Labadieville News

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 .

Sheriff Mike Waguespack in Assumption Parish is asking for help finding a Labadieville resident.

Sheriff Mike Waguespack reports the arrest of 14 Assumption Parish teenagers in connection with various burglaries and vandalisms in the Labadieville, Paincourtville, and Pierre Part areas.

Stella Davis, left, jokes with church volunteers as the Rev. McCullen Williams hands out supplies at New Morning Star Baptist Church, in Labadieville, which helps provide food and other necessities to the rural poor.

Labadieville- A single vehicle crash in Assumption Parish last night, claimed the life of two Donaldsonville residents.

A 28-year-old man was killed and his 58-year-old passenger was injured when the car they were in ran off a road in Thibodaux.