Dulac News

Louisiana got some welcome rain this week, but farmers were still worrying about vulnerable crops in drought conditions that even threatened to cancel their Fourth of July fireworks displays.

Lolita Neil, 60, stands outside her home Tuesday in Dulac. Neil said she paid $21,000 to a contractor who never raised her house.

Shortly after daybreak this morning, a crash on LA 57 in Dulac claimed one life and injured another after their vehicle struck a tree in southern Terrebonne Parish.

Relatives of three men killed when their boat hit a barge on the Falgout Canal in Terrebonne Parish have filed a lawsuit claiming safety precautions for the barge were not in place.

HOUMA - Relatives of three of the boaters killed last week after their boat struck a barge in a Terrebonne Parish canal have filed a lawsuit claiming that the barge's owner failed to properly light and moor the barge.

A 24-foot aluminum fishing boat was no match for a massive barge in the center of the Falgout Canal.

Five people were killed when their boat struck a barge in southern Louisiana, the Terrebonne Parish sheriff said Thursday.

Louisiana officials say five men who planned to take part in a weekend fishing tournament died when their 24-foot aluminum boat ran under one end of a barge.

A Louisiana coroner says five people are dead after a pleasure boat hit a barge on a canal.

Amanda Matt and Nicholas Landry exchanged vows March 7 during a 6:00 pm ceremony at Acadian Village.

While prospects for a good summer and fall season remain alive for yellowfin tuna, the duration of the recession and its effects on high-end products like sashimi and tuna steaks in gourmet restaurants are anybody's guess at this point.

For most college students, spring break is the perfect opportunity to kick back and relax.

A Dulac man will spend 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to indecent behavior with a juvenile.

After years of frustration, some residents in lower Terrebonne Parish will soon have significantly better protection from hurricane storm surge.

The United Houma Nation is scheduled to meet at 10 a.m. Feb. 14 at the Dulac Community Center, 125 Coast Guard Road, Raceland, a news release says.

Parts of Terrebonne Parish that flooded during Hurricane Rita in 2005 are about to get some added protection from $30.24 million in improvements to non-federal levees.