Larose News

Published: Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at 12:05 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at 12:05 p.m. The following is a rundown of action taken by the Terrebonne School Board at its regular meeting Tuesday.

A former Lafourche Parish employee who served jail time for forging documents that gave his former employer access to private property in Galliano is back in jail.

Local shrimpers may get a chance to hear first-hand why they should support the elimination of tariffs on shrimp from Thailand - won in a trade action decided four years ago - but they're likely to hear only one side of the story.

Jeremy Vargus has helped put on artificial-snow shows all over the world. RPI Entertainment puts on hundreds of snow shows per year, from the sandy landscapes of Dubai to the casinos of Macao.

U.S. Rep. Charlie Melancon is asking for $21 million for levees and flood protection in southeast Louisiana.

A state district judge in Thibodaux has ruled that the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office must pay a Galliano woman more than $100,000 in damages for the wrongful death of her infant son.

Trooper Simon Besson worked a routine-seat belt detail near Larose-Cut Off Middle in May when a gunshot rang out in a classroom.

Conflicting accounts of a May 2007 shootout that left a Galliano man and his infant son dead and a Lafourche sheriff's deputy wounded emerged Thursday during the first day of testimony in a civil suit filed by the dead child's mother.

The pie looks mouth watering, with a picture-perfect topping and heavenly smell.

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.