NAPOLEONVILLE, La. (AP) - Assumption sheriff's deputies have arrested three men for an attempt to rob a Napoleonville bank. The incident happened shortly after 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at First American Bank. A deputy at a nearby gas station was alerted to the attempt and then saw the men, all masked... more »
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - President Barack Obama's continued moratorium on deepwater petroleum drilling in the Gulf of Mexico is an attempt to move the United States toward alternative energy at a high economic cost to southern Louisiana, the state's lieutenant governor says. During a hearing Tuesday before the state's two... more »
SLIDELL, La. (AP) - Slidell police say a 24-year-old man apparently shot and killed himself on Interstate 10 in Mississippi after trying to hold up a fast-food restaurant in Slidell. Capt. Kevin Foltz says the man's name is being withheld until his family is notified. Foltz says the man ordered... more »
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Crews hoped to begin pumping mud and perhaps cement down the throat of the blown-out oil well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday in what BP officials said could be the method of attack that finally snuffs the spill. Engineers planned to... more »
WALKER, La. (AP) - Livingston Parish sheriff's deputies arrested a man who passed out while allegedly trying to break into a mobile home where an 82-year-old woman was calling 911, crowbar in hand. Deputies said 24-year-old Derrick Gauthreaux of Denham Springs was checked at a hospital Thursday, then booked into... more »
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - An attempt to limit the liability of Mardi Gras float-builders for damage, injuries or death during parades has been scuttled. The bill by New Orleans Rep. Jeff Arnold had passed the Louisiana House. But a Senate committee voted 2-1 against the measure Tuesday. Opponents argued... more »
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - An attempt to move LSU's medical school to Baton Rouge from New Orleans was scuttled Wednesday by a House committee, but the bill's sponsor has not given up, calling for the Legislature to further investigate the issue. Rep. Joe Harrison, R-Napoleonville, said he proposed the... more »
Twin bombings - one an assassination attempt against an Iraqi provincial governor - killed 23 people and wounded the governor Wednesday in the worst violence in months to hit the western province that was once al-Qaida's top stronghold in Iraq.
Also on Wednesday, a British hostage held for more... more »
This is the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office arrest report for December 9, 2009.
Marcus Antoine Lalonde, Jr., age 20, 245 St. John Avenue, Opelousas, La., arrested on a bench warrant, charged with no seatbelt, driving under suspension, and open container.
Vincent Journet, Jr., age 37, 220 Verna... more »