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Could Lafourche Parish Council save taxpayers money on waste collection?
What was supposed to be a process that would save Lafourche Parish money on garbage collection is beginning, some officials say, to feel like a waste of time and could result in the unnecessary disposal of taxpayers' money.
Committee inches closer to jail recommendations
For the second month in a row, a committee formed by the Lafourche Parish Council to identify ways to solve the parish's jail crisis postponed the date they were scheduled to report their findings.
Shrinking budget means fewer projects
Lafourche Parish's proposed $56 million spending plan for 2010 is about 7 percent less than this year's budget, leaving officials wondering where they'll find money for a new jail, among other concerns.
Suicide notes sway jury against mother
The content of two suicide notes Amy Hebert wrote the day she killed her children convinced jurors the Mathews mother was guilty of first-degree murder, a juror said Saturday following the trial's conclusion.
Tears flow in sentencing hearing for mom convicted of killing kids
Jurors sat through a morning of tearful, wrenching testimony Friday as they weighed the question of whether a Mathews mother convicted of murdering her children should face execution.
Psychiatrist: Mom thought killings were act of love
In her distorted view of reality, Amy Hebert performed an act of love, not hate, when she followed a voice's commands to stab her two children, a nationally renowned forensic psychiatrist told jurors during her capital-murder trial Monday.
Psychologist: 9-year-old begged mom to spare her before killing
Amy Hebert's 9-year-old daughter begged her knife-wielding mother to spare her life before she stabbed her to death, a forensic psychologist testified Sunday afternoon during the Mathews mother's capital-murder trial.
Doctor: Mom accused of killing her 2 kids 'obviously psychotic'
Lafourche Parish Sheriffa s Office deputies Jill Lee and Cynthia Landry escort Amy Hebert into the Lafourche Parish Courthouse Annex Friday morning.
Psychiatrist: Mom believed Satan wanted children dead
Amy Hebert said she believed the voice that commanded her to kill her children and herself was Satan, a forensic psychiatrist testified Thursday during her capital-murder trial.
Nurse: Mom who killed kids feared losing them to ex-husband
Jurors in the Amy Hebert trial get on a bus Wednesday after looking over Heberta s Mathews home where she killed her two children.
Slain child had 50 knife wounds, according to pathologist
A forensic pathologist told jurors today that one of Amy Hebert's slain children had more than 50 knife wounds on his back and many more on his chest.
Attorney: Mom who killed children was reacting to 'voices'
Amy Hebert heard a male voice tell her she must die with her children the morning of Aug.
Nicholls State students protest planned cuts ot higher education
Nicholls State University students protest proposed cuts in higher education Monday before the opening of the 2009 regular legislative session at the state Capitol in Baton Rouge.