The Opelousas General Hospital sponsored a Paint the Town Pink day on Friday, October 22, 2010. Park Vista Elementary participated by decorating the front of the school as well as doors to various classrooms. ALL Staff members wore pink shirts and about 80% of the student body also wore pink... more »
Police make an arrest in a brutal hit and run in Bayou Vista. It was all caught on tape. Thibodaux police arrested 22-year-old Jacob Landry on a warrant for the St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office. Landry is accused of striking two women while driving a car in a Wal-Mart parking... more »
A Wal Mart hit and run suspect has been arrested in Thibodaux. Jacob J. Landry, 22, was arrested by Thibodaux Police Department on a warrant for St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office for Hit and Run, Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle and Reckless Operation with an Accident. The arrest stems... more »
The St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office tells KATC that the car involved in a hit and run in Bayou Vista that left an elderly woman hospitalized, has been recovered in Raceland. The black 1997 Nissan Maxima with Louisiana tag SAD 028 hit 60 year old Palma Dehart in a Wal... more »
Winning money at the Bayou Vista Truck Stop is nothing new.
Connected to the truck stop, the Cash Magic Casino.
But it was next door in the convenience store where an early morning visitor brought some good news.
"About eight o'clock this morning a lottery rep came... more »
The St. Mary Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Task Force, consisting of St. Mary Sheriff Dept., Morgan City Police Dept., Patterson Police Department Franklin Police Dept., Baldwin Police Dept., Berwick Police Dept., and Chitimacha Police Dept., report the following arrests:
Zachary Dupre age 18 of Canal St. Jeanerette, La and Jaimie Minor... more »
Park Vista Elementary officials say they don't agree with how the Department of Social Services handled an alleged case of child abuse. Wednesday, a four year old student showed up at school with severe burns to his feet,allegedly at the hands of his father.
Both the school and D.S.S.... more »
An Opelousas father is accused of putting his child's feet in boiling water.
Opelousas Police say Carey Cortez was upset because the child wet the bed.
The school's principal says the boy arrived this morning walking slowly, saying his feet hurt. His teacher removed his socks and shoes... more »