Educator, civil rights activist killed in head-on collision Eunice retired educator and civil rights activist George Fisher was killed Sunday night when his vehicle was hit head-on by a pickup truck driven by an unlicensed and suspected impaired driver on L...
There are new garbage collectors in town -- black bears PATTERSON — Black bears are no longer just searching for food south of the railroad tracks in the city.
The bears have now made their way to other parts of the city, Mayor Rodney Grogan said.
“We m...
Crowley driver dies when vehicle hits pole CROWLEY – A man driving a speeding vehicle was killed when it hit a utility pole.
Witnesses said 20-year-old Seth Courville was drivign at a high rate of speed when his KIA Optima left Lovell Stre...
232-HELP referral center has new leadership, director LAFAYETTE – A new board of directors and executive committee have been announced to lead 232-Help, an education and referral center based in Acadiana to identify, catalogue and better connect those...
LSU launches on-line graduate school program BATON ROUGE – A new, completely Web-based, distance-learning initiative was launched Monday by Louisiana State University.
LSU Online’s initial launch offers graduate students a choice of three ma...
8-year-old packs loaded pistol in book sack MONROE – An 8-year-old student was expelled after taking a loaded .22-caliber pistol to school Monday.
Monroe Police said the boy was a student at Madison James Foster Elementary School.
The scho...
Horse virus outbreak has La. officials' on watch BATON ROUGE — Louisiana agriculture officials are monitoring an outbreak of Equine Herpes Virus-1 at the Horse Shows in the Sun equestrian event last month in Ocala, Fla., keeping Louisiana horses ...
Boustany rules out run against Landrieu WASHINGTON – Rep. Charles Boustany (R-La.), fresh off an expensive re-election campaign, announced Monday that he will not run for Senator Mary Landreiu’s seat next year.
Boustany had been floated ...
Rockerfeller fish lab, complex, at last, to be rebuilt NEW ORLEANS - The Federal Emergency Management Agency has announced more than $1 million in recovery aid to build a new Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge Fish Lab and Fish Lab Complex, which were destroy...
Crouch named Morgan City police chief MORGAN CITY — The city now has a new police chief after more than five months without one.
Mayor Frank “Boo” Grizzaffi recommended and the council approved Travis Crouch as the new chief. The coun...
Unbelted driver dies when pickup rolls, hits tree DERIDDER – A DeRidder man died Tuesday night in a one-vehicle crash in Beauregard Parish.
State Police said Richard C. West, 45, died when the 2000 Ford pickup truck he was driving on Pleasant Hill...
Lavergne claims mistreatment at Angola ANGOLA – Confessed double murdered Brandon Lavergne continues to whine about his plight through more court filings.
In the latest round, he claims he is being deprived of privileges accorded other ...
