Lacombe News

An unrestrained Port Allen man was killed last night in a single-vehicle crash on LA 986 east of LA 415 in West Baton Rouge Parish.

A public meeting to discuss the state's interest in widening U.S. 190 between U.S. 11 in Slidell and Fontainebleau State Park near Mandeville attracted only a few residents this week, as word about the meeting and, apparently, the proposed project failed to spread beyond the few agencies involved.

My in-laws were having Christmas dinner at our house for the first time, and I wanted everything to be perfect.

Gigantic metal poles are sprouting along interstate highways in St. Tammany Parish, part of the final phase of a project aimed at providing more information about traffic on the busy thoroughfares.

Earlier today, a crash involving two vehicles killed a man from Marksville, LA. Troopers responded to the crash around 8:45 am, which occurred on LA Hwy 1 near Fifth Ward.

New Orleans chef John Besh's love of the Crescent City shines through every page of the fabulous "My New Orleans The Cookbook: 200 of My Favorite Recipes & Stories From My Hometown" . Besh, who grew up in Slidell, has garnered numerous national awards for his cooking prowess.

Deputies arrested an Amite man Wednesday accused of trying to kill a deputy while leading authorities on a high-speed chase from his residence in Amite to Lacombe, deputies reported Thursday.

A Lacombe man smacked his 2-month-old nephew and knocked over the boy's 79-year-old grandmother during an argument with his brother's ex-girlfriend, authorities said.

A man fleeing Tangipahoa Parish stabbed himself in the chest after being chased half-way across St.

A Slidell area man was reported in critical condition late Friday after accidentally setting himself on fire, authorities said.

A Slidell man driving an SUV that had been taken in a carjacking in Miami was arrested Thursday night after leading authorities on a chase on Interstate 12, police said.

Troop B- This morning just before 5:00 am State Police, Troop B investigated a five vehicle fatal crash on I-10 eastbound near Transcontinental that claimed the life of a Kenner resident.

The Lafayette Parish School Board at its meeting tonight could approve a new policy that outlines how to discipline a bus driver if they are charged with drunken driving off duty.

Northshore firefighters are questioning how ACORN qualified for federal firefighter assistance grant money.

A Lafayette school bus driver arrested Sept. 9 for drunken driving while off duty was suspended for three days and cannot return to work until administrators clear him.

John Besh remembers the first time he put two and two together: that celebrity chefs were stars and good ones could make a living by doing what they love -- cooking.

The parade of local fall culinary books has a heavyweight in the lead this year.

A three-vehicle crash on eastbound Interstate 12 near Lacombe that left one dead and an 18-wheeler ablaze is still being cleared and causing traffic backup.

Breaking ground on the new Henry Mayfield Elementary School near Slidell, school officials, relatives, and former colleagues honored the man who dedicated his life to educating St.

NEW ORLEANS - While her former classmates immersed themselves in new classes, new teachers, sports and band practices, relationships and dances, former cheerleader Ashlee Stokes sat through an English lesson in her living room, listening to "Alice In Wonderland" as she struggled to speak, muscles spasming, her body still largely out of her control.