KATC - Always On

Posted 56 minutes 48 seconds ago by Melissa Canone
Source: Press Release

The Humane Society of the United States and SpayNation for Dogs & Cats are providing free rabies vaccinations for cats and dogs from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 4, 2010. This event is being held at Lafayette Jockey Lot (next to Hub City Ford) at 3011 NW Evangeline Thruway in Lafayette. Low cost spay/neuter certificates, while supplies last, will also be distributed at the event. More than 92,000 homeless pets are put down every year in Louisiana animal shelters. Currently Sp… Click to Read More

Posted 1 hour 21 minutes ago by Melissa Canone
Source: AP

HELENA, Mont. (AP) - General rule of thumb: when looking to buy marijuana, don't text the sheriff. Authorities say a Helena teen hit a wrong number and inadvertently sent a message to Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton, saying "Hey Dawg, do you have a $20 I can buy right now?" A detective pretending to be the dealer organized a meeting at a time when the boy knew he and another teen would be at a particular store. The detective spotted two teenage boys and one of the boy's fathers - w… Click to Read More

Posted 1 hour 56 minutes ago by Melissa Canone
Source: AP

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - There's now an official gay and lesbian destination guide for New Orleans. The Navigaytour will launch just in time for the 39th Annual Southern Decadence Festival, which welcomes on average 100,000 attendees for events over the Labor Day weekend. The 32-page guide highlights events, attractions, restaurants, bars, clubs, accommodations and neighborhoods. This year, the Navigaytour guide features the first-ever Gay History Trail Map for New Orleans. Its website says Naviga… Click to Read More

Posted 2 hours 13 minutes ago by Hugh Keeton
Source: AP

Twelve players from North Carolina won't play in the 18th-ranked Tar Heels' opener against No. 21 LSU in Atlanta on Saturday amid an ongoing NCAA investigation. The school said Friday that six players - defensive ends Robert Quinn and Michael McAdoo, cornerbacks Kendric Burney and Charles Brown, receiver Greg Little and suspended defensive tackle Marvin Austin - were declared ineligible for the opener for "violating school and/or NCAA rules." Another six players - tailbacks Shaun Dr… Click to Read More

Posted 2 hours 21 minutes ago
Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The agency that oversees offshore drilling will investigate the fire on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Thursday's fire came less than five months after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that killed 11 people and spurred the worst offshore oil spill in the nation's history. This time no one was killed and the Coast Guard said no crude was leaking. Michael Bromwich, director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforce… Click to Read More

Posted 2 hours 54 minutes ago by Melissa Canone
Source: AP

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A vessel has latched onto a key piece of evidence in the oil spill investigation so crews can raise the 300-ton device to the surface of the Gulf of Mexico. BP says the Helix Q4000 latched onto the blowout preventer a mile beneath the sea on Friday morning. The plan is to replace the failed blowout preventer first to deal with any pressure that is caused when a relief well BP has been drilling intersects the blown-out well. Once that intersection occurs, BP is expected to … Click to Read More

Posted 3 hours 16 minutes ago by Melissa Canone
Source: AP

LEESVILLE, La. (AP) - A state district judge in Vernon Parish has ordered a 66-year-old Leesville man to spend a year in jail and repay nearly $21,000 to owners of timber he was convicted of burning. The Daily Leader reports that Judge Vernon B. Clark sentenced Darrell Wayne Westmoreland to six years at hard labor, but suspended it on condition he spends a year in the Vernon Parish Jail and repays the owners. A Vernon Parish jury convicted him Feb. 11 of starting four separate forest fires on… Click to Read More

Posted 3 hours 25 minutes ago by Melissa Canone
Source: AP

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) - The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says that 17 people have admitted catching large amounts of shrimp in the Sabine National Wildlife Refuge and selling them commercially. It says that state wildlife agents staked out the refuge after getting numerous complaints. They watched the people catch more than the 5-gallon limit, then bought more than 550 pounds of shrimp from them in an undercover investigation. It's illegal to sell shrimp caught in the refuge… Click to Read More

Posted 3 hours 34 minutes ago by Melissa Canone
Source: AP

MIAMI (AP) - Hurricane Earl has weakened to a Category 1 storm as it heads for the Northeast and some watches and warnings have been reduced or dropped from Long Island to Maine. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Friday that a hurricane warning for the southeast coast of Massachusetts was reduced in size. But the warning remains in effect for areas including Cape Cod, Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard. Earl's center was moving away from North Carolina on a north-northeast track and wa… Click to Read More

Posted 4 hours 42 minutes ago
Source: Associated Press

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Baton Rouge police say a man shot two people at Baton Rouge General Medical Center-Mid City injuring one seriously. A statement from police says they're looking for a man named Darrell F. Garner. The brief report doesn't say what prompted the shooting or how Garner was identified. But it says he has a long arrest record and should be considered armed and dangerous. Police say the shooting occurred about 12:30 a.m. One man was shot multiple ti… Click to Read More

Posted 4 hours 49 minutes ago by Katie Durio
Source: KATC

Franklin Daily Arrest Log - September 3, 2010: 9/2/2010 @ 8:13 AM, LEONCE MONTRELL PERRO, 19, of Ibert Street - Franklin, LA was arrested on warrants dated August 29, 2010, charging him with Simple Criminal Damage To Property and Aggravated Assault. Mr. Perro was processed and released on a $2000.00 bond to appear in 3rd Ward City Court. 9/2/2010 @ 9:30 AM, THERESA LYNN KINCHEN, 29, of Josephine Street - Franklin, LA was arrested on a warrant dated August 29, 2010, charging her with… Click to Read More

Posted 4 hours 56 minutes ago by Katie Durio
Source: KATC

Lafayette Parish Daily Arrest Log - September 3, 2010: Name: Abadie, Kimberly Charge: Pwitd Sch. Ii Cds Arresting Agency: Lafayette Parish Sheriff'S Ofc Address: 200 Blk Floridian LN Lafayette, La Name: Arceneaux, Africa Charge: Monetary Instrument Abuse Char Arresting Agency: Lafayette Parish Sheriff'S Ofc Address: 100 Blk Arceneaux ROA Scott, La Name: Babineaux, Kerry Charge: Schedule Ii Arresting Agency: Penalties Address: 100 Blk Daigle STR Lafayette, La Nam… Click to Read More

Posted 5 hours 9 minutes ago
Source: St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office

According to Sheriff David Naquin during the last 24 hours the Sheriff's Office responded to 47 complaints and reports the following arrests: Rickey Archangel was arrested on 9-2-2010 at 8:25 am on a warrant for Failure to Appear on the charges of Speeding and Driving Under Suspension. Suspect was located in the Charenton area, placed under arrest on warrant and booked into the parish jail with no bond at this time. Jasmine A. Morgan was arrested on 9-2-2010 at 9:05 am on a warrant for Fail… Click to Read More

Posted 5 hours 17 minutes ago by Cecilia Stevenson
Source: AP

BP says it has so far spent $8 billion responding to the disastrous oil well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico. The company said Friday that the total included $399 million paid to settle 127,000 claims from businesses and other affected by the oil spill.The oil company said more than 28,000 people and 4,000 vessels are still engaged in responding to the spill. BP says no oil has
flowed from the well since July 15.

Posted 5 hours 20 minutes ago by Cecilia Stevenson
Source: AP

Under court order, Calcasieu Parish police jurors have reversed themselves and granted an alcohol permit to a Vinton strip club. The permit had been denied last month. The company seeking the permit, Vinton Golf & Travel Club, went to court. On Monday, Judge Robert Wyatt ruled that the Police Jury must issue the permits the company is eligible for. The parish's attorney, Allen L. Smith Jr., had warned police jurors that if they denied the permit request, they could face legal action. Smith … Click to Read More

Posted 5 hours 20 minutes ago by posted by Kate Mundy
Source: KATC and Opelousas PD

A reported armed and dangerous person was quickly taken into custody on the campus of Creswell Elementary school located at 1208 E. Leo Street. The incident began as officers with the Opelousas Police Dept., St. Landry Sheriff's office, Leonville Police Dept and the Ward I Marshals office responded to the Wal-Mart shopping center at approximately 2:40 PM to investigate a call of a female that was in distress and was hiding from her child's father because he was threatening to do her harm, and … Click to Read More

Posted 5 hours 40 minutes ago by Cecilia Stevenson
Source: AP

Hunters and other sportsmen won't have to pay sales tax this weekend when they buy guns, ammunition and an array of outdoor supplies. Louisiana's annual "Second Amendment Weekend Sales Tax Holiday" runs from Friday through Sunday. Items exempt from state and local sales taxes include hunting accessories, firearms, ammunition, animal feed, clothes, binoculars, knives, decoys, all-terrain vehicles and other outdoor items. There's no price limit for individuals. The tax-free period was created by … Click to Read More

Posted 5 hours 45 minutes ago by Associated Press
Source: AP

A group of University of New Orleans students has reminded state lawmakers and Gov. Bobby Jindal just how nasty and angry the next round of budget cuts will be, getting into a tussle with police as part of a protest about the deep reductions on the horizon. But those students probably need to brace for the reality that appears to be slowly sinking in with the higher education community: Protests or not, the cuts are coming, and Jindal and Louisiana's legislators don't seem to have any plans to … Click to Read More

Posted 12 hours 48 minutes ago by Jim Hummel
Source: KATC

As the Vermilion 380 platform burned Thursday morning and 13 men jumped to safety, a New Iberia man captured the fire from a platform just four miles away from the site. "I didn't hear an explosion, didn't see an explosion, didn't smell smoke or anything, it was just a black cloud of smoke," said Brandon Hebert in a telephone interview Thursday night. Hebert and a co-worker noticed fire shortly after arriving offshore for work around 9 a.m. They knew there were men onboard, so they s… Click to Read More

Posted 14 hours 47 minutes ago by Hugh Keeton
Source: UL Athletics

Former Ragin’ Cajuns head women’s basketball coach J. Kelley Hall, 51, suddenly passed away on Thursday afternoon after suffering a heart attack at his home in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Hall, born January 13, 1959, is the winningest coach in program history, turning around a program that had amassed just 45 wins in the 1990’s to 86 wins over his five seasons. UL finished either first or second in the Sun Belt West division four straight seasons under Hall. The … Click to Read More