Larose News

Mike Raia perched on the metal bleachers, staring intently at the boxing ring located in the middle of the gym floor while the aroma of hot dogs, nachos and popcorn filled the air.

Deputies arrested five people and were looking for two others on cocaine distribution counts after an undercover sting in the "Two-Three" area of Larose, the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office reported.

For Bobbie and S.W. Triplett, the traffic on West 23rd Street was too much to bear, especially since suspicions throughout the neighborhood were that the young men who regularly gathered on their street and others nearby were selling illegal drugs.

Growing up in this bayou town, filmmaker Glen Pitre remembers playing with gifts from his parrain, who owned a furniture and appliance store.

A pit bull whose life was spared by a Lafourche judge after the dog attacked a woman in Larose last month mauled an animal-control officer Thursday at the Lafourche Parish Animal Shelter.

A St. Tammany Parish animal-rescue group that helped save the life of a pitbull following its attack on a Larose woman will not be able to take custody of the dog as planned.

Lafourche and Terrebonne Parish sheriff's drug task force agents said they intercepted two men planning to conduct a cocaine deal at a McDonald's restaurant in Larose on Thursday and arrested them on drug distribution charges.

Published: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 12:32 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 12:32 p.m. The following is a rundown of action taken by the Lafourche School Board at its regular meeting Wednesday.

A pitbull that attacked a woman in Larose is going to live for now. A Lafourche Parish judge has agreed to let Shank go to doggy jail of sorts instead of the animal death chamber.

Last minute agreement saves "Shank" Tuesday, October 27, 2009 A pit bull named "Shank" that bit and seriously injured a Larose woman won't be put to death, at least for now.

Unable to have children, Jerome and Lillian Jarreau of Larose have bestowed parental affections on their "baby," a 95-pound pit bull named Shank.

New Orleans Bikefest Motorcycle Rally & Music Festival Bayou Segnette State Park, 7777 West Bank Expressway, Westwego.

A Larose mother of four is hospitalized in New Orleans after her neighbor's pit bull ripped a chunk of skin from her left arm during a brief but furious attack, police said.

Louisiana Shrimp Task Force members heard the usual calls for new branding techniques and increased inspections Monday, but their meeting also gave way to sometimes bitter exchanges between harvesters and processors.

Two teenagers implicated in a Galliano country club burglary were arrested after one of them was seen digging a hole in his backyard to bury stolen goods, deputies said Tuesday.

Digital Engineering & Imaging of Kenner has been awarded a $1.5 million contract from the Army Corps of Engineers to prepare preliminary designs for the Larose and Golden Meadow floodgates.

An LSU student who fell asleep moments before causing a head-on crash that killed three people last year in Larose received a 30-day jail sentence Tuesday.

Lafourche Parish sheriff's deputies arrested a Galliano man Thursday after he ran over his 1-year-old son while deputies were trying to pull him over for driving erratically, the Sheriff's Office said.

A 1-year-old Larose boy is recovering from two broken ribs, a broken pelvis and a punctured lung after his father allegedly rolled over him with his vehicle.

Despite earlier community support, officials say tolls on a new bridge in far south Louisiana are triggering complaints.