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St. Landry Parish Arrest Report
This is the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office arrest report for October 15, 2012Paige Allyse Lanclos, age 21, 389 Dillard Rd., Opelousas, LA, simple battery involving domestic violence.Evan Taylor...
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Cruelty to a juvenile arrest in Lake Charles
A 26-year-old woman is facing child abuse charges after a Calcasieu Parish school called deputies. School officials filed a complaint, on behalf of a 4 year old student at the school. Deputies say...
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Two motorcyclists killed in crash
Two motorcyclists were killed Saturday night after a bad crash on US 190 in Eunice.According to state police, a pickup truck towing a horse trailer pulled out onto 190 into the path of that...
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Vilma takes bounty matter back to federal court
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Jonathan Vilma is again asking a federal judge to overturn his suspension in the NFL's bounty probe of the New Orleans Saints. In papers filed in U.S. District Court in New Orleans...
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Boyce Street closed for railroad repairs
Tom Carroll, the Director of the Public Works Department, announced today the 100 block of Boyce Street will be closed on Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 6:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Burlington Northern...
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Judges prepare to redistribute domestic cases
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) - With Judge Robert Wyatt leaving the Calcasieu Parish family court in January, court officials say the judges of the 14th Judicial District Court have decided to divvy up...
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Scott Man Killed; Alleged Drunk Driver Charged with Vehicular Homicide
A Scott man is dead after an alleged drunk driver ran a red light and slammed into his truck. The crash took place just before midnight at the corner of Ambassador Caffery and Eraste Landry Road....
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Stocks higher after retail sales improve
Stocks rose on Monday after a strong gain in retail spending suggested that consumers could be getting more confident about the economy. The Commerce Department said retail sales rose 1.1 percent last...
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Bicyclist killed in hit and run crash
HAMMOND, La. (AP) - State police are investigating a fatal hit and run crash involving a bicyclist. The crash occurred on La Highway 1064 northeast of Hammond Sunday night and claimed the life of...
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Member of Jerry Lee Lewis band killed in shootout
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Musician B.B. Cunningham Jr., a member of Jerry Lee Lewis' band, was killed in a Memphis shootout early Sunday, police said. Police said Cunningham was working as a security...
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Mother booked with child neglect
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A 24-year-old New Orleans woman was arrested on child neglect charges after police said firefighters had to use CPR to revive twin 6-year-old girls left alone in a home that caught...
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Obama embraces economic record in new commercial
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) - With the economy showing some signs of improvement three weeks before Election Day, President Barack Obama on Monday laid down a full embrace of the economic record many...
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Crew member missing off ship coming into Mobile
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - The Coast Guard and Mobile area rescue units are searching the Gulf waters off the Alabama coast for a crew member from the Philippines who disappeared as a ship was preparing to...
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Big tobacco says corrective statements go too far
WASHINGTON (AP) - Tobacco companies are urging a federal judge to reject the government's proposed industry-financed corrective statements, calling them "forced public confessions." The Justice...
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Officials say 4 elephants OK after I-10 wreck
PEARLINGTON, Miss. (AP) - Officials say a semi-truck pulling a trailer of four circus elephants ran off Interstate 10 in south Mississippi on Sunday night, but the driver and animals were not hurt....
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Freshman Rep. Richmond faces 4 in 2nd District
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The geography has changed for U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond as he seeks his second term in Congress but the demographics and the power of incumbency are in his favor as he takes on four...
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Body Found in Downtown Lafayette
Lafayette police are investigating a body found in downtown Lafayette this afternoon. Police say the body was found on Polk Street between E. Main and Vermilion Streets. They say the case is being...
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Rayne man wanted for alleged obscenity
Crimestoppers of Acadia Parish and the Rayne Police Department are seeking the public's assistance in locating a Rayne man.Brodi Luke Dupuis, 22, of Rayne, is wanted for 2 counts of alleged obscenity....
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Police Investigate Downtown Homicide
Lafayette Police officers were called to the 300 block of Polk Street October 15, 2012, at 12:10 pm, regarding a man lying behind a shrub, next to a business.Officers on scene discovered a 24-year-old...
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3rd Congressional District Debate set for Oct. 17th
The McNeese State University Student Government Association is hosting a debate between candidates for the 3rd Congressional District on Wednesday, October 17 at 7 p.m. The debate will be held in...
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