Port Barre News

Today is Black Friday, which for many marks the beginning of the annual Christmas shopping rush.

They say truckers know where the really good food is. And at least one truckstop gumbo is a definite winner.

St. Landry Parish - The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office reported booking the following people: n Carroll Meche, 37, 151 Nester Lane, Port Barre, aggravated second degree battery, simple battery and aggravated burglary.

A man and a woman were robbed at gunpoint in downtown Lafayette this morning. Police said the 24-year-old Port Barre man and a 26-year-old woman from Lafayette were standing in a parking lot in the 400 block of Jefferson Street around 1 a.m. when two men pulled a gun on them and demanded their valuables.

St. Landry Parish - The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's office reported booking the following people: n Chris Shawn Janice, 28, 132 Bollich Road, simple possession of a Schedule I drug , possession with intent to distribute a Schedule II drug and bench warrant for failure to appear on charges of harassing telephone language.

Jodie Lynne Bazar and C.J. LeBlanc, both of Port Barre, will be united in marriage on December 11, 2009 during a 6:30 p.m. ceremony at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Port Barre.

The Port Barre Cracklin' Festival, which continues today, is drawing big crowds this year.

Nov. 13-15. Family night on Thursday, carnival rides, cracklin' cook-off, games, great music and a parade at 10 a.m. Saturday.

The history of Palmetto and Port Barre will be highlighted Saturday when the Imperial St.

The 24th annual Cracklin' Festival in Port Barre kicks off Thursday with a family night and continues with food, fun and music through Sunday.

St. Landry Parish - The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office reported booking the following people: n Dennis Guillory, Jr.

St. Landry Parish - The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office reported booking the following people: n Dwight Carrier, 35, 1020 Garland Ave., Opelousas, driving while intoxicated, driving under suspension, improper lane usage, bench warrant for failure to appear for arraignment on charges of driving while intoxicated and driving under suspension and a ...

The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's office reported booking the following people: n Glynis Fournerat, 45, 99 University Place, Eunice, solicitation for murder.

Frank O. Lahaye, who was arrested earlier this month for exposing himself in a public place, is back in jail today on the same charge.

St. Landry Parish - The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's office reported booking the following people: n Glenford G. Bias, 43, 1620 West Dudley Street, Eunice, distribution of a Schedule II drug .

Ongoing repairs to the Union Pacific Rail tracks, that blocked traffic in Opelousas last week, are continuing towards the east and will close a number of roads in the Port Barre area this week.

Jackqueline Guillory Leblanc, who's body was found in the trunk of her car near Opelousas earlier this year, died of a drug overdose, according to autopsy results released Monday.

The 64th Louisiana Yambileee Cooked Foods and Yam-I-Mal competition winners have been announced.

Investigators from the Department of Environmental Quality, St. Landry Homeland Security and the Sheriff's Office are investigating a suspicious sheen that appeared this morning on the surface of Bayou Courtableau right off of Downtown Port Barre.

A fundraiser will be held Oct. 29 to raise money to buy heavy lifting equipment to help clean up Bayou Teche from Port Barre to St.