ERWINVILLE, La. (AP) - State police say two people died and one person suffered life-threatening injuries after a single-vehicle crash U.S. 190 Highway in Pointe Coupee Parish. Trooper Russell Graham tells The Advocate 54-year-old George Joseph Jr. of New Orleans was eastbound on U.S. 190 around 1 a.m. Saturday near... more »
GONZALES, La. (AP) - Ascension Parish Sheriff Jeff Wiley says a 74-year-old man and a 50-year-old man were killed in an apparent home invasion in Gonzales, and a 72-year-old woman was fighting for her life. WBRZ-TV and WAFB-TV report that deputies were sent to the house late Saturday because relatives... more »
HARRISONBURG, La. (AP) - Two men died when their ATV hit a pickup in Catahoula Parish. State police say an ATV, driven by 42-year-old William R. McKenzie of Wisner, and a pickup, driven by 48-year-old David W. Carroll of Grayson, collided Sunday morning on Old Columbia Road near Harrisonburg. Troopers... more »
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Police said two men died and 59 people were hurt in a predawn pileup of about 40 vehicles that closed heavily trafficked Interstate 10 in eastern New Orleans through rush hour and beyond. Officer Garry Flot said 22 people were taken to hospitals with minor to... more »
CONVENT, La. (AP) - Officials say two people have died in an apartment fire in Convent. The fire started around 4 a.m. Friday on Rev. Thomas Scott Street off La. Highway 44. State Fire Marshal Butch Browning tells WWL TV at least two people died in the fire, and the... more »
METAIRIE, La. (AP) - Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputies are investigating a double shooting in Metairie. Deputies say the victims in Wednesday's double homicide outside a Metairie have been identified as 29-year-old Derrell Joseph Bradley of New Orleans and 27-year-old Wentrell C. Fletcher of Marrero. Bradley was found lying in the... more »
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - A two-vehicle accident in Biloxi has the lives of two St. Tammany Parish residents and sent two others to the hospital. Harrison County Coroner Gary Hargrove says the accident happened around 8:35 p.m. Thursday on U.S. Highway 90 in front of the Isle Casino. Hargrove identified... more »
LAPLACE, La. (AP) - Louisiana State Police say a Florida couple died when their motor coach went over a guardrail where Interstate 55 and Interstate 10 meet near Laplace. Trooper Bryan Zeringue says the accident happened around 9:45 a.m. Monday. Zeringue identified the victims as 72-year-old Joseph P. Ridgedell and... more »
WOODVILLE, Texas - The Tyler County Sheriff's Office says an apparent land dispute has left two cousins dead and the suspected gunman in custody. The sheriff's department says 77-year-old Donald David Legg of Shreveport, La., was held without bail Thursday on two counts of capital murder. Dispatcher Natalie Minton says... more »