Pierre Part News

Narcotics Task Force personnel arrested 14 people early Wednesday in an undercover investigation aimed at illegal sales of prescription drugs, the Assumption Parish Sheriff's Office reported.

Published: Thursday, December 3, 2009 at 12:04 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, December 3, 2009 at 12:04 p.m. The following is a rundown of action taken by the Lafourche School Board at its regular meeting Wednesday.

A 53-year-old Assumption Parish store owner convicted of using a game room filled with toys to lure children into his home and molest them was sentenced Tuesday to 96 years in prison.

A Pierre Part man was arrested after allegedly injecting two boys with Oxycodone at a bonfire in October.

NAPOLEONVILLE - An Assumption Parish man has been sentenced in Napoleonville to 96 years in prison for sex crimes involving six children ranging from age 5 to 15.

Investigations into separate cases of cruelty to a juvenile and sexual misconduct with a minor resulted in the arrests of three people, the Assumption Parish Sheriff's Office said Wednesday.

An Assumption Parish man has been charged with Attempted Murder after an early morning shooting in Pierre Part.

A 12-person jury took less than three hours Thursday to convict a 52-year-old Pierre Part man on six counts of indecent behavior with a juvenile.

FRANkLINTON, La. - Services are 11 a.m. Friday at Hartman-Hughes Chapel in Tylertown for Willie N. Jones Sr., 66, of Franklinton, who died July 14, 2009, at Lakeview Medical Center in Mandeville, La.

State Rep. Elton Aubert, D-Vacherie, left, and Karen St. Germain, D-Pierre Part, participate with Gov.

Legislation aimed at ramping up train and railroad crossing safety failed by a wide margin Monday in the House, the Baton Rouge Advocate reports.

Sheriff Mike Waguespack reports the arrest of 14 Assumption Parish teenagers in connection with various burglaries and vandalisms in the Labadieville, Paincourtville, and Pierre Part areas.

The Natchitoches Parish School Board today whittled its list of applicants for school superintendent from 14 to five and the public will have the opportunity Thursday to visit with those still in the running to replace retiring Superintendent Elwanda Murphy.

The manager of a Family Dollar store in Paincourtville was treated at a hospital for injuries after reportedly being beaten and dragged alongside a car while trying to stop an accused robber.

All occupants of vehicles will have to use seat belts, not just the driver and front-seat passengers, if a bill given 33-1 approval Tuesday by the Senate becomes law.