Houma News

Lafourche Parish, La., officials say the repair of two pumping stations in the Raceland area will help protect against flooding.

State leaders are prodding Alabama's coastal counties to make earlier decisions on hurricane evacuations so residents have more time to get away if a major storm threatens the Gulf of Mexico.

Houma police say five Jefferson Parish residents are accused of trying to cash fraudulent checks in several cities under a fake company name.

State police say a 75-year-old woman died in a single-vehicle crash in Natchitoches Parish.

Two Terrebonne Parish bridges will get makeovers though the work may take several years to complete.

The trial of a Galliano man accused of stabbing a former roommate inside a Houma nightclub in 2009 will be delayed until September.

The Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office says seven people have been arrested during the past month in an asphalt scam that cost victims thousands of dollars.

Houma police are hoping the public can help them locate nine people who police say are connected to a bad check investigation.

Residential garbage and recycling collection schedules in Shreveport and Bossier City will change the week of May 28 - June 1, due to the Memorial Day holiday.

NAACP President Benjamin Jealous said Monday he hopes the group's resolution supporting same-sex marriage will encourage blacks to support marriage equality as a civil right if the question is put to voters on the ballot... NAACP President Benjamin Jealous said Monday he hopes the group's resolution supporting same-sex marriage will encourage ... (more)

Chinese conglomerate The Wanda Group has agreed to buy AMC Entertainment, the second-largest chain of movie theaters in America, for a reported $2.6 billion .

A Sugarcane Field Day is set for Friday, June 1, at the USDA Sugarcane Experiment Station at 501 Bull Run Road in Houma, Louisiana.

Three suspects are in custody and law enforcement officers are seeking a fourth in connection with a Lafourche Parish theft and burglary ring, officials said on Sunday.

Rachael Ann Winders and Benjamin Darby Roth were united in the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony on Friday, May 18, 2012 at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in Broussard, Louisiana.

HOUMA, La. - Irvin Richard Jr. will answer to "The Shuffler" if you call him that.

HOUMA, La. - Two teenagers were arrested Wednesday in connection with four car burglaries in east Houma earlier this month, Terrebonne sheriff's deputies said.

Two teenagers have been arrested in connection with four car burglaries in east Houma earlier this month, Terrebonne Parish sheriff's deputies said.

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Proposed state budget cuts would prompt emergency mental health treatment unit closings, surgical program eliminations, emergency room service reductions and bed closures at LSU hospitals across south Louisiana, LSU officials said Wednesday.

Albertha Robertson, 65, a resident of Houma and native of Raceland, died Saturday, May 12, 2012, at 7:25 a.m., at her residence.