Opelousas Police are investigating a shooting after a teen who had been shot was trying to get help by banging on the door of a fast food restaurant early Sunday morning. A family member of the victim said the 15-year-old was walking around a local neighborhood with his two younger brothers. She says that is […]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A 10-year-old’s fast thinking helped save a Little Rock teacher who was left gasping for air during an asthma attack mid-class. No workbooks inside Kim Rosby’s kindergarten classroom at Meadowcliff Elementary, teach what to do when the teacher has an asthma attack and doesn’t have an inhaler in the building. “I […]
VERMILION PARISH — The superintendent of the Vermilion Parish School District suing the school board. Superintendent Jerome Puyau is currently on paid administrative leave. Some members of the Vermilion Parish School Board voted to suspend him this Summer. Now he’s suing them for damages and the right for a fair hearing. “What’s the point? That’s […]
Up by 50 points at halftime, UL played mostly with reserves throughout the second half of a 77-6 win over SWAC-member Texas Southern on Saturday night at Cajun Field. By mutual agreement because the blowout already was well underway, the teams played just 10-minute periods in the second half — not the usual 15. The […]
MIAMI (AP) — A Florida preacher has been charged with raping two young girls. The Miami Herald reports 54-year-old Yunior Beltres is charged with two counts of sexual battery on a minor. The girls are 9 and 10 years old. They reported the assaults in July, saying they happened in May and June at Beltres’ home in […]
An Ohio woman accused of killing her newborn daughter and burying her in her Carlisle backyard has been found guilty of abuse of a corpse. Brooke Skylar Richardson, 20, was found not guilty of aggravated murder, involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment. She will be sentenced Friday for the abuse of a corpse and faces up […]
Hunters may begin donating deer and other meat to the Hunters for the Hungry program beginning Sunday, Sept. 15 at multiple locations around Acadiana. Sportsmen and their families are invited to “Clean Out Your Freezers” and donate frozen processed game and fish to help provide meals to the impoverished in the community. Donations will be […]
(AP) Estimates of Louisiana’s latest budget surplus grew to $500 million on Friday, news that adds further fuel to an ongoing debate among candidates for governor over the state’s financial stability and tax rates. Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, previously said he expected the leftover cash from the budget year that ended June 30 to top […]
An East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s deputy was uninjured in a deputy-involved shooting that left another person dead Saturday afternoon. WBRZ reports authorities swarmed the Highland Club neighborhood off Jefferson Highway near the parish line around 6 Saturday evening after some sort of gunfire erupted. Authorities were called to a home in the 16700 block […]
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – An arrest document states Shannon Bouya, 26, faces multiple charges after striking an officer in the faces, throwing closed fist punches, and kicking officers during an altercation Saturday, Sept. 14. Officers were working security at a strip mall populated by several business, including a daiquiri shop and convenience store, located […]
(CNN/AP) — President Donald Trump said energy-efficient light bulbs make him look orange on Thursday when he made remarks at the House Republican Conference Member Retreat Dinner in Maryland. “The light bulb. People said what’s with the light bulb. I said here’s the story, and I looked at it. The bulb that we’re being forced to use. No. 1, […]