Owner of troubled New Orleans property firm arrested, accused of impersonating police officer
The owner of a Louisiana company accused of pocketing millions of dollars through online property sales was arrested Monday in Assumption Parish on counts of impersonating a police officer, officials said. CivicSource owner Bryan P. Barrios, of Thibodaux, was pulled over for speeding on Louisiana Highway 398 west of Labadieville,...
Deer euthanized after making ‘forced entry’ into Livingston Parish home, officials say
A whitetail deer buck was put down after sustaining serious injuries early Monday morning.
Prairieville Resident Wins $2 Million Powerball Prize
BATON ROUGE – A Prairieville resident won a total of $2,000,014 during the October 5 Powerball drawing after purchasing their ticket from Delaunes Supermarket located at 12516 Highway 431 in Saint Amant. Charles Moore matched all five white ball numbers and purchased the Power Play option for an extra $1, doubling his winnings.
Lake Charles council seeks FEMA funds to ease Entergy storm-repair costs
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Lake Charles City Council members are urging state and federal officials to redirect unspent Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funding toward storm repairs, a move they say could lower electricity costs for customers across Louisiana. Last week, the council passed a resolution asking Louisiana’s congressional...
Thibodaux man arrested after allegedly attempting to impersonate an officer at a traffic stop
LABADIEVILLE — A Thibodaux man was arrested after trying to impersonate an officer at a routine traffic stop, the Assumption Parish Sheriff's Office said Tuesday. Bryan P. Barrios, 55, was pulled over by an officer for speeding on Sunday. When the deputy approached Barrios' vehicle, he noticed two law enforcement badges sitting on the passenger seat. Barrios then displayed one of the badges, claiming he was coming back from another parish in southwest Louisiana.
Sunken boats litter Louisiana waterways. One hurricane-prone parish has had enough.
It took more than two hours and the power of a large excavator to pull a 20-foot steel boat from its watery grave. But at least it was being removed. The difficulty in pulling the abandoned boat from Bayou Petit Caillou in Chauvin last week illustrated a persistent problem across Louisiana’s coast. An untold number of abandoned and derelict vessels pose navigation and environmental hazards, but there are few options to clear them.
Louisiana I-10 Crash Update: Woman, 22, Still Missing After 13 Days
Louisiana State Police continue searching for Christin Munn-Holliday following a Sept. 30 crash on I-10.
Pilot makes ‘miraculous’ emergency landing at St. Tammany Regional Airport
The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office responded to an emergency landing involving a plane at the St. Tammany Regional Airport Monday afternoon. The emergency landing happened in Abita Springs around 3:45 p.m. According to first responders on the scene, the pilot was the only one in the plane and...
To save his restaurant, one New Orleans chef has a new answer: stop being...
Restaurants everywhere are contending with higher costs, more competition and a changing business climate. At one long-running New Orleans restaurant, the answer is to stop operating as a conventional restaurant. Boucherie (8115 Jeannette St.) has been a fixture in the Carrollton neighborhood for nearly two decades, but it will now...
Would-be armed robber climbs through drive-thru window of New Orleans Taco Bell
A dissatisfied Taco Bell customer may have gone a little too far with his complaint.According to New Orleans Police, an unknown pedestrian tried to place an order at the drive-through window of the Taco Bell on Gen. De Gaulle Drive in Algiers.
