Thibodaux News

A state appeal court upholds a 33-year-old man's 5-year sentence for trying to intimidate a female jail guard while he was awaiting trial for the 1992 death of a Thibodaux priest.

THIBODAUX, La. - The annual Jubilee festival of arts and humanities opens March 12 and will run through April 27 at Nicholls State University.

HOUMA, La. - Thanks to an abnormally warm winter and tropical storms in the fall, this year could be a big one for mosquitoes.

Long-time priest HOUMA Services for long-time priest the Rev. Hubert Broussard will be Friday.

Baton Rougeans visiting friends and relatives throughout the Louisiana and Mississippi Gulf Coast may have noticed the proliferation of Rouses Markets.

Law enforcement officials in Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes are taking steps to ensure there's enough space in parish jails for Carnival season.

Zakia Tasker, 30, Baker, booked in for felony theft, entry on or remaining after forbidden, resisting an officer and disturbing the peace by fistic encounter Garrett Hopwood, 17, Zachary, booked in for illegal possession of stolen things over $500 Larry Woodfork, Jr., 22, Baton Rouge, charged with possession of marijuana Anthony Wilson, 30, Baton ... (more)

State officials say a toll bridge that is part of the route to the oil field hub of Port Fourchon as well as the popular tourist destination of Grand Isle will have a cash lane by summer, maybe sooner.

When Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney last week released his federal tax returns for the past two years, he disclosed that he and his wife, Ann, gave about 10 percent of their income to their church, a well-known religious practice called tithing.

Members and their humans of the Krewe des Chiens, or the Krewe of the Dog, will be holding the 14th... THIBODAUX, La.

They yielded 27 points from behind the arc in their last outing, allowing UL Monroe to hit 9-of-18... THIBODAUX, La.

A weekend fundraising event in Thibodaux is part of an effort to help a man paralyzed during a 2002 football game return to a California rehabilitation center.

The River Oaks Mustangs broke open a 28-28 halftime tie with a huge flurry of three-point shots in... RUSTON - Kenyon McNeail's first in-bound pass to Brandon Gibson came up short and in the hands of a... Winter won't be over for a couple more months, but already the sun is climbing a little higher in... THIBODAUX, La.

THIBODAUX, La. - A South Lafourche High School teacher has been suspended from her job and booked with the crime of prohibited sexual conduct with a student.

THIBODAUX, La. - A teacher at South Lafourche High School has been cited for allegedly having sexual relations with a 17-year-old student.

The Zachary Police Department arrested four women late Wednesday night, Jan. 18, for shoplifting items from the Zachary Wal-Mart, 5801 Main St., said Police Chief David McDavid.

THIBODAUX, La. - A 20-year plan for growth in Lafourche Parish has run into a roadblock after negotiations broke down between parish officials and the firm selected to create the document.

Patterson resident Isaac White recently excelled at the International Presentation of Performers, or iPOP, Convention, held in January in Los Angeles.

A pair of recent Grammy nominees headline a lineup of musicians scheduled to perform at the fourth-annual Louisiana Swamp Stomp Festival at Nicholls State University.