PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (KPEL) — Acadiana’s most wanted fugitive, 43-year-old Wade Lohse, has been arrested outside a bar in downtown Philadelphia, Pa., according to Deputy U.S. Marshal Corey Britt.
“At 1:10 p.m. Central Time, Lohse was arrested without incident…by the U.S. Marshal’s in Philadelphia,” Britt said.
Lohse was not in a vehicle and was evidently coming out of a bar when he was identified and arrested, Britt said.
Britt would not comment on how Lohse was tracked to Philadelphia.
“We’ve been working this thing diligently since the warrant came out March 25,” Britt said.
The builders of the Muslim Education Center of Acadiana want to be allowed to build a chain-link fence around the building instead of the 6-foot tall sight-proof fence. The variance was ultimately approved by the council.
Some Acadiana residents fear potential for sinkhole ‘disaster’
NEW IBERIA — Opponents of expanding the underground natural gas storage facility under Lake Peigneur asked state regulators on Wednesday to carefully review what they argue has the potential to become another disaster on the scale of the growing sinkhole in Assumption Parish.
Comments at a public hearing on the project also harkened back to 1980, when a drilling rig pushed through the top of salt mine under Lake Peigneur and opened a hole that consumed the entire water body.
“This lake, this region, these resources have sacrificed enough,” state Sen. Fred Mills, R-Parks, told state Department of Natural Resources officials at the hearing. “… Protect the lake. It has suffered enough.”
Mills was joined in opposition by residents in the area, other public officials and representatives from the Sierra Club, the Louisiana Environmental Action Network and the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic.
Atlanta-based AGL Resources is proposing to scour out two new salt caverns for natural gas storage at its Jefferson Island Storage & Hub Facility, expanding on the existing two storage caverns there.
Bubbling sites on Lake Peigneur have residents worried
LAKE PEIGNEUR, LA (WAFB) -
Residents who live in Lake Peigneur in Iberia Parish are worried active bubbling on the lake near their homes could be putting their lives in danger.
“They haven’t told us anything, I don’t know. But I wish somebody would give us some answers because it’s a scary thought every night thinking what’s going to happen,” said Lake Peigneur resident Crystal Bell.
Homeowners are concerned the salt dome storage cavern collapse in Assumption Parish could happen to them.
In a story that KPEL News has been following since it broke nearly a month ago, 59-year-old Elaine Crump of Lafayette, formerly a case manager with the Acadiana Outreach Center, has pled guilty for her role in the bribery scheme – knowingly allowing her signature to be forged on fraudulent community service certificates while employed as a case manager, and taking bribes for it.
Three other people have already pled guilty in the bribery scheme. 44-year-old Lafayette Assistant District Attorney Greg Williams of Lafayette for serving as the prosecuting attorney in the scheme, Williams’ secretary, 46-year-old Denease Curry, for helping coordinate the “immediate 894 sessions” by giving the district judge’s staff the names of the OWI defendants who were to plead guilty and 58-year-old Barna Haynes, former Office Administrator/Secretary for Lafayette District Attorney Mike Harson, for taking $55,000 in bribes in return for securing lighter sentences for some defendants who were accused of OWIs.
During a segment on guns on the May 18 edition of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, host Bill Maher told Michael Moore, "As long as we live in the gun country, I ain't giving up my guns." Maher said there have been "12 home invasions in [his] neighborhood in the last year," and he's going to have firearms in his house with w […]
In response to White House's Pfeiffer Does 'Full Monty' (Python) on Obama Scandals: Conservatives, libertarians, and especially the Tea Party are often accused by liberals of "hating the government." We don't hate it. Besides being jealous of our liberties, as the Founding Fathers advised, and deeply skeptical of Big Governmen […]
The Washington Post's Bob Woodward appeared on "Meet the Press" Sunday to discuss the brewing scandals of the Obama White House. When conversation turned to the controversy over the Benghazi talking points which show the White House and State Department's successful attempts to modify CIA references to terrorism, al Qaeda and pre-warnings […]
The Leadership Institute (LI) was audited as part the scandal unfolding at the IRS. Among other questions the tax agency asked LI was who the group’s former interns are and where those former interns are currently employed. The audit cost the group more that $50,000. LI is a nonprofit based in northern Virginia just outside Washington, D.C., that focuses on […]
Virginia Republicans nominated Mark Obenshain, a state senator and respected lawyer, for Attorney General on Saturday in the same Richmond building where his late father, Richard Obenshain, received the Party's U.S. Senate nomination 35 years ago shortly before tragically passing away in a plane crash. Obenshain spoke to Breitbart News after his victor […]
Who edited talking points? 'Irrelevant'...(Top headline, 1st story, link)Related stories:IRS NOT 'ACTUAL REAL SCANDAL'...'Law is irrelevant'...WOODWARD: Lied...
White House senior adviser says recently released emails show UN ambassador Susan Rice had no role in changing narrative of what happened in deadly attack on US Consulate in Libya, and Republicans should apologize for accusing her of 'misleading the country.'VIDEO: GOP Demands More Benghazi Emails After White House Release VIDEO: Former Defense Sec […]
(Reuters) - A 21-year-old university student who was taken hostage in her apartment and then shot to death during a police standoff with an armed robber on New York's Long Island was killed by a bullet fired from an officer's gun, investigators said on Sunday.
(Reuters) - A single winning ticket for a record Powerball lottery jackpot worth $590.5 million was sold in Florida, organizers said late on Saturday, but there was no immediate word about who won one of the largest jackpots in U.S. history.
(Reuters) - In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's cash-hungry capital city, local political battles are waged much as they are across the United States: with big personalities and bare-knuckled verbal brawls.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When the Yemen-based branch of al Qaeda placed a bounty on her husband's head, Mary Feierstein learned of it from a friend who called and said, "You must be a mess!"
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Under pressure to fight sexual assault, the U.S. armed forces in recent years rolled out education programs about proper sexual conduct through methods like role playing and video games.
San Francisco ChronicleWhite House fights back on IRS as GOP keeps up pressureLos Angeles TimesWASHINGTON — A senior White House aide insisted Sunday that President Obama learned only from news reports that an IRS office had singled out dozens of tea party organizations and other conservative groups for questionable scrutiny, while ...Face the Nation transcr […]
Boston GlobeOne winning ticket in Florida for $590.5 million Powerball prizeBaltimore SunA single winning ticket for a record Powerball lottery jackpot worth $590.5 million was sold in Florida, organizers said late Saturday, but there was no word about who won. The winning numbers from Saturday night's drawing were: 10, 13, 14, 22 and 52, with a ...Winn […]
New York Daily NewsObama: There's no longer time for excuses for black men - USA TodayUSA TODAYPresident Obama on Sunday told the graduating class at Morehouse College, the country's pre-eminent historically black college, there is "no time for excuses" for this generation of African-American men and that it was time for their generation […]
Republican Senators Rand Paul, Mitch McConnell and Rob Portman continued Sunday to press the Obama administration on the Internal Revenue Service scandal that's engulfed the White House.
President Obama took a break from the trifecta of controversies—IRS, Benghazi, Department of Justice—swirling around the White House on Sunday to deliver the commencement at Morehouse College, the historically black, all-male institution in Atlanta.
Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million — the highest Powerball jackpot in history.
Much has been made of the fact that senior Treasury Department officials were told about the investigation into the treatment of tea party groups in June 2012 — months before last year’s the Presidential election.
Given the battering President Obama took this past week on a trio of political scandals, any public opinion survey results that aren’t dreadful probably are viewed with some relief at the White House.
Paul Butler says when the president delivers the commencement address at Morehouse college, he must make clear his solidarity with young black men and the challenges they face
Flesh-eating bacteria amputee Aimee Copeland now uses the latest technology in prosthetic hands to chop vegetables, pick up tiny items like Skittles, and comb and iron press her hair.
Reggae group Toots & the Maytals are appealing to fans today to come forward with any video that shows the group’s lead singer being hit by a bottle during a weekend performance. Frederick “Toots” Hibbert is recovering today after he was struck on the forehead...
ATLANTA — President Obama said today that he is motivated by the knowledge that “but for the grace of God … I might have been in prison,” in a commencement address at historically black Morehouse College, where he spoke frankly about race and young men’s...
While admitting IRS scandal is "inexcusable," senior Obama adviser Dan Pfeiffer defends administration's handling of three ongoing controversies to Bob Schieffer
TEL AVIV – Ahmed Jawabreh, 14, was asleep in his home in early April at the al-Arub refugee camp near Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, when Israeli soldiers came looking for him. He had been anticipating exams at school in the morning, not a knock at the door at 3:30 a.m.Ahmed was arrested that night for allegedly throwing stones at Israeli soldiers in the […]
The U.S. diplomat who Russia claims tried to recruit one of its intelligence officials to spy for the CIA has left Moscow, Kremlin-loyal TV reported on Sunday.A Russian NTV broadcast appeared to show the U.S. embassy employee, Ryan Christian Fogle, moving through security at the Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow on Sunday, according to reports fro […]
Baby boomers preparing for retirement are driving a surge in small business sales, as they find more and more buyers confident enough in the improving economy to expand their own businesses through acquisitions.In the first three months of this year, the number of sales that closed jumped 56 percent from the same time in 2012, according to BizBuySell.com, an […]
It's the narcissist rally.Sure, there are plenty of forces pushing stocks higher — record corporate earnings, small investors finally buying again, signs the U.S. economy may be strengthening, central banks flooding the financial system with money.But you may want to spare a thought, and a healthy dose of worry, for what is one of the biggest, and least […]
DUBAI — Iranian authorities executed two men on Sunday convicted of working for Israeli and U.S. spy agencies, Iran's Fars news agency reported.Mohammad Heidari, accused of passing security-related information and secrets to Israeli Mossad agents in exchange for money, and Kourosh Ahmadi, accused of gathering information for the U.S. Central Intelligenc […]
Texas residents missing after tornadoes found safe Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 1:17 pm, Friday, May 17, 2013 People who were missing in the wake of the destructive tornadoes in North Texas have been found safe, officials said Friday, […]
Businesses, workers lament possible post office closure Beaumont Enterprise Copyright 2013 Beaumont Enterprise. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 11:42 am, Friday, May 17, 2013 If the U.S. Postal Service closes its Walden Road mail processing and distribution facilility in Beaumont, it m […]
College Street fire was arson, department says Beaumont Enterprise Copyright 2013 Beaumont Enterprise. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 9:37 am, Friday, May 17, 2013 Firefighters have determined that an early morning fire was arson, according to information from Beaumont Fire and Rescue […]
Jobless rate holds about steady at 9.8% Beaumont Enterprise Copyright 2013 Beaumont Enterprise. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 9:37 am, Friday, May 17, 2013 The sharpest drop in a job category, however, was in mining, logging and construction in which the loss of 1,000 jobs occurred b […]
Screen-shot-2013-05-06-at-10.07.44-AM.jpg DSCN0702.jpg Less than two months after 25-year-old Nome native and rodeo star Beau Schroeder felt the wrath of an animal named 800 Night Moves, Beau sat on a bull again — the first time he had done so since an accident left him with a torn trachea and two collapsed lungs. Friday, May 3, Beau and his grandfather Icke […]
Kountze1-web_1.jpg Almost a year after a group of Kountze High School students sparked a national debate when they made high school run-through banners with Bible verses for Friday night football games, Judge Steven Thomas’ 356th District Court in Hardin County officially ruled last week that the girls can have their religious banners. read more […]
Trahan-Jaylon-Marquis-07-06-95.jpg An 18-year-old Port Arthur man pleaded guilty Monday, May 13, to two counts of assault on a public servant after attacking two teachers in what the victims say was a violent and brutal display of aggression at Memorial High School in Port Arthur. read more
Prince,-Bobbie.jpg Although the turnout for Port Arthur elections wasn’t as large as 2010, which saw 4,241 total votes cast for mayor, the result was the same with the incumbent Deloris “Bobbie” Prince retaining her seat as mayor for a third straight three-year term. According to City of Port Arthur election result data, only 3,244 votes were cast for mayor […]
Ferguson-oath-1.jpg McKenna-oath-3.jpg At their meeting Tuesday, May 9, the Orange City Council swore in two new members who are taking over the council seats for Districts 2 and 4. Tommy Ferguson unseated District 2 incumbent Cullin Smith with the final vote tally standing at 353 to 224. Mary McKenna overtook incumbent Annette Pernell in a close race, winni […]
$600 million dollars... that's all anybody had on their mind at the Dos Amigas convenience store Saturday, as people flocked to get their Powerball ticket. Lottery officials released the winning numbers for the largest multistate Powerball jackpot: 22, 10,13,14, 52 and the Powerball number is 11.
The wind has been blowing and the sun has been shining. I has been a great day across Southeast Texas. This is the kind of weather most people would like to see every weekend. The warm temperatures are here to stay. Same with the sunshine, at least until mid-week.
A police spokesperson told 12News two people were seriously injured following a multi-vehicle accident Friday night on the Rainbow Bridge in Port Arthur.
NEDERLAND -The Nederland police department are at the scene of a homicide in the 1500 block of 27th Street.Police Chief Darrell Bush says a neighbor found a woman inside her home with her throat cut at about 10:45 am, Sunday.Police identify the woman as 67 year old Patricia Dale Hebert. ...
HOUSTON -- Law enforcement agents from around the country have been looking for 36-year-old James Wayne Ham. Postal inspectors said he is the lead suspect in the investigation into the slaying of 52-year-old Marie Youngblood. She was a U. ...
HOUSTON -- It was a case no one was supposed to know about and no one was ever supposed to see. At about 1 p.m. Saturday, the Drug Enforcement Agency was working an undercover narcotics case and closing in on four suspects in a parking lot. The lot is used by employees of the Houstonian, one of the cityâs finest hotels. ...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla (WPMI) - Florida Lottery officials confirm a lone winning Powerball ticket was sold at a grocery store in Zephyrhills, Florida, according to NBC News. The news organization reported the ticket was sold at a Publix Grocery store. The winning numbers are 10-13-14-22-52-11. ...
Lamar university president doctor jimmy simmons shook the hands of hundreds of students crossing the stage for the final time as president. More than 16-hundred students received diploma's today. Dr. Simmons served as the keynote speaker at the ceremony. ...
ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB News Channel 5) - Friends and Family of late Alexandria Zoo director Les Whitt unveiled a statue in honor of the man who made Alexandria Zoo what it is and touched countless lives.
MARKSVILLE, La. (KALB News Channel 5) - For Native Tribes in Central Louisiana, the Tunica-Biloxi Pow Wow is part of their tradition. In its 18th year, the tribes come together as family.
MARKSVILLE, La. (KALB News Channel 5) - Avoyelles Parish deputies say escaped inmate Christopher Roy was recaptured by Marksville city police on Saturday morning, May 18th.
ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB News Channel 5) - Traveling this holiday weekend? Or just taking a quick visit to Grandma's house? News Channel 5's Matt Jordan has some helpful tips on keeping your home and your self safe while traveling.
By KEVIN McGILLAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Days after sudden gunfire brought a chaotic and bloody end to a Mother's Day neighborhood parade in New Orleans, news of six arrests gave an organizer
BATON ROUGE, La. (KALB News Channel 5) – The Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP) and state agencies are continuing to monitor bad weather conditions. Northern
BATON ROUGE, La. (KALB News Channel 5) –There was 18 students commissioned during the May 16th LSU spring graduation. Retired Major James W. Graves, who is former assistant to the chairman of the Joint
President Obama on Sunday told the graduating class at Morehouse College, the country's pre-eminent historically black college, there is "no longer any room for excuses" for this generation of black men and that it was time for their generation to step up professionally and in their personal lives.
State funding for the operation of the Huey P. Long Medical Center in Pineville will expire June 30 when the Louisiana fiscal year ends, a fact that concerns some members of the Senate Finance Committee since there is no public-private partnership in place to assume management of the charity hospital.
Bringhurst Field has been bustling with activity as city of Alexandria and United League Baseball crews work to have the historic ballpark ready for the Aces season opener Thursday.
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - When Liz DeRouen needs any kind of health care services, from diabetes counseling to a dental cleaning, she checks into a government-funded clinic in Northern California's wine country that covers all her medical needs.
CINCINNATI, Ohio -- The mushrooming controversy over the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status shines a harsh light on the usually super-secret culture and procedures at the government's tax collecting agency.
JACKSON, Miss. -- Despite collecting on his drowned wife's life insurance policies in 1962, Mississippi native and serial killer suspect Felix Vail, who was arrested Friday in Texas on a murder charge, didn't pay for the Louisiana woman's funeral, burial, plot or marker, according to records and interviews by The Clarion-Ledger.
After years of fighting attempts to tweak or lessen the generosity of Louisiana's film tax break program, industry leaders have come to the negotiating table.
Leesville Mayor C. Robert Rose has announced the beginning phases of a $4.8 million project to repair water line leaks throughout the city is expected to begin in early June.
The State of Louisiana's Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Lake Charles denied a rehearing filed by the City of Leesville concerning former Chief of Police Bobby Hickman on May 15.
The American Cancer Society hosts the Relay for Life of Vernon Parish each year to raise awareness about cancer.This year's event will begin at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 17 at the Vernon Parish Fairgrounds.Teams will set up camp sites until midnight, each with the goal of keeping a person on the track at all times.Relay for Life brings together people from […]
Mayor Robert Rose presented James Turner with an award for his service to the Leesville community at the City Council meeting May 13. Turner is a retired landscape architect, artist, illustrator, author, and teacher. Turner has worked on many local projects including the Polk Theatre, neckdown project, and Main Street. He is a great supporter of local arts, […]
Gary Brister, of the City of Leesville Public Works Department, was named employee of the month at the Leesville City Council meeting on May 13. The announcement was made by Courtney Christian, City Administrator. Brister, a mechanic, was described as a jack of all trades, and always willing to help out.
St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz spent part of last week searching the bottom of Bayou Courtableau near the mouth of Bayou Teche in Port Barre for a missing truck.
Whitney and Hancock banks, with branches in Opelousas and Eunice, are expected to close 40-45 area branches this year in all five states in which they operate, including Louisiana,Hancock Holding Co. President and CEO Carl J. Chaney has announced.
Tree limbs still cover the ground on Barron road in south Caddo Parish, all thanks to a supercell thunderstorm that produced a downburst with winds up to 105 miles per hour.
The old Rosborough Springs building south of Marshall, TX has been empty for years, but as Richard Givens recently discovered, the place is still buzzing with activity.
More than 600 graduates donned caps and gowns Saturday and walked across the stage at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux to accept their hard-earned degrees.
BATON ROUGE — Now winding through the final weeks of the regular session is an amendment that would allow parish coroners, in concert with “interested parties,” to initiate court orders forcing people with mental illnesses and related histories of high-risk behavior to receive outpatient treatment.
After decades of service in education, Travis Lavigne Jr., chancellor of Fletcher Technical Community College in Houma, received Nicholls State University’s highest tribute — an honorary doctorate of humane letters.
Vandebilt Catholic High School’s new graduates were advised to hold on to the values instilled in them by their Catholic education as they move on to college and careers.
On Monday, the Terrebonne Parish Council is expected to approve a measure aimed at forming a region-wide coalition to curb ozone pollution to meet imminent federal government air-quality standards.
Authorities say a 12-year-old boy accidentally shot his 8-year-old brother with a gun he found in a closet at his grandparents' Baton Rouge home. The Advocate reports that the 8-year-old was shot on his shoulder and taken to a hospital Saturday for treatment of injuries that weren't considered life-threatening. A spokeswoman for the East Baton Roug […]
A pedestrian is in the hospital in stable condition after being struck by a train. Lafayette police say about 1:00 a.m. Sunday, they responded to the railroad crossing at West Third Street regarding a male pedestrian being struck by a train. According to traffic investigators, the 38 year old male was sitting near the tracks when he was struck by the train. […]
It's all about the odds, and one lone ticket in Florida has beaten them all by matching each of the numbers drawn for the highest Powerball jackpot in history at an estimated $590.5 million, lottery officials said Sunday. The single winner was sold at a supermarket in Zephyrhills, Fla., according to Florida Lottery executive Cindy O'Connell. She to […]
Today, the pain is still fresh for those who knew the university student, and for a Lafayette community stunned by the abduction and killing. One year later, the case is still etched in the memories of those involved.
Camille Guidry, a seventh-grade student at Parks Middle School, attended the Duke TIP State Recognition Ceremony at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches on May 6, and has been invited to attend the Grand Recognition Ceremony at the Duke Universit
These people were booked into the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center. The names listed were provided by the inmate or arresting agency at the time of arrest:
An assistant police chief in the community of Sterlington has been indicted following an investigation that involved the sale of fake moonshine to minors.
A plan is being considered by city parish officials that could set the stage for changes on one of the fastest growing areas of Lafayette Parish; Ambassador Caffery Parkway.
A study from the Lake Charles Police Department Thursday shows that overall crime rates in the area are down. The numbers show that criminal offenses are down three percent while overall arrests are down eight percent.
The family of drowning victim Christlynn Willis has opened an account to assist with his funeral arrangements. To donate to the account you can deposit money at any Teche Bank location or at Kinchen Funeral Home.
T. Scott Boatright A Louisiana Tech student is facing charges of filing a false police report after a Friday incident alarmed students when a text alert was sent out by the university. The text alert, sent out by Tech Police Chief Randal Hermes at 3:07 p.m. Friday, said “The Louisiana Tech University Police Department has just received a report of an armed s […]
Recipient feels 2013 HabiTECH home a heavenly gift T. Scott Boatright HabiTECH 2013 house recipient Peggy Albritton cuts a ribbon officially opening up her new home Saturday afternoon as Louisiana Tech students who designed and built the house look on. It’s always good to have an angel looking over your shoulder. It’s even better to have 12 angels building y […]
Lacey Sharp The City of Grambling’s annual Juneteenth celebration will be held from June 7-19. The City of Grambling will come alive with entertainment, good food and multiple activities during its annual Juneteenth Heritage Festival next month. From June 7- 19, ongoing festivities will include a pageant, health fair, parade, a banquet honoring the “Gallot T […]
Retiring Tech president presides over final graduation Leader News Service Louisiana Tech University President Dan Reneau, left, hands out a diploma during his final commencement exercise Saturday at the Thomas Assembly Center. A near record 879 graduates began their journey on the road of life Saturday during commencement exercises at Louisiana Tech Univers […]
Sunscreen and shorts have begun to make their appearance around town, and the temperatures are unlikely to force them into hiding again until the fall. While the temperatures may be pleasantly warm now, it won’t be long before they are scorching. And, a recent crime report has shed light on one of the biggest summertime concerns. Full text of this article is […]
Members of the local arts community say that as federal and state funding opportunities decrease, creativity, careful planning and community support become even more essential to sustaining the arts in northeastern Louisiana.
Even with extended use of social media and technology to reach today's youth, the core principle of Louisiana's 4-H youth development program remains the same after 100 years.
About 3,000 people joined together at the Lake Charles Civic Center on Friday and Saturday for the area’s 20th annual Relay for Life to raise money to cure cancer. Ariel Caraway, American Cancer Society community representative, said the event was on track to raise $221,000 — $150,000 of which had been raised by local groups and businesses before the relay e […]
A group of energy sector executives expect natural gas prices to remain around $4 per million British thermal units through the rest of 2013. That information bodes well for companies like Louisiana Pigment, Sasol North America, Westlake Chemical, Cheniere, BG Group, and Magnolia LNG — which use natural gas as feedstock or are expanding or initiating natural […]
Although he is in prison, former Leesville Police Chief Bobby Hickman’s pay continues to accrue, his lawyer said. Leesville fired Hickman in January 2011, although the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal nullified the termination because the city had not followed protocol. The court said the investigation was not completed within 60 days as required by civil service […]
Watch out for flying mortarboards and tassels. McNeese Sate University’s spring commencement ceremony took place at 10 o’clock in the morning on Saturday at Burton Coliseum. Friends, family, fellow students, and McNeese faculty gathered to celebrate the end of a four-year journey for some, others even longer. “It’s been a good experience. I’ve been able to p […]
Hmmm. Just a little too convenient, don’t you think? Conspiracists are checking into it but, even if indeed it turns out to be creative bookkeeping, it appears that no NCAA rules will have been sidestepped. LSU didn’t have much to play for when the series began. When the Tigers won the first two games, they’d set every possible school regular-season record f […]
Sun, 19 May 2013 17:29:21Advocate staff reportA 23-year veteran of the Lafayette Police Department died Saturday afternoon in a motorcycle crash on La. 3000 north of Interstate 10 in Iberville Parish, a State Police spokesman said. Lt. Richard “Ricky” Rees, who was off duty at the time of the w...
Sun, 19 May 2013 17:29:21He’s a 5-year-old black Labrador retriever mix.Companion Animal Alliance, 2680 E. Progress Road, has adoptable cats and dogs of every age and size. The center is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays; and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursdays. The center is closed...
Sat, 18 May 2013 17:29:20Sheriff’s Office: Boy, 12, shoots brother, 8 A 12-year-old boy accidentally shot his 8-year-old brother Saturday at a home on Old Rafe Mayer Road, sending the 8-year-old to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, the East Baton Rouge Sheriff...
Sat, 18 May 2013 17:29:20Advocate staff reportA 12-year-old boy accidentally shot his 8-year-old brother Saturday at a home on Old Rafe Mayer Road, sending the 8-year-old to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries, the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office reported. The 12-year-old found a .38...
Sat, 18 May 2013 17:29:20by Jim Mustian Advocate staff writerAdvocate staff photo by RICHARD ALAN HANNON An investigation continues into claims that a male teacher at Kenilworth Science and Technology Charter School asked girls to take pictures of their genitalia and send the photos to him.Baton Rouge police have opened a criminal investigation into claims t […]
ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. - Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a winning Powerball ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million. On Sunday, Zephyrhills residents wondered who the winner of Powerball's highest jackpot in history might be. The ticket-holder hadn't come forward yet. The sto […]
BATON ROUGE - An 8-year-old boy was accidentally shot by his 12-year-old brother in Baton Rouge, according to East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Casey Rayborn Hicks.Hicks says the boys were at their grandparents' house on the 400 block of Old Rafe Meyer Rd. when the 12-year-old accidentally shot the 8-year-old in the shoulder.He was tran […]
DES MOINES, Iowa - Powerball is a game of numbers, and lottery officials say the majority of possible combinations have already been purchased ahead of Saturday night's near-historic $600 million drawing. The odds of winning the game's largest jackpot remain astronomically high: 1 in 175.2 million. But since about 80 percent of the possible combina […]
BATON ROUGE- Reaction is mixed after the city's top cop released a statement concerning the attack on a family in the northern part of town.Police Chief Carl Dabadie said there were serious errors in judgment after a husband, wife, and their daughter were beaten at a gas station on Mother's Day."It's something I feel sorry about. I hate t […]
CENTRAL- A man is distraught after the animal shelter in Baton Rouge euthanized his 18-year-old Calhoun Collie mix Friday.Bowwow ran away last week and was picked-up by animal control agents on a street away from home. Patrick Morris said he spent the last seven days looking for him, and eventually found him at the animal shelter.But, he did not have his dri […]
After losing to Louisiana-Lafayette 3-0, the Lady Tigers eliminated Central Connecticut State 11-0 and advanced through the loser's bracket to face ULL again in Sunday's regional final.
A man was shot in the leg Saturday night inside of BREC's Hooper Road Park, according to the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office. The injury is not considered life-threatening.
Like the 2,800 Tulane University graduates massed before him Saturday morning in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, the Dalai Lama was clearly ready to party. That was obvious when he got up to boogie -- discreetly -- with his very own second-line...
Some people have responded to the shooting that took place on Mother's Day by asking why the crime that resulted in 20 people injured isn't called terrorism. The question has come from both ends from the political spectrum and perhaps...
An early morning traffic accident left one man dead Sunday, according to New Orleans police. The incident occurred around 2 a.m., officials said.The man, who has not been identified, was traveling west-bound on Interstate 10 Airline Drive exit ramp, when...
New Orleans officials and cultural advocates say the Mother's Day parade shootings that left 20 people injured won't spell the end of second-line parades, the local tradition that celebrates the city and its people.
AMITE, La. (AP) — The Tangipahoa Parish School Board will use rededicated sales tax revenue, cuts to transportation services, elimination of a perfect-attendance salary bonus and a one-time reduction in the board-mandated minimum fund balance to come within $1 million of a balanced budget for 2013-14.
The police officer who accidentally killed a Long Island college student along with an armed intruder faced perhaps the most harrowing decision of a law enforcement career: choosing the split-second moment when the risk is...
It's all about the odds, and one lone ticket in Florida has beaten them all by matching each of the numbers drawn for the highest Powerball jackpot in history at an estimated $590.5 million, lottery officials said Sunday.
1500 jobs could be in jeopardy if the Algiers-Canal Street ferry goes out of service because of lack of funding. That's according to a local non-profit who recently surveyed riders.
As a dusty haze descended upon campus this semester, from it rose projects like the parking garage and Tiger Stadium renovations — and the dust is far from settling.
Student Government saw a particularly volatile election cycle this semester — one filled with multiple complaint and University Court hearings as well as elections.
Downtown Grocery is the newest business to call the downtown area home and will hold a grand opening Monday, joining the ranks of other new businesses in a thriving and growing section of Baton Rouge.
From the third annual Louisiana Queer Conference to the Bayou State’s first secular convention, the University’s LGBT and atheist students saw an increase in organized action within their communities
By: Mary Jane Wherritt Becker Letter to the Editor Loyola Maroon May 8, 2013 Recently, we were made aware of an article that appeared in the Loyola Maroon in late April. ...
Take a study break with this activity What you’ll need: this newspaper (click and print the photo) two straws tape scissors string Step 1: Cut one straw down to five inches and the other to 7 1/2 ...
Swain discovers the secrets of his past and his future With the closing of the door came a silence that lasted for many, many hours. This might seem like a long time to you, but to Swain it was only a moment, for he could not understand how he could feel such distress at
The men and women’s track and field team put their best foot forward in the three day Southland Conference May 10 through 12 against several different competing schools. Southeastern’s Track and Field team won four event championships in the Conferen...
Buck Bernard receives $2,500 scholarship While many consider earning a bachelor’s degree to be difficult, the accomplishment becomes especially challenging and time-consuming for student-athletes. One motivated Lions baseball team pitcher stands out for demonstrating both athletic and academi...
Team loses home series, clinches last home game After two losses against the No. 28-ranked Sam Houston State Bearkats, the Lions baseball team managed to defeat the Bearkats in the last home game of the season thanks to good pitching and an aggressive defense. Initially the first game of the serie...
Prologue For some reason or another, I feel like making this a little bit informal. And by a little bit, I actually mean in your face, blatant and woefully overstated. The ideas I’m presenting will make sense, but may take some nonsensical introducti...
Students from an upper-level theatre course had the opportunity to put their directing skills to practice in a Directing Showcase, which was presented on Tuesday, May 7 in the
James M. GarnerGRETNA – A national sporting goods retailer is suing a delivery company after one of its vehicles was driven into a power pole serving the store, which resulted in a seven hour power outage and lost revenue. Academy Ltd. filed … Read More »
NEW ORLEANS – A Greenville, Miss. woman is suing several companies alleging each contributed to her asbestos exposure and subsequent contraction of mesothelioma. Elizabeth Gailyne Sutherland filed a lawsuit against Alma Plantation LLC, Anco Insulation Inc., Arrowood Indemnity Company, Eagle … Read More »
Conrad S. Williams IIIGRETNA – A Terrebonne Parish woman is suing a local convention center and its operators after she fell in a puddle of water at a trade show. Elizabeth S. Blanchard filed suit against Sysco Corporation, Gallagher Bassett Services Inc., Ponthchartrain … Read More »
Marcia Suzanne Montero GRETNA – A St. John the Baptist Parish man is suing a Jefferson Parish car wash after he drove into an open drainage hole, which resulted in damage to his vehicle and injuries to him and his daughter. Charlie Taylor, … Read More »
23GRETNA – A Harahan couple is suing an international lender for allegedly improperly foreclosing on their home. Jay Jesse and Phyllis Karmazin filed suit against Chase Home Finance LLC in the 24th Judicial District Court on March. 18. The Karmazins … Read More »
Lake Wind Advisory issued May 19 at 3:56PM CDT until May 20 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS May 19, 2013
...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY. * EVENT...A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE
Lake Wind Advisory issued May 19 at 3:56PM CDT until May 20 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS May 19, 2013
...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY. * EVENT...A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE
Flood Warning issued May 19 at 10:18AM CDT until further notice by NWS May 19, 2013
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN LOUISIANA... THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER AT MORGAN CITY AFFECTING ST. MARY PARISH THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER AT MORGAN CITY. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
Flood Warning issued May 19 at 9:58AM CDT until further notice by NWS May 19, 2013
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN LOUISIANA... THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT RED RIVER LANDING AFFECTING EAST BATON ROUGE...POINTE COUPEE AND WEST FELICIANA PARISHES THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT BATON ROUGE AFFECTING EAST BATON ROUGE AND WEST BATON ROUGE PARISHES
Flood Warning issued May 19 at 9:58AM CDT until further notice by NWS May 19, 2013
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN LOUISIANA... THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT RED RIVER LANDING AFFECTING EAST BATON ROUGE...POINTE COUPEE AND WEST FELICIANA PARISHES THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT BATON ROUGE AFFECTING EAST BATON ROUGE AND WEST BATON ROUGE PARISHES
Zebidiah Lockette was captured in West Memphis, Arkansas. The child is safe. Information from Georgia Bureau of Investigations, Agent CIndy Ledford. Amber Alert cancelled for Kentucky.
