Bob Dean Jr. was charged Wednesday with eight felony counts after conditions deteriorated at the evacuation site and multiple people died.
Author: Ashley White, Lafayette Daily Advertiser
He masterminded a plot to kidnap his estranged wife. But the men he hired drowned trying to evade police.
Lawrence Michael Handley of Lafayette pleaded guilty after hiring two men to kidnap his estranged wife, a plan that failed when the two men drowned.
The mayor of a Louisiana city is suing the creator of fake Antifa events on Facebook
Lafayette Consolidated Government has filed a lawsuit against John Merrifield, who created a fake Antifa event on social media.
Hurricane Laura’s ‘unsurvivable’ storm surge: It looks like Louisiana was spared, but some rural areas likely hit hard
Gov. John Bel Edwards said Louisiana “caught a break” on storm surge. The National Hurricane Center says the surge was likely as bad as feared.
Louisiana officers fire 11 rounds, fatally shooting Black man; state police investigate
Louisiana State Police identified the man killed as 31-year-old Trayford Pellerin and said he was carrying a knife before he was fatally shot.
Louisiana church fires: Holden Matthews pleads guilty to state, federal crimes
Holden Matthews had pleaded guilty to hate crimes after setting fire to three predominately black Louisiana churches.
Daughter-in-law of LSU offensive coordinator dies in plane crash on way to Peach Bowl
Carley McCord, daughter-in-law of LSU offensive coordinator Steve Ensminger, was one of five people killed in a plane crash on way to the Peach Bowl.
Ernest Gaines, author of ‘The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,’ has died
Ernest Gaines, author of “A Lesson Before Dying” and “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,” has died at age 86.
Attorney held in contempt of court for filming man’s mouth being taped shut
Lafayette Judge Marilyn Castle found an attorney in contempt for filming a defendant in another case having his mouth taped shut by a bailiff.