Morgan City News

Lafayette's murder rate declined in 2009, a year in which all seven of the city's homicides have been solved and the suspects are now involved in the judicial process.

A Morgan City couple celebrated their first baby Saturday, a cooing boy who also is the first born in Lafourche Parish this year.

Sunday Church officers installation: 8 a.m., New Bethal Baptist Church, 1540 Matilda St., with Lord's Supper served and a complimentary breakfast.

The body of a 45-year-old man was discovered near a stretch of railroad track Friday after Terrebonne sheriff's deputies received word that someone had jumped from a moving freight train traveling from Texas to New Orleans.

Heavy rains in the Atchafalaya River Basin forced the closure of a section Gulf Intracoastal Waterway's Morgan City to Port Allen Alternative Route, the U.S. Coast Guard announced today.

Katheryn Reed and Michael Conner were married on Saturday, October 24, 2009 at a 6:30 pm ceremony at the New Hope Chapel in Acadian Village.

With a standing ovation, Port Fourchon on Wednesday said goodbye to its director of 31 years.

No official determination has been made about the precise origins of human bones found in a cellar beneath an old wood-frame house last month.

Grab your gloves and boots -- or just a window and some hot chocolate: An unseasonable snowfall is expected in Acadiana tonight.

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The Marine Forces Reserve Band has announced its "Santa Meets Sousa'' Toys for Tots concert tour.

Vidalia resident David Cooper sat on the hot seat, and for the first time, was nervous.

Want to help out folks in need this holiday season? The local Salvation Army is looking for volunteer bell ringers to help raise money this holiday season.

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A 12-member jury convicted a resident of Bayou L'Ourse in Assumption Parish on two counts of aggravated rape of an 11-year-old girl in 2005 and 2006, prosecutors said Friday.

Although it's not likely to be a threat to Louisiana, state officials are watching the storm that was Hurricane Ida for possible strengthening when it moves into the Gulf of Mexico.

Two men from St. Mary Parish pleaded guilty Monday on unrelated drug charges. Harold Willie Francois, 29, of Morgan City, pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of cocaine and was sentenced to 20 years at hard labor, according to a news release from the 16th Judicial District Attorney's Office.

Central Louisiana's road improvement needs far outweigh the available funding for the projects.

"That's all we've got up there," said Smith, who took the Day 1 lead in the third Central Open of the season.

With a thundering splash, a local boat company welcomed a new ship into the world Tuesday.