Lockport News

Lafourche officials had considered a ban on private fireworks displays this year because of dry conditions that prompted a statewide prohibition on outdoor fires.

The Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office arrested 23 people and confiscated a variety of illegal drugs in a three-month undercover investigation, Sheriff Craig Webre said Friday.

The upcoming Flight of Five "demonstration" project was kicked off Wednesday with ceremonial rock-breaking. From a cash grant by the state Canal Corp., rails and stairs on the center island between original and modern Erie Canal locks will be treated to targeted restoration work this summer.

Van C. DeWitt, former President of Sea Mar, is now heading a newly formed marine transportation company, Bee Mar LLC, as President and CEO.

In her distorted view of reality, Amy Hebert performed an act of love, not hate, when she followed a voice's commands to stab her two children, a nationally renowned forensic psychiatrist told jurors during her capital-murder trial Monday.

Amy Hebert's 9-year-old daughter begged her knife-wielding mother to spare her life before she stabbed her to death, a forensic psychologist testified Sunday afternoon during the Mathews mother's capital-murder trial.

Amy Hebert was a devoted mother who catered to her children's every need. But on the eve of their murders, she was distracted and distant, relatives and fellow church members testified this morning.

The smiles and chuckles start outside, at the expense of those Cajun clowns Boudreau and Thibodeau.

A Lockport native who now lives in California won big on Wednesday's episode of "The Price is Right." Katherine Savant, formerly Katherine O'Connor, is a first-class petty officer in the U.S. Navy.

When Katherine Savant and her friends went to a taping of "The Price is Right" in Los Angeles, she expected to have a good time.

LOCKPORT, La. - The world premiere of the first play by filmmakers Glen Pitre and Michelle Benoit will also be a month-long film festival.

Lockport High School senior Dan Sciandra wants to attend Hofstra University. His sister attends a visual arts school in New York City, which isn't far from Hofstra on Long Island.

Gheens- A vehicle crash on LA 654 in the Community of Gheens, LA leaves a Gheens female dead and two in critical condition.

Louisiana State Police say a pickup plowed into a golf cart on Louisiana highway 654 early Wednesday, critically injuring the cart's occupants and killing a pedestrian.

Flags flew at half-staff across the City of Lockport on Wednesday in honor of Army Pfc.

The family of 23 year old Albert Jex of Lockport says they were notified Monday night by United States Army officials that Albert was killed in a suicide bombing in Iraq on February 9th.

The parents of Albert Ronald Jex, 23, of Lockport, said Tuesday their son was the latest casualty of the war in Iraq.

A 48-year-old man has been killed in an accident on Louisiana Highway 1 in the Lockport area.

A Louisiana Army National Guard pilot from Lafourche Parish who was on assignment in North Africa to support the war in Iraq has died, the Defense Department announced Sunday.

Lockport- This morning at approximately 7:00 AM, a Lockport man was killed after the pickup truck he was driving struck the flatbed trailer portion of an 18-wheeler. Joe C. Buck was traveling south on LA 1 near ...