Iberia Parish News

• Education

  LSU Lauds Honors Graduates, Cadets, and Communication Award Winners

  

  Posted 8:54 AM 5/17/2013 by KATC

  Louisiana State University has recognized some of it outgoing seniors in this week leading to graduation.  Several Acadiana LSU students have received a number of honors from LSU based on their academic performance and service in ROTC.  The recipients of the Distinguished Communicator (More)

  
  

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• Iberia

  Sewer smoke testing set for May 20 in New Iberia

  

  Posted 10:22 AM 5/16/2013 by MELISSA CANONE (PHOTO COURTESY: MGN ONLINE)

  As part of the City of New Iberia's Sewer Improvements, the City will conduct smoke testing of the Sanitary sewer system on May 20 to locate any defects in sewer pipes.

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• Iberia

  Deputies Find Marijuana Plants in Home, Arrest Two

  

  Posted 9:00 AM 5/16/2013 by Ian Auzenne

  Two men have are in the Iberia Parish Jail after investigators say they found multiple marijuana plants and pills in a New Iberia home. Iberia Parish sheriff's deputies took 32-year-old Jason Derouen and 29-year-old Blake Chastant into custody after seizing 24 marijuana plants and other drugs (More)

  
  

• Iberia

  Man Charged With Calling Bomb Threat at Iberia Parish Courthouse

  

  Posted 9:12 PM 5/15/2013 by katc

  Sheriff Louis Ackal advises that on Wednesday, May 15, at approximately 4:15 p.m dispatchers with the Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office recieved a call of a bomb threat. Information recieved by dispatchers was that a bomb was placed at the court house. Due to the caller not specifying which (More)

  
  

• Iberia

  18-year-old Hunter Bags New Texas State Record Alligator

  

  Posted 4:39 PM 5/15/2013

  Braxton Bielski, an 18-year-old high school senior on his first alligator hunt, bagged the behemoth 800-pound, 14-foot, 3-inch gator during a recent hunt in Texas.

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• Iberia

  Iberia Courthouse Bomb Threat

  

  Posted 4:29 PM 5/15/2013

  Right now, the Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office is in the process of evacuating the city and parish courthouses. Deputies say they are searching each after a caller phoned in a bomb threat. They weren't specific on which courthouse, so both are being searched as a precaution.

  
  

• Iberia

  Philip deMahy Sr. sentenced & housed in New Iberia

  Posted 3:31 PM 5/14/2013 by Tonya LaCoste

  Philip deMahy Sr., recently sentenced to two years for possessing child pornography, is being housed at the Iberia Parish Jail. On May 2, deMahy, a New Iberia advertising executive, was sentenced to two years in prison without the benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence. In (More)

  
  

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• Iberia

  Sheriff: Boaters be prepared, fill out a US Coast Guard float plan

  

  Posted 10:49 AM 5/13/2013 by MELISSA CANONE (PHOTO COURTESY: MGN ONLINE)

  Sheriff Louis Ackal is alerting boaters in Iberia Parish of the importance of safety while on the water ways of Iberia Parish. The IPSO Search and Rescue Unit responded to over 120 calls from 2011 - 2012 related to boating emergencies.

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• Iberia

  Iberia Chamber Supports LCTCS Bill for Trained Workforce

  Posted 6:28 PM 5/10/2013 by Press Release

  New Iberia, LA - The Greater Iberia Chamber of Commerce (GICC) supports an educated and skilled workforce, which has the current skill set that businesses need to grow. To that end, the GICC Board of Directors voted this week in support of Louisiana Senate Bill 204, which fundsfacility (More)

  
  

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  Summer Workshop Registration

  

  Posted 4:00 PM 5/8/2013 by MELISSA CANONE(PHOTO COURTESY OF MGN Online)

  Registration has begun for the Iberia Parish Library Summer Workshops and will end on Saturday, May 11 .

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• Iberia

  Delcambre Seafood & Farmers Market Grand Opening

  

  Posted 2:23 PM 5/8/2013 by MELISSA CANONE(PHOTO COURTESY OF MGN Online)

  The grand opening of the Delcambre Seafood & Farmers Market will be held Saturday, May 11, from 8 am - 1 pm under the oaks of the Shrimp Festival grounds.

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• Iberia

  New Iberia Councilwoman Confident over Food Truck Future

  

  Posted 12:04 PM 5/8/2013 by Ian Auzenne

  The New Iberia councilwoman says she hopes to introduce an ordinance allowing food trucks to operate in the city in June. Councilwoman Natalie Lopez-Robin says a couple of food truck owners spoke to the council at Tuesday's meeting. Lopez-Robin adds that she feels the council supports allowing these businesses to operate in New Iberia. She says if all goes as planned, she will introduce her ordinance on June 4.

  
  

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• Iberia

  Iberia Performing Arts League Production

  

  Posted 11:03 AM 5/8/2013 by MELISSA CANONE

  Iberia Performing Arts League will present "See How They Run" by Philip King as its season finale of the 2012-13 season.

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  Iberia & Vermilion leaders support Sen. Fred Mills' "salt cavern" bill

  

  Posted 2:57 PM 5/7/2013 by Tonya LaCoste

  The New Iberia mayor, Iberia Parish Sheriff and the Vermilion Parish Police Jury are asking lawmakers to consider passing a bill that would require an environmental impact study to be done before AGL Resources expands a salt cavern under Lake Peigneur in Iberia Parish. They have all sent letters (More)

  
  

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• Iberia

  Sheriff: ATVs causing damage to farmland

  

  Posted 4:59 PM 5/6/2013 by KATC

  Iberia Parish Sheriff Louis Ackal has issued an advisory warning residents of the increased damaged caused by all terrain vehicles trespassing on farmland.

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