Chackbay News

An excavator placed dirt along the shoulder of a partially flooded stretch of Choctaw Road Friday afternoon.

As the fire spread across the lower part of his body, Jordon Molaison's mind replayed his last memories of his deceased father and uncle.

In a rain-soaked day more reminiscent of hurricane season than the holidays, inflatable levees went up, sandbags were filled, bayous spilled over their banks and emergency workers used boats to rescue people from flooded homes Tuesday in parts of Terrebonne and Lafourche.

Most people have enough on their hands -- or legs -- just attempting a long run.

A quick-spreading fire destroyed a single-story brick house along La. 304 Thursday and forced motorists traveling the busy two-lane road to take detours for more than two hours.

After a day working out with her friends, Connie Boudreaux, of Labadieville, decided to head to a friend's camp on Grand Isle.

District Judge Randy Bethancourt made the decision Wednesday, following the conclusion of a one-day bench trial last month.

Lafourche Parish sheriff's spokeswoman Lesley Hill-Peters says a Bayou Blue man is expected to plead guilty to running over and killing a deputy last August in Chackbay.

Lafourche Parish sheriff's spokeswoman Lesley Hill-Peters says a Bayou Blue man is expected to plead guilty to running over and killing a deputy last August in Chackbay.

Lafourche Parish sheriff's spokeswoman Lesley Hill-Peters says a Bayou Blue man is expected to plead guilty to running over and killing a deputy last August in Chackbay.

A 42-year-old Bayou Blue man accused of using a stolen pickup truck to run over a Lafourche Parish sheriff's deputy is scheduled to stand trial next year.

The Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office arrested 23 people and confiscated a variety of illegal drugs in a three-month undercover investigation, Sheriff Craig Webre said Friday.

State Supreme Court Justice John Weimer has created award-winning images of south Louisiana that have helped raise money in local charity auctions.

Chackbay Elementary School was cleared of students and faculty for half an hour Tuesday morning while workers repaired a natural gas leak, the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office reported.