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• Millions chase record $425M Powerball jackpot

  November 27, 2012 9:13 AM

  CHICAGO (AP) - Eight months after a trio of ticket buyers split a $656 million Mega Millions jackpot to set a world lottery record, Powerball is offering up a prize that would be the second highest. The $425 million jackpot, the largest in Powerball's history, represents a potential life-changing fortune.... more »

• JPMorgan Chase earns $5B in Q2, beating estimates

  July 13, 2012 7:30 AM

  NEW YORK (AP) - JPMorgan Chase is reporting net income of $5 billion, or $1.21 per share, for April through June. Analysts surveyed by financial data provider Factset expected 76 cents per share. The bank says net income was down from $5.4 billion in the same period a year ago.... more »

• Man leads police on chase with small kids in car

  March 5, 2012 6:50 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Police say a Baton Rouge man led them on a high-speed chase while throwing large amounts of marijuana out his window and with his two young children in the back seat. Joshua Jackson was booked into Parish Prison Friday on counts of cruelty to juveniles,... more »

• Woman Leads Police on High Speed Chase

  February 15, 2012 9:34 AM

  OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) - Police have arrested a Washington woman who sped through school zones, ran red lights and wove in and out of traffic at high speeds from Port Barre to Opelousas. The Daily World reports ( http://bit.ly/w7uXiC ) the wild ride of 24-year-old Kandice Castille eventually ended when... more »

• Hundreds apply for JPMorgan Chase jobs

  January 6, 2012 10:52 AM

  MONROE, La. (AP) - JPMorgan Chase & Co. underestimated how many people would apply for jobs at its national mortgage records center in Monroe. The applicants formed a line that stretched around the Monroe Civic Center on Thursday - twice the crowd that Chase expected. Chase plans to create more... more »

• Officials Chase Unconfirmed Al-Qaida Bomb Threat

  September 9, 2011 8:54 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. counterterrorism officials are chasing an unconfirmed al-Qaida threat to attack New York or Washington in a plot timed to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. Officials said the intelligence came in late Wednesday night and indicated al-Qaida planned to use car bombs... more »

• Court date set for man arrested after chase

  February 24, 2011 8:27 PM

  BENTON, La. (AP) - A state judge in Bossier Parish has set an Aug. 8 trial for an Oregon man accused of trying to kill a state trooper after a high-speed chase in 2007. The Bossier Press-Tribune reported that 33-year-old Adam Jackson, of Portland, will stand trial on charges filed... more »

• Police Chase Involving Stolen Police Car

  January 27, 2011 6:00 PM

  One person has been arrested following a police chase, involving a stolen police car, in Kaplan. The police chief tells us they were chasing an alleged shoplifter from a grocery store, when he jumped in a police unit and drove off. The suspect was caught after wrecking the car in... more »

• Lafayette Man Guilty of Embezzling From Chase Customers

  August 9, 2010 6:20 PM

  Press Release: Christopher P. Smith, 30, of Lafayette, La., was sentenced today to 41 months in prison for embezzling $231,000.00 from Chase bank customers, United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced. Mr. Smith was also sentenced to five years supervised release following confinement and was ordered to pay restitution to... more »

• Escapee Caught After Car Chase

  June 4, 2010 7:40 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - One of two East Baton Rouge Parish Prison inmates who escaped Tuesday has been captured in Port Allen. A West Baton Rouge sheriff's deputy attempted to pull over a vehicle Thursday night for having no license plate when the vehicle fled, then crashed into a... more »

• Eunice teen arrested after high-speed chase

  November 13, 2009 12:06 PM

  Eunice Police arrested 18-year-old Corey Pitre for a multitude of charges. Officers say Pitre is charged with illegal possession of stolen things, 2 counts of flight from an officer, driving wrong way on divided highway or roadway, 3 counts of running a stop sign, driving on shoulder, reckless operation of... more »

• A Eunice High Speed Chase Ends With An Arrest

  November 12, 2009 7:29 PM

  St. Landry Parish Sheriff deputy who was trying to conduct a routine traffic stop, got more than he bargained for. A high speed chase began when the driver he was attempting to stop, refused to. The car that was being driven, was a stolen vehicle from Mamou. The... more »

• Arnaudville man indicted for failed bank robbery

  November 3, 2009 9:33 AM

  OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) - An Arnaudville man has been indicted in a failed 2005 attempt to rob the Chase Bank in Carencro. A St. Landry Parish grand jury indicted 30-year-old Calvin James Catalon on two counts of aggravated kidnapping and one count of aggravated burglary for incidents that led to... more »

• High-Speed Chase Reenactment Being Filmed on the Atchafalaya Swamp Expressway

  September 21, 2009 2:16 PM

  3D Cam Productions announces its latest project, a documentary entitled No One Knows the Son, based on the book by Lafayette author, James Cobb. Filming began on August 31, 2009, in Lafayette, Louisiana. This independent film will follow James Cobb as he travels the Gulf Coast, serving as a motivational... more »