Hurricane Season at Mid-Point
September 10th marks the mid-point of the Atlantic Hurricane Season. To date there have been 13 named tropical storms in the Atlantic Basin, 7 of which have become hurricanes and only one major...
View Article$2 Million Settlement Reached for Victim in Allison Hargrave Case
At least a $2 million settlement has been reached between Ascension Episcopal School and a former student who was sexually abused by a former school counselor. Allison Hargrave is currently serving a...
View ArticleScott Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day set for Sept. 15
The Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day is Scott is set for September 15, 2012 from 9:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. at City Maintenance Building, 118 Lions Club Road across from City Hall.This is a free...
View ArticleFuneral Arrangments for Former Crowley Funeral Director Noah Stoute
Funeral services will be held in Crowley on Tuesday, September 11, for Noah Stoute. Stoute, a Crowley native and long time funeral director and assistant coroner, was found stabbed to death in his...
View ArticleCrowley man charged with alleged hate crime
Crowley Police have added a hate crime charge to a Crowley man who was arrested for alleged Second Degree Battery of an off-duty Crowley Police officer.The original incident occurred on August 26,...
View Article31 new West Nile cases and 1 death
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Louisiana's 31 latest West Nile infections included one death, bringing Louisiana's total this year to 176 reported infections and 10 deaths from the virus. State health...
View ArticleMaurepas Swamp WMA reopens after Isaac cleanup
MAUREPAS, La. (AP) - The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has reopened the Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area, which closed before Hurricane Isaac's landfall. The area in Ascension,...
View ArticleSt. Mary Parish Deputies Visit Berwick Elementary
St. Mary Sheriff's Deputies Captain Jonathan Booth and Lieutenant Sennet Wiggins spoke to a group of second graders at Berwick Elementary on Friday.Students discussed the duties of law enforcement...
View ArticleThe Yambilee Festival is Cancelled
The Yambilee Festival has been a tradition for 66 years, but for the first time ever, there will be no festival this year. Yambilee board president Yvonne Normand says the decision to cancel the...
View ArticleLafayette Sheriff's Office Now Leading Keiosha Felix Investigation
The Lafayette Sheriff's Office is now the lead investigating agency in the disappearance of Keiosha Felix (pictured). There is still no sign of the Duson teenager who's been missing for more than four...
View ArticleOpelousas Stolen Property Website
When police conduct theft investigations they often end up with "stuff" that doesn't belong to them. Victims' property that ends up in limbo. In Opelousas, they're trying to reunite those belongings...
View ArticleLavergne still being investigated in other cases
Brandon Lavergne plead guilty to the murder of Mickey Shunick and the 1999 murder of Lisa Pate August 17. Yet some court documents are still not public record. KATC's Erin Steuber sat down with...
View ArticleLSU Looks to Build Depth vs. Idaho
Two games into the season, third-ranked LSU is now playing without two of its top players and a projected starter at a third spot. It's just a little hard to tell when they've won their first two...
View ArticleSaints Remain Defiant After Post-Bounty Loss
Malcolm Jenkins and Zach Strief appreciate that the Saints' season-opening loss did nothing to change the minds of those who expect the bounty scandal and related suspensions to undermine their 2012...
View ArticlePeyton Manning Shows No Rust in Return
Mike Tomlin needed only two words to describe the guy who ripped apart the Pittsburgh Steelers' defense in the Mile High City. "He's Peyton," the coach said with a shrug. He's Peyton Manning - and...
View ArticleLafayette Parish Sheriff's Office Daily Arrest Report
This report contains the daily arrests for Sep 11, 2012Name: Adams, JoshuaCharge: 2nd Deg Battery Charge: Int'LArresting Agency: Lafayette City PdAddress: 100 Blk Boulder Creek PKW Lafayette, LaName:...
View ArticleNew Orleans bakery weighs options after July fire
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A demolition project has started at the site of an iconic New Orleans bakery gutted by a fire in July. Drew Ramsey, operations manager for the Simon Hubig Pie Co., tells WDSU-TV...
View ArticleJindal orders flags at half-staff for 9/11
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - In recognition of the anniversary of Sept. 11, Gov. Bobby Jindal has ordered flags at all state buildings to be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset. Jindal's executive...
View Article3-year probe of illegal fish sales ends in arrest
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - State wildlife and fisheries agents have arrested a Bridge City man for alleged commercial finfish violations, ending a three-year investigation into the illegal sale of red...
View ArticleCenter plans zombie flash mob dance for parade
HOUMA, La. (AP) - Braaains. Daaance. The South Louisiana Wetlands Discovery Center is looking for people who want to unleash their inner zombie for a flash mob dance in the city's Halloween parade....
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