Pierre Part News

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.

After turning back an attempt to scuttle the deal to keep the Saints in New Orleans, the House approved a $27 billion budget Thursday that eliminates more than 3,600 state jobs and cuts spending on health care, higher education and a host of other government programs.

If the budget is the biggest story of the 2009 session, then this morning's meeting of the House Ways & Means Committee could go a long way toward answering a crucial question: Will lawmakers, already grumbling about deep cuts to health-care and education, be willing to raise taxes as a way to avoid some of the reductions proposed by Gov.

Measures that would prohibit the sale of toy-like novelty cigarette lighters and require 10-year lithium-battery-powered smoke detectors when homes or rented or sold eased out of the House Commerce Committee today.