Maringouin News

The normally serene St. Landry Catholic Church Cemetery has been abuzz with activity this week as family members of the deceased scrub, clean and repaint tombs and graves in preparation for All Saints' Day when the Church commemorates all saints known and unknown.

State District Judge Robin Free has ruled in favor of the Iberville Parish School Board, rejecting claims in a lawsuit that state laws were violated in advance of the board's 8-7 vote April 21 to close North Iberville High School.

The trial over the closure of a high school is scheduled to resume Thursday morning after being postponed for almost a month.

An Iberville Parish grand jury indicted a 41-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting a minor, District Attorney Ricky Ward said in a news release.

Gov. Bobby Jindal has appointed Corey C. Sarullo and John Tilton to the Port of Greater Baton Rouge's board of commissioners.

State District Judge Robin Free has denied the Iberville Parish School Board's request to have a lawsuit over the closing of a high school thrown out.

The outcry over an unlicensed Baton Rouge contractor continues. One man says Darrell Glenn Cager Jr.

Authorities say a 25-year-old Iberville Parish is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of 22-year-old Nathaniel Wessinger.

One man is dead and another is in custody after a shooting near a church in Maringouin Saturday night.

Brenda James, left, and Shawnice Christmas, 17, right, both of Maringouin, march with other protesters Monday from Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church in Plaquemine to the Iberville Parish School Board Office.