Two Lafayette Police Officers were dragged several feet after the suspect they were trying to get out of a vehicle put his car in reverse. It happened in the 200 block of Belle Dame Drive when police were responding to a domestic disturbance. Corporal Bridgett Dugas said when police arrived, the victim told them that […]
"To me, it looks like a pillow with a couple of straps on it," said Dr. Dina Burstein of Lifespan's Injury Prevention Center.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The pilot of a small plane in a deadly crash near New Orleans’ Lakefront Airport radioed the control tower shortly after takeoff about unspecified problems and sought clearance to return, federal investigators said Saturday. The pilot and an award-winning television journalist aboard were both killed in the crash Friday afternoon. The […]
ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (WJHL) – Emergency officials have released recordings of 911 calls made after a plane carrying Dale Earnhardt Jr., his wife and child, and two pilots crashed in Elizabethton. A preliminary report by the FAA states the “aircraft experienced hard landing, bounced, departed runway, and caught fire.” Airport manager Dan Cogan was among those […]
Leroy Thomas was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana and raised in Elton Louisiana. He comes from a family of zydeco musicians. His father Leo “The Bull” Thomas is the only zydeco musician to lead a zydeco band from the drums. Leroy’s father has a distinct method of drumming that inspired not only his sons, but […]
The active weather Acadiana saw over the weekend is expected to continue through much of the next 7 days. Scattered showers and storms look likely on a daily basis with rain chances at 40-60% for the entire area. Heavy rains are possible within a few storms. Otherwise, the August summer heat and humidity rolls on […]
Popular local fisherman and charter captain Theophile Bourgeois was killed in a plane crash in St. Bernard Parish Sunday, U.S. Coast Guard officials confirmed. Two others were injured. Around 2:55 p.m., a seaplane piloted by Bourgeois with two people on board crashed in the Chandeleur Sound, east of the Mississippi River, in St. Bernard Parish. […]
At about 7 p.m. Sunday St. Landry Parish Sheriff Detectives say they received a call of a body in a ditch, 2 1/2 miles North of Washington, La. off of Hwy 10 in the Beggs area. Detectives responded and found the deceased body. A cause of death is under investigation, Major Eddie Thibodeaux said. There was no […]
Former Gov. Kathleen Blanco will be honored at multiple events in Lafayette and Baton Rouge later this week. A public visitation will be held in Lafayette Friday. Details will be released Monday. According to The Advocate, Blanco will be honored in an inner-faith service at St. Joseph’s Cathedral in downtown Baton Rouge beginning at 10 a.m. […]