Broussard News

Before he lost his job March 3, Steve Mortillaro was collecting $11 an hour as a lawyer at the beck and call of Jefferson Parish's stoplight camera program, he said Monday.

CROWLEY - Troopers with Louisiana State Police Region 2 detectives arrested Lisa Broussard today in reference to a disturbance that occurred on Monday in the 100 block of Paulette Lane in Crowley.

As it turned out, the job of replacing longtime head football coach Mike Mowad was tougher than Breaux Bridge principal Kara Meaux expected.

An Acadia Parish Sheriff's Deputy is now on administrative leave without pay, accused of being the driver behind the wheel of a vehicle that ran over a woman.

The Jefferson Parish Council is asking hundreds of companies that make money on community contracts whether they also buy insurance from an agency owned by a former parish administrator.

Ashley Nicole Vienne and Justin Chris Cressionie, both of Duson, will be united in marriage on March 27, 2010 during a 6:30 p.m. ceremony at La Chapelle des Attakapas in Vermilionville in Lafayette.

Pictured from left: Billy Mick of Cane's Broussard, Loree Noonan of Lafayette Animal Aid, John Raxsdale of Cane's West Congress, Galen Istre of Cane's Pinhook.

Too many convicted drunken drivers are getting behind the wheel although their licenses have been revoked, a panel seeking tougher enforcement of DWI laws says, so taking away their cars should be an option.

Dr. Gerald Broussard has been practicing ophthalmology in Northeast Louisiana for over 25 Years.

Constance Erin Guidry of Lafayette, LA. and Eric Joseph Benoit of Egan, LA were united in marriage on March 6, 2010 at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Kaplan, LA.

Tom Wilkinson acknowledged back in January that the public had lost confidence in his ability to carry out his duties as attorney for Jefferson Parish.

An attorney involved in the case tells us after weeks of a ping-pong legal process, the state Supreme Court has disqualified Broussard from the race.

Villa Tasso, FL At around 2:00 Monday afternoon, a Walton County Sheriff's Office Deputy responded to a complaint from a man who said he was held against his will for five hours.

Under a newly focused lens of public scrutiny, Jefferson Parish officials are weighing three engineering firms to rehash the costs and benefits of last year's landmark deal to shutter its public garbage dump for the next 25 years.

After three months enduring public outcry and federal subpoenas, Tom Wilkinson, Jefferson Parish's embattled chief attorney, was suspended from office Thursday.

Jefferson Parish Councilman John Young had $777,000 on hand at the beginning of the year.

Abbeville Councilman Francis Touchet says he will ask the Louisiana Supreme Court to overturn a recent appellate court decision granting his challenger the right to run against him in spite of a felony conviction in 2005.

The state has approved midcity Baton Rouge and downtown Lafayette for cultural products districts.

King Gabriel LXXI, E. Paul Breaux III, is a native of Lafayette and the son of the late Dr.

Gabriel LXXI, Dr. Edgar Paul Breaux III, and Evangeline LXXI, Lindsey Leigh Broussard, the daughter of Dr.