Broussard News

BRETT DUKE / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE Mary Burns and Gus Tujague cut a rug to the live music of Mary Broussard & Creole Royalty during the Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival at the Old U.S. Mint in New Orleans Saturday, June 9, 2012.

Franklin Police Chief Sabria McGuire reported the following arrests from the past weekend: Bailey Robertson Peters, 31, of St.

United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced Thursday that Desperado's Cabaret owner James "Jim" Panos, 55, of Broussard was indicted on May 8, 2013 in a superseding indictment, along with nine others on racketeering conspiracy and drug charges.

A Eunice teen who video taped a traffic stop and was arrested by Deputy Randall Broussard with the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Department last month got some good news today.

The new J-turns nearly finished at La. 42 and Airline Highway in Prairieville have not been received well so far by some drivers.

BRETT DUKE / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE Mary Burns and Gus Tujague cut a rug to the live music of Mary Broussard & Creole Royalty during the Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival at the Old U.S. Mint in New Orleans Saturday, June 9, 2012.

Plains Exploration & Production Co. is building a $20 million facility in Broussard to support deepwater Gulf of Mexico oil and gas operations.

Descendants of the famed Acadian resistance fighter Joseph "Beausoleil" Broussard are planning a family reunion Saturday at Vermilionville and the park's rededication of the historical plantation home of Broussard's son, Amand.

Thursday, officials with the Lafayette Economic Development Authority and Plains Exploration & Production Company announced PXP has started construction on a new warehouse and administrative offices in Broussard to support its growing offshore deepwater Gulf of Mexico operations.

Plains Exploration & Production Co. is building a $20 million facility in Broussard to support deepwater Gulf of Mexico oil and gas operations, the Lafayette Economic Development Authority and company officials announced Thursday.

Broussard Police arrested two Broussard Middle School students Wednesday for allegedly making a "pressure-cooker" bomb threat at the school on May 2, said Broussard Police Chief Brannon Decou.

Among those honoring former Teche Action Clinic administrator and board member Alice Drefchinski Friday as she leaves Franklin for her hometown of Moline, Ill., were State Rep.

Rayne-A Mass of Christian Burial for Betty Jane Arceneaux Thibodeaux, 77, of Mire will be celebrated on Monday, May 6, 2013 at 2:00 P.M. in St.

Lake Arthur High School Students of Year Cassie Renee Bertrand, 17, and Emma Elizabeth Broussard, 14, as well as Lake Arthur Elementary's Student of the Year Kaylee Rae Waltrip, 11, were honored Friday, May 3, for their scholastic achievements.

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette has added more sections of classes and flexible semester options for its summer sessions.

When Joan Theriot-Broussard lost her husband, Bradley Broussard, she was 48-years-old. She soon realized that her entire way of living, aside from the obvious grief she was suffering, was about to change.

BROUSSARD, La . Hutco Inc., a major industrial services employment agency, has agreed to pay $1,916,850 in back wages to 2,267 employees assigned to client work sites throughout Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.

The bride's uncle, Brian Comeaux, officiated the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of the late Robert Graham, Sr.

Former Jefferson Parish Attorney Tom Wilkinson, right, arriving at federal court with his attorney, Ralph Whalen.

A bill set for House debate on Monday would politicize the issuance of letter grades to public schools, the executive director of an education group said Friday.