Thibodaux News

A nearly 9,000-square-foot Thibodaux mansion will be auctioned Saturday, and sold with it will be more than 160 years of history.

Officials say Thibodaux could get public-transit service by March, ending discussion and debate that started about a decade ago.

THIBODAUX - The pastor of a Catholic church in Thibodaux estimates that more than 1,600 people gathered there to file by a glass box that encases a bone that church leaders believe is from the body of Mary Magdalene.

Officials in Lafourche Parish say a small fire in a school chemistry lab sent four school employees to a hospital, but nobody was seriously hurt.

The following is a rundown of action Tuesday by the Thibodaux City Council. All councilmen were present.

A truck slammed into the Thibodaux Fire Department's Bowie station Monday morning, shattering the station's toilets, damaging walls and briefly flooding the building following a three-car wreck in front of the station.

Published: Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 1:19 a.m. HOUMA - Rain might have canceled Friday night's Halloween parade, but tonight's weather should be ripe for costumed treat-gathering. This evening will be clear with a low of 50 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.

She knows so many of them in this neat, oak-lined cemetery that smells of fresh paint and mowed grass.

A Thibodaux man awaiting trial for allegedly molesting an 11-year-old girl in February was arrested Friday after police said he tried to rape a 17-year-old girl after breaking into her home.

THIBODAUX - A Thibodaux eatery was transformed into a 1940s Alabama diner for a time this week.

THIBODAUX - An agreement worked out in a Lafourche Parish courtroom has spared the life of a pit bull dog that the Sheriff's Office had wanted put to death.

THIBODAUX - Four Steinway pianos at Nicholls State University are intended for use by Nicholls music students.

A Larose mother of four is hospitalized in New Orleans after her neighbor's pit bull ripped a chunk of skin from her left arm during a brief but furious attack, police said.

With U.S. Rep. Charlie Melancon vacating his seat next fall to run for higher office, politicos from all corners of the spectrum are beginning to line up to not only test the waters, but also officially declare.

THIBODAUX - The Golden Meadow Town Council violated the state open meetings law when it fired police officer Darrin Charpentier Sept.

Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Gaither Clark, IV are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Elizabeth Curran Clark, to Patrick James Gilbert, son of Mr.

Thibodaux police have identified a pedestrian killed in a traffic accident on Monday in Houma as a 61-year-old Thibodaux man.

United States Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chair Mary Landrieu, D-La., will sponsor a Small Business Outreach Conference in Thibodaux, La., on Friday, October 16, 2009.

The pedestrian killed in a Monday night traffic accident in Houma turned out not to be the man police thought he was.

THIBODAUX - A tightly strapped vest restricts breathing. A weighted jumpsuit unbalances the wearer while pinching joints.