Saint Martinville, LA

A homicide investigation is underway in St. Martinville after police say a man was shot and killed late Thursday. Police Chief Rickey Martin told KATC the body of 19-year-old Christopher Jones was found just after 5 p.m. near Porter Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. Martin said the cause of death appeared to be a gunshot wound.

One dead, one injured in Thursday night St. Martinville shooting, authorities say

Florida State

Baton Rouge, LA

A Florida man traveling with his family back home from Oklahoma went missing Wednesday after he began feeling unwell and checked into a downtown hotel with his family, a Baton Rouge Police spokesperson said. Jody Bert, 44, had dropped his family off at a downtown hotel, and went to park,...

Florida man missing from downtown Baton Rouge after checking into hotel with family, police say

Louisiana State

It’s a pretty routine thing for a group of visitors to empty out of a large tour bus in downtown St. Martinville. Sometimes they are French, and they may even peek into the Duchamp Opera House, located across the street from the city’s biggest attraction, the St. Martin de Tours Catholic Church.

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St. Landry deputies searching for missing inmate

St. Landry Parish law enforcement agencies are searching for an inmate who escaped from custody Thursday, according to the St. Landry Parish...

St. Landry deputies searching for missing inmate

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