Labadieville News

On Monday, February 08, 2010 at 3:49 a.m., a single vehicle crash on LA 1010 in Assumption Parish claimed the life of a 19 year old male of Labadieville, LA.

Six people have been arrested in connection with a late-December armed robbery. Onre Batiste, 20, Ernest Watkins, 17, Tervonta Johnson, 18, and Jeremy Joseph 20, have been charged with armed robbery and contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile.

His forefathers never had to sit at the back of a bus, drink from a separate water fountain or have the right to vote refused them because of their skin color.

As part of the latest round of budget cuts, state health officials will close or privatize 31 community homes for the developmentally disabled by May, including four in Thibodaux and one in Labadieville.

Two Assumption Parish men were charged with attempted murder Monday in connection with a drive-by shooting that left one victim with a gunshot wound to the leg, Assumption Sheriff Mike Waguespack said.

A court day for a former Assumption Parish Sheriff's deputy accused of kidnapping and raping women motorists while on duty has been delayed.

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

A month ago, doctors were preparing Jason Oakley's family for his death. After a lifetime of heart problems, the Labadieville man was in the process of getting a heart-transplant evaluation when his blood pressure suddenly dropped and his kidneys failed.

LABADIEVILLE, La. - A 29-year-old Napoleonville man was killed when his pickup went off the roadway ejecting the driver.

Deputies arrested a convicted felon Monday after he was seen picking up a .40-caliber pistol lying in the street near a church and putting it in his pocket, according to the Assumption Parish Sheriff's Office.

An Assumption Parish man who is no stranger to the law now faces gun charges after he allegedly picked up a handgun off the ground, put it in his pocket and took off.

Separate cases of animal cruelty in Rapides and Assumption parishes have resulted in arrests.

Deputies arrested a couple in an investigation of eight horses found so malnourished their ribs were showing and they had lost muscle in their backs and hips, the Assumption Parish Sheriff's Office reported Wednesday.

Assumption Parish sheriff's deputies arrested two men in the theft of $2,250 worth of acetylene torch equipment and other items reported stolen from a local farmer, deputies said Tuesday.

Thibodaux- A two vehicle crash on LA 308 in northern Lafourche Parish claimed the life of one man and moderately injured another.

State Rep. Joe Harrison, R-Labadieville, and Rep. Sam Jones, D-Franklin, recapped "a rough session" on Wednesday during the St.

Deputies called to break up a fight near a bar early Thursday ended up arresting a man on a drug distribution count after they found cocaine valued at $1,600 in his vehicle, the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office said.

The Assumption Sheriff's Office is investigating a fatal death believed to be accidental in Labadieville .