Houma News

A Bayou Blue woman says she found a bloody Band-Aid in a raw chicken prepared at a Houma supermarket last week.

Troop C Houma Police Officer Involved Shooting LOUISIANA STATE POLICE COURTESY LOYALTY SERVICE Colonel Michael D. Edmonson, Superintendent News Release November 16, 2009 ** UPDATE ** Houma Police Officer Involved Shooting A suspect, who was involved in a pursuit with Houma Police Officers Kelly Champagne and Keith Besson that resulted in a ...

A sexual-harassment lawsuit filed by four Houma Police employees against the department's police chief is set for trial Dec.

A crane collapse this afternoon at a Houma business left a 30-year-old worker dead and another in critical condition, according to the Terrebonne Sheriff's Office.

One worker was killed and another was seriously injured when a crane collapsed at an industrial building in south Louisiana.

Despite a national recession, the Houma-Thibodaux area is among the top cities of its size for economic growth and creating jobs, a study released last week said.

HOUMA - A Houma doctor is accused of illegally obtaining medicine by writing his own prescriptions, feeding a self-admitted addiction to painkillers.

Michael Dion, 31, was charged with domestic battery, aggravated assault with a firearm and sexual battery... Dion threatened the victim with his police baton and a knife and during a struggle, the woman was stabbed in the leg.

Rock music blared and meat sizzled in the downtown Houma Courthouse Square Saturday during the first day of the YMCA's annual fund-raising festival.

HOUMA A mother and her boyfriend are accused of leaving her 4-year-old boy alone Thursday morning with nine dogs in a feces-ridden home.

Police have linked another holdup to the spree of armed robberies allegedly committed by three suspects from Houma also accused of attempted murder in two shootings.

Hooters, famous for wings and waitresses in tank tops and orange shorts, will open a restaurant in Houma in the coming months, a spokesman confirmed Tuesday.

Officers arrested two people in connection with a Saturday night shooting that killed a Houma man.

The trial for a man charged with murder in a Gibson double homicide began Monday with testimony from investigators who say a bloody palm print found at the crime scene belongs to the defendant.

District Judge Randy Bethancourt made the decision Wednesday, following the conclusion of a one-day bench trial last month.

A Houma lawyer and politician put in the top bid on a historic Thibodaux mansion auctioned off Sunday.

Houma Police were dispatched to Eliza near Levron Street in West Houma reference to a shooting shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday evening.

A crowd of onlookers peered into Laverne Midyett's booth Saturday, watching the Arkansas woman cut and fry potatoes and onions.

Louisiana members of Congress plan to meet Tuesday with FDA officials in hopes of persuading them to scrap a proposed ban on untreated Gulf of Mexico oysters during summer months.

Three suspects arrested Wednesday are accused of robbing 19 Hispanic residents at gunpoint since August in what police describe as increasingly violent offenses.