The 2012 Kelloggs Tour of Gymnastics Champions
The 2012 Kellogg's® Tour of Gymnastics Champions, a national tour featuring Team USA's top performing gymnasts following the 2012 Olympic Games in London, is coming to Lafayette, Louisiana's CAJUNDOME...
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St. Landry Parish Arrest Report
This is the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office arrest report for October 16, 2012James Lee Morris, age 25, 647 Acadiana Rd. Opelousas, LA, hit and run, careless operation, no drivers license on...
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Today in history for October 16, 2012
Today is Tuesday, Oct. 16, the 290th day of 2012. There are 76 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 16, 1962, President John F. Kennedy was informed by national security...
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Driver's license of missing Tex. woman found
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - A search of Brandon Scott Lavergne's home in the investigation of Mickey Shunick's death uncovered the driver's license of a Texas woman whose whereabouts remain unknown. That's...
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Caddo advances pajama, saggy pants legislation
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - The Caddo Parish Commission will decide Thursday whether to formally encourage businesses to prohibit patrons from wearing pajamas in their establishments. The Times reports...
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Deer hunter cited for trespassing in Mandeville
MANDEVILLE, La. (AP) - Police say a 48-year-old man was cited for trespassing in an upscale Mandeville subdivision, where he is alleged to have been deer hunting. On Monday morning, police say they...
View ArticleBear mauling victim found on Alaska island
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Human remains found ravaged by one or more brown bears on a southeast Alaska island are likely from a Sitka man overdue on a boating trip, Sitka police said Monday. Police...
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Police Jury Sets New Bar Closing Time
Bars in rural Vermilion Parish will soon have to close their doors at 2:00 A. M. The Vermilion Parish Police Jury amended its bar ordinance Monday night with a 9-1 vote. According to Police Juror...
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PAR Louisiana Releases Voters' Guide to Amendments
Louisiana voters have asked many questions about the nine constitutional amendments on the November ballot. The Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana has created this guide to the amendments....
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Johnson Named LA Supreme Court Chief Justice
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Louisiana Supreme Court has ruled that Bernette Johnson will be the court's next chief justice, resolving a legal dispute that wound up in federal court. The court's ruling...
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Michigan 'Batman' says he has good intentions
PETOSKEY, Mich. (AP) - A Michigan man is facing charges for his effort to keep an eye on his community while wearing a Batman outfit. Mark Wayne Williams tells the Petoskey News-Review that dressing...
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La. high court rules Johnson will be chief justice
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Louisiana Supreme Court has ruled that Bernette Johnson will be the court's next chief justice, resolving a legal dispute that wound up in federal court. The court's ruling...
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Woman killed in Terrebonne Parish crash
SCHRIEVER, La. (AP) - State police say a 73-year-old Schriever woman died after an SUV struck the passenger side of the car in which she was riding. Troopers tell The Courier Geraldine Morvant was in...
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Appeals court: Town can restrict funeral protests
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A St. Louis suburb can enforce a funeral protest ordinance aimed at preventing picketing by an anti-gay Kansas church, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. The 8th U.S. Circuit...
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Saints fan files lawsuit against NFL, Goodell
From WWL: NEW ORLEANS -- A New Orleans Saints fans is taking NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to federal court, seeking in excess of $5,000,000 in the damages. (See lawsuit)David James Macina, a St....
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Monday night noise was explosion at Camp Minden
MINDEN, La. (AP) - Authorities in Webster Parish in northwest Louisiana say an explosion at the Camp Minden industrial site was the source of a loud, ground-rattling boom late Monday. The Webster...
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Eunice Fire Officials Battling House Fire
Eunice fire officials say they are battling a house fire in the 100 block of McKenzie Street. They could not provide any other information at this time. We will bring you more details as they become...
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Household chemical day is Sat., Oct. 20
Lafayette Consolidated Government's Environmental Quality Division is sponsoring a household chemical drop-off day Saturday (October 20) from 8 a.m. until noon at the Cajun Field parking lot....
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Homicide Victim Identified
Investigators have identified the body of the man found Monday in downtown Lafayette. Police say 24-year-old Michael Luke Darby was killed in an apparent homicide. Officials say Darby was in an...
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Woman Accused of Having Sex with Teen
A Lafayette woman is in jail for allegedly having sex with a teenager. Police say 20-year-old Torionca Bernard had a consensual sexual relationship with a 15-year-old boy. She is charged with felony...
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