Kaplan cops spring trap after $300 sex deal allegedly negotiated KAPLAN - A Texas woman who allegedly negotiated a $300 sex deal faces prostitution charges and a warrant is out for her pimp.
After Kaplan Police received numerous complaints of possible prostitute...
Bill would bar first-degree murderers family visitation ABBEVILLE – Sen. Jonathan Perry wants to curtail visitation privileges for first-degree murderers.
Perry introduced Sen. Bill 108 to committee on Monday. It states that prisoners charged with first...
Jindal's tax reversal surprise to bill's House sponsor By John Maginnis
and Jeremy Alford
LaPolitics
BATON ROUGE – Gov. Bobby Jindal’s announcement Monday that he is shelving his tax swap plan came as a surprise to the sponsor of the legislation, Re...
Rice planting essentially done in Acadiana BY Bruce Schultz
LSU AgCenter
CROWLEY – Rice planting in the southern part of Louisiana is wrapping up, and north Louisiana farmers are getting ready to plant.
“For a lot of farmers, it’s done,” ...
Please Mr. Postman, that weed's not for me PATTERSON -- A Patterson man was arrested by St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office narcotics division detectives after detectives and a postal inspector intercepted a package in the mail that contained ...
Rapist pleads guility in 1985 case WINNFIELD – A man who raped, robbed and terrorized a woman almost 30 years ago has at last been sentenced to prison.
Jessie Mills was arrested in 1985 and found guilty in 1987. But the verdict was ...
Teen cousins die in house fire; path out blocked by furniture WEST MONROE – Two teenage cousins died when their path to safety from a house fire was blocked by furniture, officials said.
Kyle Phillips, 18, and Mitchell Whitehead, 16, were sleeping when the bl...
September trial set for man accused of killing three over XBox 360 SHREVEPORT – A man accused of killing three brothers in an argument over a gaming system is scheduled for September trial.
Marcus Reed, 35, pleaded not guilty to the 2010 of the men he accused of t...
Big rig pulls in front of another, unrestrained passenger killed OAKDALE – An Opelousas man died when an 18-wheeler pulled from a private drive into the path of another early Tuesday.
State Police said the accident occurred on La. 10 in Vernon Parish east of US ...
Cassidy says he's in against Landrieu next year BATON ROUGE – Congressman Bill Cassidy said Wednesday he will run against against U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu in 2014.
Cassidy, a Republican and a physician, said Landrieu is politically too close t...