Southwest Louisiana Multiple Sclerosis Foundation will be hosting a Justice Grillin Hamburger cook-Off for Multiple Sclerosis. This event will take place in Town Square at River Ranch on May 24, 2012. The cook-off will be held from 5PM until 8PM. There will be up to 20 teams in the hamburger... more »
The Louisiana Office of Juvenile Justice (OJJ) celebrated a landmark Monday with the start of a new therapeutic center for juvenile offenders in Bunkie, LA. The center will be the first of its kind in Louisiana, and it could have been built in Acadiana. Now, what was St. Landry Parish's... more »
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The nation's first black attorney general has visited New Orleans to pay tribute to the Louisiana Supreme Court's first black justice. Attorney General Eric Holder spoke Thursday at Dillard University's dedication of a mock trial center named after Justice Revius Ortique Jr., who died in 2008... more »
WASHINGTON (AP) - The wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is asking Anita Hill to apologize for accusing the justice of sexually harassing her, 19 years after Thomas' confirmation hearing spawned a national debate about harassment in the workplace. Virginia Thomas said in a statement Tuesday that she was... more »
About 137,000 pieces of imported children's jewelry sold at two stores popular with preteen girls - Justice and Limited Too - were recalled Tuesday for high levels of cadmium, the latest in a series of recalls involving the toxic metal. The voluntary recall, announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety... more »
ST. AMANT, La. (AP) - Ascension Parish sheriff's deputies have arrested Justice of the Peace John C. Hebert's clerk after the clerk allegedly stole more than $1,000 from the office till. Deputies says that 42-year-old Karen Tomlinson took money paid by individuals to the 3rd Justice Court to cover nonsufficient... more »
According to Sheriff David Naquin during the last 72 hours the Sheriff's Office responded to 88 complaints and reports the following arrests:
Orlin A. Guerrero 28 of Village Lane Amelia La. was arrested on 11-20-09 at 9:56 P.M. on the charge of Criminal Damage to Property. Guerrero was arrested... more »
This is the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office arrest report for November 12, 2009.
Nicholas S. Fontenot, age 47, 1067 Belaire Cove Rd., Ville Platte, La., arrested by Louisiana State Police, hold for outside agencies.
Nathan Warren Guidry, age 43, 1434 Jackson St., Opelousas, La., arrested on a... more »
OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) - The St. Landry Parish Council will vote Thursday whether to allow the state to build a therapeutic juvenile center in the parish. If the council approves, the state Office of Juvenile Justice could soon begin work building the $20 million facility near Opelousas. Parish President Don... more »