A man found dead in Acadia Parish has been identified as 40-year old Tim Breaux. Acadia Parish Sheriff’s office says they are investigating Breaux’s death as a homicide. Sheriff K.P. Gibson says Breaux’s vehicle was located Friday evening abandoned in the West Crowley Cemetery. Crowley Police began to investigate this matter listing Breaux as missing. […]
Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel of the Catholic Diocese of Lafayette issued the following statement to the people of Acadiana in regards to the El Paso and Dayton tragedies: All of us are shocked by the senseless violence, loss of life and evil that took place in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio this weekend. Twenty-nine […]
EL PASO, Texas — A girls’ soccer team was selling chicharrones and aguas frescas right outside Walmart when shots rang out in the parking lot Saturday morning. The EP Fusion, an all-girls soccer team for girls 11 and younger, was in the middle of their annual fall fundraiser when the alleged gunman, 21-year-old Patrick Crusius […]
Dozens of El Paso families are dealing with the panic that comes along with finding out their loved ones were injured Saturday's Cielo Vista Walmart shooting.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s attorney general is rejoining a long-running legal battle over lethal injections of death row prisoners. Federal judges overseeing the lawsuit, which challenges the state’s execution laws and procedures, have since 2014 put all executions in Louisiana on hold. State Attorney General Jeff Landry abruptly quit the case last summer, […]
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — A Louisiana deputy has been killed in a head-on collision driving home from his bachelor party trip. News outlets report St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office Cpl. Jonathan Panks died Sunday in Mississippi after a Toyota crossed the median, striking Panks’ Chevrolet truck head-on. The Toyota driver died at the scene. Mississippi’s […]
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — As El Paso wakes up Sunday morning, a new reality will begin to set in. Twenty neighbors are dead. Another 26 have been injured following the deadly shooting at the Cielo Vista Walmart that began around 10:30 a.m. Saturday morning. The shooter is being identified as 21-year-old Patrick Crusius of […]
Abbeville Police are investigating a murder that happened early Monday morning. Police say they responded to a shooting call near the intersection of Clover Street and N. Miles Street. When they arrived they found a man there who had been shot and killed. The incident is being investigated as a homicide by the […]
Dr. Daylight’s Jazz Company is the featured band on this weeks Acadiana Music Spotlight with Gerald Gruenig. They are a 1920s inspired jazz ensemble, with a twist. Dressed in Prohibition Era garb, Dr. Daylight’s Jazz Co. breathes new life into Traditional jazz favorites and transforms “pop” songs into jazz standards. Dr. Daylight’s Jazz Company has […]
BALTIMORE (AP)- The search for a 4-year-old Baltimore boy has been called off after the boy’s mother admitted to police he wasn’t missing but was instead dead in a trash bin. Authorities had been searching for Malachi Lawson since he was reported missing Thursday from his grandmother’s home. But Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said at […]
Lafayette boxing legend Beau Williford was laid to rest Saturday at First Baptist Church. Mabon Leslie “Beau” Williford Jr., passed away Wednesday, July 31, at his home. In his career, he won several boxing championships, both nationally and internationally and worked with other world champions like Muhammed Ali, and mentored dozens of professionals and amateurs. […]
Mexico will avail legal and other services to survivors and the families of Mexican citizens killed during Saturday morning's Walmart shooting, that country's consul in El Paso said.
Family and friends are mourning the loss of the founder and owner of the former Alex Lovett Jr. Funeral Home. Alex Lovett, Jr. died Thursday afternoon at his home in the Jeanerette area. The Lovett Funeral home was apart of Jeanerette for decades and following his death friends described Lovett as the man who helped […]
DAYTON, Ohio (WCMH) — Video released by an Oregon District business in Dayton shows the moments after shots were fired Sunday morning. Nine victims and the suspected shooter were killed Sunday morning when shots were fired outside Ned Peppers in the 400 block of East Fifth Street in the Oregon District. Twenty-seven others were injured […]
A Bunkie man is dead following an ATV crash Saturday morning. it happened around 1 a.m. when police spotted a man driving a ATV at a high rate of speed without lights. Police Chief Scotty Ferguson said while officers were trying to locate the vehicle, they found an ATV off the road and discovered 20-year-old […]