Work has begun to clear thousands of trees officials say are clogging and slowing the flow of upper Bayou Lafourche, threatening drinking water supplies for Terrebonne, Lafourche and Assumption parishes.

Narcotics Task Force personnel arrested 14 people early Wednesday in an undercover investigation aimed at illegal sales of prescription drugs, the Assumption Parish Sheriff's Office reported.

Coffins float after heavy Louisiana rain Wednesday, Dec. 09, 2009 10:41AM EST Flooding in parts of Louisiana forced several coffins from the ground at a cemetery in Belle Rose.

Heavy flooding in parts of Louisiana forced several coffins from the ground at a cemetery in Belle Rose.

The heavy rains that accompanied powerful thunderstorms resulted in some coffins popping up at least one cemetery Tuesday morning.

Assumption Parish sheriff's deputies arrested two men Thursday in connection with of a string of sugar kettle thefts in Lafourche Parish.

Women international conference breakfast: 8 a.m., Hilton Hotel, 201 Lafayette St., with Prophetess Jackie Harewood, of Baton Rouge, and the Rev.

Assumption Parish sheriff's deputies are looking for a man who threatened to set fire to his ex-girlfriend's home and kidnapped her at knifepoint, the Sheriff's Office said today.

Terrebonne Parish prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against a 22-year-old man accused of shooting two men to death in July and, later that week, wounding a woman in the head.

The Circuit at Grand Bayou Inc. today announced the purchase of an existing 1.8-mile road race course circuit and more than 100 acres of land from Belle Rose-based No Problem Raceway Park LLC.

Assumption Parish sheriff's narcotics agents arrested two people on drug counts after a search of a Belle Rose home, deputies said.

Houma police have identified the two men found slain Tuesday night. Police say the victims are cousins, 33-year-old Michael D. Herbert of Houma and 25-year-old Michael Gerard Herbert of Belle Rose.