Laplace News

MATTHEW HINTON / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE Family and friends arrive for a candlelight vigil memorial service for St.

Scores of clergy members gathered in St. John Parish on Thursday morning at the request of St.

In this Aug. 30, 2012 file photo, residents evacuate their flooded neighborhood in LaPlace, La.

Patricia Roussell, 54, Williamsburg Drive, LaPlace, LA, was arrested on 5/21/2013 and booked with issuing a worthless check and an attachment.

Students at Ascension of Our Lord School in LaPlace who won awards at St. John 4-H Achievement Day are front row from left, Zahria Phillip, Melody Newsome, Maggie Morton, Ty'Rah Ray, Sanai Smith, and Emily Ronnenburg; middle row from left, Destiny Romious, Ashlyn Woods, Ishaan Iyer, Dominic Joseph, Sarah Grosse, Gregory Bergeron, and Hailey Hilbun; ... (more)

One of the seven original suspects charged in connection with a deadly ambush last August that claimed the lives of St.

Darryl L. Thompson, 26, 13500 block of Hwy 90, Boutte, LA was arrested on 5/19/2013 and booked with aggravated burglary and driving without a license after the suspect allegedly entered a residence without permission following an altercation with the victim.

Darnell O. Cooper Sr., 31, Revere Drive, LaPlace, LA, was arrested on 5/17/2013 and booked with distribution/manufacture of schedule I controlled dangerous substances, distribution/manufacture of schedule II controlled dangerous substances , distribution/manufacture of schedule IV controlled dangerous substances, sale/distribution/possession of ... (more)

Herman Bailey and Veronica Cook, parents of Donovan Bailey, 29, who was murdered in Reserve on April 17, 2013.

Roger Batiste, 75, of LaPlace, was back in jail Monday, after a Jefferson Parish judge reinstated his original $500,000 bond.

Chanel Skains knelt on the gravel of a LaPlace trailer park where she lived with her husband, daughter and stepsons, clutching the hand of a St.

"We have a commitment to father the fatherless," said Pastor Neal Bernard, who runs the New Wine Christian Fellowship in LaPlace.

The time that St. Charles Catholic High's class of 2013 has been looking forward to for four years is near.

William J. Bourgeois Jr., 24, Paula Drive, LaPlace, LA, was arrested on 5/14/2013 and booked with domestic abuse battery, simple criminal damage to property, and parole violation.

St. Joan of Arc School in LaPlace recently held its 14th annual Vikes on Spikes Frank Scorsone Memorial Golf Classic at Riverlands Golf and Country Club in LaPlace.

Shane M. LeBouef, 34, Historic West Street, Garyville, LA, was arrested on 5/10/2013 and booked with possession of drug paraphernalia, resisting an officer with force or violence, and parole violation.

That's the day the three St. Charles Parish sheriff's detectives heard - and then responded to - reports that St.

Early morning commuters can expect lane closures on I-10 eastbound and westbound in St.

Baton Rouge police on Monday released the name of the 31-year-old woman found shot to death inside a local residence Sunday afternoon.

Two unrestrained juveniles were killed after the car in which they were riding slammed into a tree, State Police said Sunday.