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• Man found guilty in deaths of mother, son

  May 23, 2012 9:00 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A Baton Rouge man has been convicted of manslaughter in the AK-47 assault rifle shooting deaths of a mother and her son outside their Baton Rouge home in 2009. The Advocate reports an East Baton Rouge Parish jury of nine women and three men deliberated... more »

• Teen Organ Donation: Through a Mother's Eyes Play Video

  May 1, 2012 10:40 PM

  Becoming an organ donor can be an important decision for any adult, but it's an even bigger decision for teens. Two Opelousas teens made that choice a few weeks ago, right before a deadly car accident. Opelousas Catholic High School students Sarah Jarrell and Morgan Adams have now impacted many... more »

• Trial starts in 2010 deaths of mother, child

  April 19, 2012 9:32 AM

  HOUMA, La. (AP) - Trial has begun in Houma in the case of a Chauvin truck driver charged in the deaths of his girlfriend and infant son. The Courier reports that 34-year-old Tyari Smith is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting deaths of 26-year-old Maria Chavez and 2-year-old Tyari... more »

• Police Say Mother Tried to Drown Children

  January 20, 2012 9:55 PM

  Sunset Police arrested a woman Friday afternoon for allegedly trying to drown her three children. She's now in the St. Landry Parish Jail charged with Second Degree Attempted Murder, while police said her children are safe in State custody. It started last December when police said 31-year-old Hailey Schramm... more »

• Mother of abandoned newborn booked

  January 20, 2012 9:15 AM

  SLIDELL, La. (AP) - The mother of the newborn baby boy abandoned in Pearl River on Monday has been booked into the St. Tammany Parish Jail. Capt. George Bonnett says 35-year-old Kimberly Lee was booked Thursday with one count each of second-degree cruelty to a juvenile and child desertion. Lee... more »

• Pregnant Teenager Shot and Killed; Fiancee Under Arrest Play Video

  January 18, 2012 11:46 PM

  A pregnant teenager and her unborn child are dead after a domestic shooting in St. Martinville. Deputies were called to a residence on Our Lady of the Lake Road at around 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, and found 19 year old Hannah Parker with a fatal gunshot wound. Deputies arrested Parker's... more »

• Mother, son die in Christmas fire in Enterprise

  December 26, 2011 9:27 AM

  ENTERPRISE, La. (AP) - The state fire marshal's office says a house trailer fire in Enterprise killed a mother and her son. The office says when firefighters arrived around midday Sunday, the home was engulfed. They found the bodies of 67-year-old Annette Salter and 46-year-old Dudley Salter inside. The marshal's... more »

• Mother Questions if Toxicology Tests are Enough Play Video

  October 7, 2011 8:47 PM

  A deadly motorcycle accident nearly a year ago still leaves one family mourning, and looking for answers. This Sunday marks a year since Holly Castille lost her daughter, Amber Richard, and son-in-law, Roderick Ricchard, after a pick up truck crashed into their motorcycle at the intersection of Highway 182... more »

• Moss Bluff mother, grandma indicted

  September 23, 2011 9:35 AM

  LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) - A Calcasieu Parish grand jury has indicted a Moss Bluff mother and grandmother for allegedly abusing two 17-year-old girls. Beth McGee, a spokeswoman for the district attorney's office, tell the American Press Verna Kennerson, the girls' adoptive mother, was indicted on 13 counts of cruelty... more »

• Lake Charles mother, daughter accused of theft

  July 22, 2011 6:47 AM

  LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) - A Lake Charles mother and daughter are accused of stealing more than $61,000 from their job at an area group home. State Attorney General Buddy Caldwell says 25-year-old LaShone Bushnell was booked earlier this week with one count of felony theft by fraud for allegedly... more »

• House fire kills man, injures his mother

  December 8, 2010 9:57 PM

  ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) - State Fire Marshal Butch Browning says a house fire near Alexandria killed a 58-year-old man and seriously injured his 93-year-old mother. Browning tells The Town Talk that Michael Normand and Ruth Normand were trapped in their blazing house Tuesday night. He said deputies got Ruth Normand... more »

• Mother dies - 3 Children Survive Crash

  October 15, 2010 10:18 AM

  OAK RIDGE, La. (AP) - State police say three children were rescued but their mother was killed after a car left La. Highway 134 and landed partially submerged in a bayou. The accident happened Thursday near the East Carroll-West Carroll parish line west of Oak Ridge. Trooper Robert Patrick said... more »

• Mother Booked in Deaths of 2 Children

  October 1, 2010 8:58 AM

  COUSHATTA, La. (AP) - A Coushatta woman has been arrested in connection witih the deaths of her two children. Red River Parish sheriff's Chief Deputy Tracy Scott told of Shreveport that 29-year-old Janel Nicole Bradford is accused of putting her 1-year-old daughter and 2-year-old son in a vehicle Wednesday for... more »

• Mother Teresa Postage Stamp

  September 2, 2010 2:29 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Mother Teresa is being recognized for her humanitarian work with the issuance of a new U.S. postage stamp. The 44-cent stamp showing a portrait of the Roman Catholic nun is being released at a ceremony Sunday at Washington's National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Mother Teresa won... more »

• Mother Sentenced in Death of Son

  August 27, 2010 9:41 AM

  DERIDDER, La. (AP) - Holly A. Brewer has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleaded guilty in June to second-degree cruelty to a juvenile. State District Judge C. Kerry Anderson sentenced the 21-year-old Brewer on Thursday. Her son, 18-month-old John Thomas Anthony Brewer, died from injuries inflicted by... more »

• Monroe Mother Gets 10 Years in Son's Death

  August 20, 2010 9:34 AM

  MONROE, La. (AP) - A Monroe woman has been sentenced to 10 years in jail in the beating death of her 11-month-old son. Geveva Mott was sentenced Thursday in state district court in Monroe. Mott, who was 20 years old at the time of the crime, was convicted of one... more »

• Mother Admits Role in Death of Son

  June 22, 2010 9:12 AM

  DERIDDER, La. (AP) - Holly A. Brewer, whose 18-month-old son died after being beaten by her boyfriend last year, has pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact to second-degree cruelty to a juvenile. Brewer entered her plea Monday before state District Judge C. Kerry Anderson. The 21-year-old Brewer was arrested... more »

• Fire Claims Life Of Mother And Son

  April 20, 2010 5:35 PM

  Press Release-Louisiana State Fire Marshal H. "Butch" Browning sadly announced, that an early morning fire claimed the life of a mother and her son. The Grosse Tete Volunteer Fire Department was summoned at 03:29 hrs to respond to a residential home on fire located at 77075 Gardner Lane in Grosse... more »

• Krotz Springs Mother booked on sex charges

  February 22, 2010 8:46 AM

  OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) - St. Landry Parish sheriff's deputies say a 34-year-old Krotz Springs woman has been arrested for allegedly enticing persons into prostitution. Chief Deputy Hilman Popillion tells The Daily World that Ronada Fritz allegedly offered her 13-year-old daughter to 51-year-old Percy "Buddy" Stoute as a prostitute for $40.... more »

• Trial Set For Mother Accused In Child Car Death

  December 18, 2009 10:54 AM

  LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - A 32-year-old woman accused of leaving her infant daughter in a running car with the heater on for five hours in 2008 is fit to stand trial. State District Judge Thomas Duplantier on Thursday said that doctors found Natalie Thornton capable of standing trial for... more »

• Man Convicted In 2006 Fatality Parole Changed

  December 15, 2009 6:26 PM

  A New Iberia man is back in jail following a wreck in 2006 that killed a mother and her daughter. 17-year-old Jessica Lyons and 47-year-old Judith Groff were killed in that crash. Brad Badeaux was given a year in jail and was let out early because of good behavior.... more »

• Mom accused of punching daughter

  November 11, 2009 3:47 PM

  MONROE, La. (AP) -Monroe police have arrested a 39-year-old Monroe woman on charges of cruelty to a juvenile. An arrest affidavit obtained by The News-Star said the 14-year-old daughter of Rita Fletcher accused her mom of throwing her to the ground by her hair and punching her over a $20... more »

• Lucille Jolivette "MaMa Kag" Senegal 1909-2009

  November 10, 2009 1:09 PM

  Rayne - Funeral services will be held at Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church, Friday, November 13, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. for Lucille Jolivette Senegal, 100, who died Thursday, November 5, 2009 in Meadowbrook Specialty Hospital in Lafayette, LA. Interment will be in the Sts. Peter and Paul Cemetery... more »

• Missing Mother in St. Martin Parish: UPDATE

  November 9, 2009 8:57 AM

  11:04AM; Monday, November 9, 2009: According to the St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office, missing mother, Racheal Mechelle Peeks has been safely located in the New Orleans area. That is all the information that has been given at this time. KATC will update this story should any extended information be... more »

• Mother to face sanity hearing

  October 27, 2009 8:22 AM

  LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - A mother who allegedly left her 8-month-old daughter in a running car with the heater on for five hours in 2008 is scheduled for a sanity hearing next month. Natalie Thornton is scheduled to appear in state court on Nov. 2 for a sanity hearing in... more »