Branch News

Kaysen Davis Lindsay Dupre and Nathaniel Davis, Jr. announce the birth of their son, Kaysen Ashten Davis, born at Acadian Medical Center on January 23 weighing 7 pounds and 12 ounces.

BATON ROUGE, La. - Louisiana rice farmers have voted overwhelmingly to keep paying a nickel for every 100 pounds of rice for research and 3 cents per hundred pounds for promotion.

Daniel Brandon Prince, the man accused in the January 2005 slayings of two women in Branch, used an envelope from his then-attorney to smuggle marijuana, rolling papers, cigarettes and pornography into the Acadia Parish Jail in late October, according to court documents and an interview with his former attorney.

Acadia Parish Sheriff Wayne Melancon stated that his office is investigating the following incidents: December 12, 2011 -Theft of IESI trash can, 4200 block of Ellis Drive near Crowley.