Larose News

Today, U.S. Congressman Charlie Melancon met with South Lafourche High School student Kimberly Lasseigne to congratulate her for winning the Third Congressional District Art Competition.

The Terrebonne Port Commission threw out a bid Tuesday by Larose-based North American Shipbuilding for construction of a drydock after the state ethics board ruled the bid violated conflict-of-interest laws.

In their first meeting since an eighth-grader fired a gun at a teacher then killed himself at Larose-Cut Off Middle, officials are considering more cameras for that school.

On the day before the start of hurricane season, hundreds of people gathered at a marina in downtown Houma to focus attention on Louisiana's vanishing coast and wetlands.

The death of a 15-year-old student authorities say planned a Columbine-style killing spree at Larose-Cut Off Middle School last week has, in turn, saved multiple lives, Lafourche Sheriff Craig Webre said.

THIBODAUX - A 23-year-old amateur boxer from Galliano has drawn a five-year prison sentence for having sex with six underage girls.

Mike Tyson's four-year-old daughter Exodus died yesterday in Phoenix. She had accidentally strangled herself when she got tangled in a cord from an exercise machine while her mother was cleaning in another room of their house.

AP Police and emergency officials arrive at Larose-Cut Off Middle School in Larose, La., Monday, May 18, Mon May 25, 2:23 pm ET THIBODAUX, La.

The 8th grade student from LaRose Cut-Off Middle School in Lafourche parish died Saturday Morning according to the Lafourche Coroner's office.

Larose-Cut Off Middle School students line up Tuesday while waiting to go through a metal detector before attending classes.

According to New Orleans' CBS affiliate WWL-TV , authorities have released a number of disturbing items owned by the 15-year-old student at Larose-Cut Off Middle School in Louisiana who shot himself in the head on school grounds Monday morning , moments after firing at a teacher who refused his order to praise Marilyn Manson .

Drawings, writings of Larose school shooter describe a "troubled" boy: The Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Department made the evidence that was recovered from Justin Doucet public.

The name of the 15-year-old Larose-Cut Off Middle School student who shot at a teacher Monday has been released to the public.

Authorities have released a hodgepodge of disturbing items owned by the teenager who brought a gun into a Larose classroom, fired it and then turned the gun on himself.

Sandy St. Pierre hugs her daughter, Ravyn St. Pierre, right, after they met near the Larose-Cut Off Middle School after a shooting at the school Monday.

An eighth-grade student at Larose-Cut Off Middle School in Larose, Louisiana shot himself in the head during school this Monday morning after he shot at a teacher for refusing to praise musician Marilyn Manson , reports DailyComet.com . The student was not killed; however, he remains in critical condition at Terrebonne General Medical Center.

A middle-school student who fired a gunshot at a teacher in a classroom and then shot himself left a handwritten journal and an apparent suicide note that described his intention to kill other people, authorities said.

Sheriff: La. 8th-grader planned school shooting: A 15-year-old student of Larose-Cut Off Middle School in Larose, La.

LAROSE, La. - Authorities say a student shot himself in the head at a Louisiana middle school after he fired at a teacher and missed.Sgt. Lesley Peters, a spokeswoman for the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office, says the student shot at the teacher Monday inside Larose-Cut Off Middle School.

After battling through the state appropriations bill Thursday , the House of Representatives didn't have time as planned to finish work on the state projects construction bill, so that job starts this morning.