Branch News

A tornado touched down in Union Parish mid-morning Thursday and caused structural damage to several houses on Christmas Eve.

Wet weather at the wrong time will have a big influence on rice profitability in the Mid-South this year and next, but rice producers at the USA Rice Outlook Conference in New Orleans were also focused on two other factors that could impact their bottom line - rice prices and regulation.

Caddo Fire District 4 and the Caddo sheriff's office were investigating reports of a gas pipeline making loud noises late today in the southwest part of the parish.

An Opelousas teenager, who was reported missing Saturday evening from the Acadiana Marine Institute in Branch, has been located.

Scattered tax and bond propositions are on the ballot Saturday in Acadia, Evangeline, St.

Early voting for the Nov. 14 election begins Saturday and ends Nov. 7, excluding Sunday.

People in Branch, Louisiana, which is just west of Lafayette, believe a tornado touched down there Sunday night.

As we reported recently on Eyewitness News, two students of the AMI School in Branch ran away, but were caught and brought back to the school.

I'm not certain how or who started this thing called vacation, but I'm convinced that the railroads were strong advocates of them.

State authorities have charged an Iota man with livestock theft after a working quarterhorse who was reported dead three years ago was found alive.