Broussard News

Advocate staff photo by Bryan Tuck Newly elected Iberia Parish President Errol "Romo" Romero talks to council members during a recent Iberia Parish Council meeting.

Who: Marc Broussard, plus Sugar & The Hi-Lows. When: 9 tonight. Where: The Orange Peel, 101 Biltmore Ave.

Laurie Mixon stands in front of a neighborhood watch sign on her street, Schoeffler Road, in north Lafayette Parish on Wednesday.

The Iberia Parish Council voted 13-1 Wednesday to override Parish President Errol "Romo" Romero's veto of a resolution that sets newly hired employees' pay rates at a predetermined minimum.

Fred Heebe evidently does not want his $250,000 back from WWL Radio talk show host Garland Robinette.

There is a lot going on at the library this month. You can take your pick from several different activities and new services being offered.

The former Northwestern State football player, hired to replace Tom Tallach in June of 2011, is no longer at the King's Highway Division III school.

"Angels Among Us" is a series of original paintings by Chris Broussard with hands-on embellishments by art students at The Children's Center.

A new, superseding federal indictment charges former Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard with new, additional counts of theft.

A 32-year-old woman convicted in the theft of more than $1.7 million from her former employer last decade has committed suicide, authorities said Thursday.

The Iberia Parish Council voted 11-3 Wednesday to seek Louisiana attorney general and Ethics Board opinions concerning Parish President Errol "Romo" Romero's plans to fire nonmanagement employees, using his son as an attorney and allowing nonemployees to wander restricted areas of parish government property.

A jury found Christopher Marshall Jr. guilty of attempted manslaughter in the 31st Judicial District Court Friday afternoon after the defendant and his girlfriend beat and stabbed a Silverwood man in the early hours of Dec.

They yielded 27 points from behind the arc in their last outing, allowing UL Monroe to hit 9-of-18... A former Carencro Middle School guidance counselor is sentenced to 18 years in prison for possession of cocaine in a school zone.

Two years and 26 days after he resigned as the top administrator to Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard , Tim Whitmer will face a felony charge in New Orleans federal court today.

Hailey Rene Reaux and Joseph Donald Fontenot were united in the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony on Friday, January 27th, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. Father Edward Duhon was the celebrant of the Wedding Ceremony held at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in Broussard, Louisiana.

One thing that catches the eye in the city of Broussard independent audit for the year ended June 30, 2011, is that two businesses overpaid more than $1.2 million in sales taxes between May 2007 and December 2009.

It is Girl Scout Cookie Time. Girls in your area will be taking orders for cookies from January 20-February 5. There are eight flavors of cookies this year and they are only $4.00 a box.

Remember when the sprawling Jefferson Parish probe was all about the former chief administrative officer and his side insurance company, Lagniappe Industries, which turned out to be doing business with all sorts of folks who had relationships with the parish? Before the scandal grew so big that it took down Whitmer's boss, Parish President Aaron ... (more)

H.M. Butler of Monroe wrote me recently to introduce me to his 15-year-old granddaughter, Kylie Larkin, who has Asperger's syndrome.

Around 100 area young business professionals met at the LITE building to kick off 2012 as a part of The 705.