Church Point News

A Washington, D.C., reporter for more than 30 years, Jim Limbach covers the federal agencies for ConsumerAffairs.

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI - Acadian Fine Foods LLC of Church Point, La., is recalling 17,000 pounds of pork and chicken stews because labels don't list whey and soy as ingredients.

According to booking records, Michelle D. Lavergne, 35, of Church Point was booked into the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center and charged with one count of forgery and felony theft.

The agency says the single-serving stews were distributed to stores in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.

"He got in my face," Daigle said. "This continued and continued and continued. I made a mistake throwing the hammer, but it was to get his attention." Lafayette police on Friday issued Daigle, a 67-year-old Church Point resident, a misdemeanor summons for aggravated assault for the May 3 incident in which no one got hurt, Lafayette police Cpl.

Church Point, La. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 P.M. Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Church Point, La.

Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Scott. Father Gary Schexnayder officiated the ceremony.

Top Events USA, a website that tracks good times around the country, has named the Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival as one of Louisiana's top 10 events.

Gary Schexnayder, at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Scott. The bride-elect is the daughter of Marie Duplantis and Larry Bacque.

Agents with the Louisiana Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force have arrested nine men, including a Church Point man, as part of an undercover investigation targeting child predators across southern Louisiana.

State Rep. Harold Ritchie tried to convince legislators to back a state tobacco tax increase Monday with testimony from health experts, a religious leader and a daughter who watched her mother die from smoking.