekly Citizen
March 27, 2018
The wildly popular Baton Rouge-based franchise, Walk-On's Bistreaux and Bar, has officially opened Ascension Parish. The Airline Highway location in Prairieville welcomed customers at the grand opening on Monday, March 26. The opening marks the 15th location in Louisiana and the 18th overall.
WGNO
March 26, 2018
LIVINGSTON PARISH–Shortly before 7:00 pm on March 24, 2018, Troopers from Louisiana State Police Troop A began investigating a single vehicle crash that resulted in a fatality on LA Hwy 447 south of I-12 in Livingston Parish. The crash took the life of 26 year old Christopher D. Fowler of DenhamÃâà...
The Advocate
March 20, 2018
For those seeking a sign of the stakes in Saturday's special election for Jefferson Parish sheriff, look no further than the bottom line. The money is flowing ... Yet one of the two men will soon assume his place as one of the most powerful politicians in one of the biggest parishes in Louisiana. Normand's reachÃâà...
FOX 8 News WVUE-TV
March 20, 2018
Five parishes in our area have more than 50 bridges each categorized as "poor" or "structurally deficient," according to the Federal Highway Administration. ... Four of the top six most-traveled structurally deficient bridges in Louisiana are in Jefferson and Orleans Parish, according to the American Road andÃâà...
New Orleans CityBusiness (blog)
March 20, 2018
Louisiana's education department has divvied up a $1.5 million federal grant aimed at improving early childhood education to eight parishes. The department says the grant will help pay for teachers at low-performing early childhood education centers with training aimed at helping improve classroomÃâà...
Business Facilities Magazine
March 17, 2018
Fuji Vegetable Oil will invest $70 million to launch a new processing facility adjacent to the former Avondale Shipyard in Jefferson Parish, LA. The specialty oils producer will create 39 new direct jobs for the project, with an average annual salary of $77,000, plus benefits. Louisiana Economic DevelopmentÃâà...
Donaldsonville Chief
March 13, 2018
Lately, Donaldsonville native Travis London spends time helping small businesses and families in Ascension, Assumption, St. James, and Iberville Parishes, amongst others. He may typically be found helping out St. James Parish on environmental awareness as a member of the 5th District H.E.L.P. of St.
FOX 15
March 13, 2018
ORIGINAL STORY, March 12, 6 p.m. — A high-speed pursuit that started in Iowa ended when the suspect struck a Louisiana State Police cruiser after running over a spike strip near the Duson exit on Interstate 10. According to a Louisiana State Police spokesman, Ashley M. Dejean, 32, is being chargedÃâà...
Knoe.com
March 13, 2018
SWARTZ, La. (KNOE) - On Tuesday, Ouachita Parish Police Juror Shane Smiley spoke out after the Swartz area was mentioned in a press briefing, on Monday. "They should take a look at it and see why they are listed on there. They're listed because they are some of the safest areas and so clearly thoseÃâà...
KPLC-TV
March 13, 2018
Sheriff Tony Mancuso says out of the 106 threats the FBI highlighted, around 10 came from Southwest Louisiana, 7 coming from Calcasieu Parish. CPSO is not required to report these threats to the FBI, but in these instances, the FBI was involved or considered them serious enough. Mancuso says aroundÃâà...
WAFB.com
March 13, 2018
Two people are dead after a domestic shooting led to a chase across parish lines that ended with the suspect jumping off the Horace Wilkinson Bridge (New Bridge) Monday night, according to officials. The Livingston ... Ard said a Louisiana State Police unit was hit during the chase. He added speeds didÃâà...
The Advocate
March 13, 2018
Students at several East Baton Rouge Parish high schools have been working with their teachers and administrators to develop sanctioned in-school events that would allow students ways to express themselves without disrupting class time. In Ascension Parish, Dutchtown High School students areÃâà...
The Advocate
March 12, 2018
“If everything goes well, we hope to have finalized blueprints to submit to Jefferson Parish in two to three weeks,” he said. David Brown, a ... In the Capitol Region, which includes East Baton Rouge and several surrounding parishes, Capitol Wellness Solutions leads the pack of applicants. The firm isÃâà...
WWL
March 12, 2018
TERREBONNE – A pedestrian was killed in a crash in Terrebonne Parish as she was walking on LA 57 on Sunday morning, Louisiana State Police say. The crash occurred around 6:30 a.m. on the highway at Express Boulevard. State Police say 38-year-old Brooke Hyde of Houma was traveling north onÃâà...
Fort Worth Star Telegram
March 11, 2018
Andy Harris, 56, was a senior pastor at a Louisiana church famous for its 199-foot cross. The landmark along U.S. 80 is a point of ... Harris has been charged with possession of meth and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to Bossier Parish jail records. The Shreveport Times confirmed Friday thatÃâà...
The Daily Advertiser
March 9, 2018
... Louisiana's attorney general sued a local school board Thursday over a meeting disrupted by the video-recorded arrest of a teacher being roughly handcuffed on a hallway floor after she criticized the district superintendent's pay raise. Attorney General Jeff Landry's lawsuit accuses the Vermilion ParishÃâà...
KLFY
March 5, 2018
Louisiana poet laureate, Darrell Bourque added, “Ardoin is one of our great existential poets. He knew his first responsibility as artist and as human being was to be true to his voice, and because of his steadfastness to clarity, purity and integrity of voice, he became what his beloved fiddle partner DennisÃâà...
