According to recent Scam Tracker reports, con artists have devised yet another way to trick job seekers out of money and personal information. If you are asked to pay to reformat your resume for a company's applicant tracking system (ATS) during your job search, think twice before you agree.
UPDATE: (5/18/2023) According to authorities, at 9:21 AM, the Bastrop Police Department requested the Louisiana State Police to investigate an officer-involved shooting on Smith Street, in Bastrop, La. One subject was shot and pronounced dead, and one officer received minor injuries. BASTROP, La. (KTVE/KARD) -- On May 18, 2023, Sheriff Mike Tubbs of the Morehouse [...]
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) - Izak Barnett, 19, of Galliano, was arrested in connection with "two incidents of rape" that reportedly took place in Baton Rouge and Galliano, according to the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office. The LSU Police Department arrested him Tuesday, May 16. According to the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office, Barnett is accused of [...]
Amid allegations of election irregularities and fraud, a group is seeking to remove the first-term mayor of a southwest Louisiana town.
David Marler, the husband of a prominent Opelousas attorney who was arrested on drug and gun charges after a traffic stop last week has been arrested and faces similar charges, authorities said.
Tennessee will be the eighth where diners can enjoy In-N-Out’s extraordinarily simple menu of burgers, fries, soft drinks and milkshakes.
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) - A statewide outage is affecting some state agencies. The outage was reported on Thursday, May 18. Jacques Berry, the director of Policy and Communication for the Louisiana Division of Administration, said there was a hardware failure last night that includes the affected systems. Work to install new hardware to get [...]
Micky Geller, 18, a freshman kinesiology major from Carp, Ontario, Canada, died on May 6.
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) -- A committee of the Louisiana House of Representatives advanced a bill on Tuesday that would remove concealed carry permits in Louisiana. HB131, authored by state Rep. Danny McCormick (R-Oil City) proposes removing the requirement for a person to have a permit to conceal carry a handgun. Louisiana State Director of [...]
The Louisiana House passed a bill that would make menstrual products available for free to public school students.
Slightly cooler weather in Acadiana this Thursday morning and much more comfortable as humidity levels have come down since yesterday. A comfortably warm morning will be followed by a hot but not humid afternoon as highs near 90°. Overall, the weather should remain mostly quiet for our area today and tomorrow. A stronger cold front [...]
On Wednesday, Alisa Gothreaux, the Special Assistant District Attorney for Don Landry, and the defense attorney Alfred Boustany II, Alfred Boustany III, and Chase Manuel were in court in front of Judge Royale Colbert to finalize the record so that the State can appeal what it calls an “illegal sentence.”
A division between the Youngsville city council and the elected police chief has many asking what's going to happen next.
Heather Broussard and her husband Adam said losing their daughter Mazie was worst thing they've ever experienced. From this loss, they created Mazie's Mission, a non-profit organization that helps educate families on drowning prevention and water safety. They said it's their way of turning pain into purpose.
In Opelousas, new handheld speeding cameras for the police department will soon be making traffic stops much easier.