"Home for the holidays" has a whole new meaning for one Acadiana family, as they are reunited for the first time in months. Master Sergeant Jeremy Bellard has been in Afghanistan since June, and Thursday night his children received the greatest Christmas gift of all: His surprise homecoming.
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A father is calling for an end to violence in his community after his son was shot and killed Sunday in Abbeville. Police said the accused shooter, Dedrick Maze, turned himself in after he allegedly shot 23-year-old Jacolby Walker in Walker's backyard at his house on Lyman Street.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - It's a tradition at the Los Angeles Police Department -when the child of a veteran officer joins the force, father and child pull a shift on patrol together. Usually it's a proud dad and his son. On Wednesday, Officer Jamie Carganilla, 29, joined her father, Officer... more »
ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (AP) - A Louisiana man and his teenage son have drowned in a Tennessee mountain waterfall pool while hiking on the Appalachian Trail. Carter County authorities identified the victims as 42-year-old Dwight F. Cope and 15-year-old Dagan Cope, both of Breaux Bridge, La. According to the Johnson City... more »
As Acadiana paid tribute this Memorial Day, Sybil and Buddy Williamson opened up to the painful emotions of losing their oldest son.
"The day means very much to us, it's so special especially since it's so very personal now," said Sybil.
Army Sgt. Patrick Williamson was only 24... more »
New information Sunday on the two men killed in a boating accident Saturday afternoon near the Port of Iberia. Family and friends have identified the victims as Leon Ortemond and son David Ortemond of Erath.
The two were members of Florida Powerboat Club, where a tribute has been posted... more »
It's been over a week, and still no sign of a missing 22-year-old Georgia man, who apparently fell off the Calumet River bridge in Saint Mary Parish. KATC's Maddie Garrett talked with the man's father, and now he's speaking out about the search for his son.
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MANSFIELD, La. (AP) - DeSoto Parish sheriff's deputies say a man who refused to prosecute his father-in-law for a shooting five years ago has allegedly been shot by him again. Cpl. Dusty Herring said 74-year-old Alvis McKinney was booked Wednesday with third-offense DWI as well as aggravated battery against 39-year-old... more »
Life has been a roller coaster for sisters Page and Ashley. They have been in adoption since last year around Christmas time, but have been in care for almost two years. In 2007, they lost their mother to a car crash on HWY 90.
After their father chose not... more »
The parents of the 6-year-old Colorado boy who at one time was believed to be soaring across Colorado in a "homemade flying saucer" rejected suggestions today that the entire incident was a publicity stunt.
"To have people say that, I think, is extremely pathetic," Richard Heene told "Good Morning... more »