Tag: Parish

Lafayette Parish woman named Louisiana Farm Bureau Outstanding Young Farm Woman

NEW ORLEANS — A Lafayette Parish sugar and cattle producer is this year’s Louisiana Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers Outstanding Young Farm Woman. Amanda Duhon, 33, received the award Thursday, June 27 at the Louisiana Farm Bureau’s 102nd annual convention. Duhon is a first-generation sugarcane farmer and a fourth-generation cattle producer, but she said that […]

Vehicle found in Atchafalaya River in St. Landry Parish

MELVILLE, La. (KLFY) – Melville Police spotted a vehicle submerged in the Atchafalaya River. According to the the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office, deputies were notified by Melville Police Department of a vehicle in the water on the Atchafalaya River. The search and rescue dive team was contacted and quickly responded to the incident. No […]

Mamou woman killed in West Baton Rouge Parish crash

PORT ALLEN, La. (KLFY) – An Evangeline Parish woman was killed in a two-vehicle crash near Port Allen early Saturday morning, authorities said. The crash claimed the life of Jada Bergeron, 20, of Mamou. State Police said troopers responded shortly before 3 a.m. Saturday to a two-vehicle crash on La. 415 near Commercial Drive in […]

Joe Jaeger killed in St. Tammany Parish car crash

ST. TAMMANY PARISH, La. (WGNO) — Troopers with the Louisiana State Police are investigating a crash that a New Orleans entrepreneur dead in St. Tammany Parish on Wednesday, June 19. The LSP reported the crash happened on Louisiana Highway 25 near J Core Road around 5:45 a.m. One killed, another injured in crash on I-10 […]

St. Tammany Parish drug busts lead to nine arrests

Disclaimer: All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty. ST. TAMMANY PARISH, La. (WGNO) — Nine people were arrested following four drug busts in St. Tammany Parish in June. The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office reported that narcotics detectives began an investigation at a motel on Holiday Boulevard in Covington on June 19, where they […]

Resolution to fix US 90 bridges in St. Tammany Parish passes legislation

ST. TAMMANY PARISH, La. (WGNO) — Five bridges stretching along US 90 near the Louisiana-Mississippi state line have been undrivable since May 2022 with no solution to repair them in sight. While this stretch of highway didn’t see much traffic most of the time, it has been an important alternate route to Interstate 10 for those […]