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Baton Rouge, LA

Lafayette, LA

An Acadiana High School student was arrested after police said the student had a gun on campus Tuesday morning. The school's administration received a report at about 9 a.m. that a student had a gun on campus and immediately went into lockdown, according to a news release from Lafayette Parish School System.

Student reportedly brought gun on Acadiana High campus, facing expulsion

East Baton Rouge Councilman Cleve Dunn Jr. was ordered to pay his neighbor over $57,000 in damages after losing a property dispute in court. District Judge Beau Higginbotham on Thursday ordered Dunn to tear down an outdoor pool kitchen in the backyard of his Baton Rouge home, ruling that it violates parish building codes.

EBR councilman ordered to pay $57,000 in damages after losing lawsuit to his neighbor

Washington State

Washington, LA

A former Town of Washington employee was arrested on theft and malfeasance charges after allegations she conned a man into sending his traffic citation payment to her personal CashApp account and stole the funds. The accusations were made in December by a current Washington town employee after the victim called...

Former Washington town employee accused of conning people into sending fines to her CashApp

Tennessee State

One of the victims of a fatal shooting at a private school in Tennessee was a Baton Rouge native, according to multiple social media accounts. Katherine Koonce, 60, was head of the Covenant School, a private Christian school in Nashville for students in preschool through sixth grade. A shooter carrying...

Victim of Nashville school shooting attended UHigh, LSU, according to social media accounts

Livingston Parish, LA

Walker, LA

Southern Knights Armory celebrated the opening of its new location in Walker with an official ribbon-cutting Feb. 24 with staff, family, friends and officials from the Livingston Parish Chamber of Commerce. Owned by Chris Williams, Southern Knights Armory has served Livingston Parish and surrounding areas since 2020. After starting the...

Southern Knights Armory open in Walker

In reference to the guest column titled “Healthy eating needs to start in childhood or Louisiana kids will grow into unhealthy adults” on March 17: The column was very informative and spot on in my opinion. One thing the author could have included is encouraging the government to...

Letters: There should be restrictions on what needy can buy with government help

Metairie, LA

I have always supported the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries but I think they went too far when they took that nutria away from that family in Metairie. The animal was obviously well taken care of and loved by the family. My daughter and I rescued four baby raccoons...

Letters: Wildlife agency had more important tasks than seizing nutria

The Baton Rouge Police Department is grounding all nighttime helicopter flights as the agency seeks to answer why an aircraft manned by two of its officers crashed during a high-speed chase, killing both men without the department's knowledge until eight hours later. Sgt. David Poirrier and Cpl. Scotty Canezaro died...

In fatal helicopter crash, Baton Rouge police, friends face burning question: What went wrong?

Florida State

The site of a new Mississippi River bridge aimed at easing daily traffic jams in the Baton Rouge area may be picked by spring 2024, instead of by the summer of that year, a consultant told a state panel Monday. Three sites, all in Iberville Parish, are being considered for...

New Baton Rouge bridge site may be picked earlier than planned; here are the details

Two police pilots were killed early Sunday in a Baton Rouge police helicopter crash in Erwinville. Chief Murphy Paul spoke at a news conference Sunday afternoon near the scene but released few details and would take no questions from reporters. "Today is a very emotional day for the men and...

Baton Rouge police chief asks for prayers for 2 heroic officers killed in helicopter crash

A company that converted a Lafayette hotel into workforce housing has bought an apartment complex near the Lafayette Regional Airport for $2.15 million. Servio Capital bought the Riverside at Oakbourne apartments, a 53-unit complex built at 3600 Simcoe St. that was built in 1991, from an ownership group that included Ronald L. Vidrine of Lafayette and others, land records show.

Company that converted hotel into apartments paid $2.15M for complex near Lafayette airport

A Lafayette man who will serve over 40 years in federal prison for attempting to murder and dismember a gay man in imitation of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer has been ordered to pay over $25,000 in restitution. Chance Seneca, 21, was ordered to pay a total of $25,571.91 to two...

Lafayette man who mimicked Jeffrey Dahmer in attempted murder must pay restitution to two victims

A procession will take place Wednesday in honor of Baton Rouge police officers Sgt. David Poirrier and Cpl. Scotty Canezaro, who both died early Sunday morning when their helicopter crashed into a field during a high-speed chase. According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, the bodies of the two officers...

Procession for two BRPD officers killed in helicopter crash to take place Wednesday

Saint Landry Parish, LA

Sunset, LA

A Sunset man was arrested Thursday after an investigation into what St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz is calling the most elaborate pill mill operation in parish history. Detectives with the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office’s Narcotics Enforcement Team served a search warrant on 43-year-old Benjamin Pittman Sr.’s residence at...

Over 5 pounds of fentanyl confiscated in ‘most significant’ bust in St. Landry history, sheriff says

Oklahoma State

William Brown, a two-time football national champion and special forces National Guardsman who went on to serve nearly 20 years on the bench as a district court judge in Baton Rouge, died peacefully this month at the age of 88. "He was a great guy," said District Judge Michael McDonald,...

Football star, coach, soldier and longtime Baton Rouge judge William Brown dies at 88

The Baton Rouge Police Department identified the two officers killed in a helicopter crash early Sunday morning near Port Allen as Sgt. David Poirrier and Cpl. Scotty Canezaro, according to a BRPD news release. Poirrier was 47 years old and a 17-year BRPD veteran who was assigned to the Air...

Baton Rouge police officers killed in helicopter crash identified

Baton Rouge Police are expected to release new information soon about the deaths of two officer pilots in a helicopter crash Sunday in a sugarcane field in West Baton Rouge Parish. Here's what we know — and what we don't. What we know. A preliminary report by the Federal...

Helicopter crash kills 2 Baton Rouge officers: What we know and don't know

Youngsville, LA

Youngsville Councilmember Kayla Menard Reaux issued a statement Monday in response to The Acadiana Advocate's Sunday story about a Nov. 12 crash in Sugar Mill Pond. Reaux said she suffered a concussion during the crash that caused "memory loss and uncharacteristic behavior" and that she "would never ask for special treatment" because she is not above the law.

Youngsville councilwoman issues statement about behavior after November crash

When the Baton Rouge Police helicopter crashed early Sunday morning, killing two officers, the air traffic control tower was probably unmanned, according to FAA information about the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport. The tower is normally unstaffed between the hours of midnight and 5 a.m., according to a Federal Aviation Administration...

In deadly Baton Rouge police helicopter crash, air traffic control tower was likely unmanned

Ohio State

Zachary, LA

With the end of the academic year fast approaching, Zachary School Board members took some time out of their meeting March 21 to honor several students for accomplishments in athletics, academics and arts. The group of young people recognized included winners of recent national and state competitions. Superintendent Scott Devillier,...

Excellence in dance, choir, athletics honored by Zachary School Board

Pinhook Road is a well-traveled route in Lafayette that originates at Evangeline Thruway, passes by the Oil Center and crosses the Vermilion River, one of only a handful of bridges across the river in the city. Many streets in Lafayette are named after civic leaders or historic figures like Ambassador...

Pinhook Road named by indigenous people after plentiful trees

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Rates for Baton Rouge school lawyers to go up $50 an hour, first change in 20 years

After almost two decades at the same rates, lawyers who do work for the East Baton Rouge Parish school system are in line to get a...

Rates for Baton Rouge school lawyers to go up $50 an hour, first change in 20 years

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