LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) - A Calcasieu Parish grand jury has indicted a Lake Charles woman on a count of second-degree murder in the December slaying of her husband, 62-year-old Joseph Sias. The indictment was returned Thursday. The American Press reports 52-year-old Darlene Sias was arrested on Dec. 22 at... more »
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - A husband and wife are dead in what appears to be a murder-suicide at a house in south Shreveport. Multiple gunshots were reported about 4:20 a.m. Monday. Police identified the victims as 40-year-old Ryan Douglas, and his 49-year-old wife, Carolyn. Authorities say the husband was the... more »
On January 14th an electrical fire claimed Debbie Loignon's Abbeville home and just days later her husband, Joseph Loignon died from heart complications. Loignon and her family are now living with a relative, and her husband's body is still at the Vermilion Parish Morgue. She says after the fire destroyed... more »
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Two men have been charged in the 1993 killing of a 15-year-old girl after the wife of one of them turned him in, according to court documents obtained by The Associated Press. Shannon Marshall told New Castle and Pennsylvania State Police that she went along when Joseph... more »
WEST MONROE, La. (AP) - The Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office says a woman was arrested after running into a deputy's patrol car - and her husband was booked with hitting her. A sheriff's office report says 49-year-old Anita G. Meeks and 50-year-old Michael Meeks were still in their car Sunday... more »
OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) - The 67-year-old husband of Krotz Springs Chief of Police Susan Lacassin has been sentenced to five years at hard labor in connection with his April 22 conviction on one count of indecent behavior with a juvenile. Arthur Douglas Lacassin provided no statement prior to his sentencing... more »
Update: St. Martin Parish deputies have arrested Joseph. KATC's Jim Hummel is in New Iberia and has more at 10. ---------------------
A woman who smelled gasoline inside her home looked outside to find a small fire outside of her home and her husband running from her yard. The incident... more »
OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) - The bond for a 45-year-old Eunice woman accused of attempting to hire a hit man to kill her estranged husband and his new girlfriend has been increased to $500,000. State District Judge Alonzo Harris this week agreed to the prosecution's request to increase the bond for... more »
On October 28, 2009, the St. Landry Parish Sheriff Department received information concerning a possible murder for hire. The information stemmed from an ongoing divorce battle involving a Eunice couple.
According to Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz, Detectives received information that a Eunice woman wanted to hire a hit man... more »
Imagine getting a half-million dollar home for just one hundred dollars. Someone will be that lucky. The drawing is coming up December 9th. It's a project of the Acadian Home Builders Association and KATC. Your $100 ticket purchase gives you a chance at a new home in the Brookshire Gardens... more »