Mermentau News

The 2009 Atlantic Hurricane Season ends at midnight and, if coastal Louisiana residents have nothing else to be thankful for this year, they should be thankful that it was an uneventful one.

California-based NutraCea says its rice bran stabilization facility in Mermentau is among assets that would secure new financing the company is seeking as part of a voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy it has filed in Arizona.

Evangeline Parish- Shortly after 11:30 am, a Lafayette man was killed when the vehicle he was riding in ran off LA 115 near LA 181, overturned and came to rest on its roof.

State police say a 53-year-old Lafayette man died in a single-vehicle accident in Evangeline Parish, about five miles south of Cheneyville.

A number of propositions and some special elections are on Saturday's ballot. Polls open at 6 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. D = Democrat R = Republican N = No party listed O = Other party In East Baton Rouge Parish, early voting is at these Registrar of Voters Offices: ACADIA PARISH Iota-Long Point Gravity Drainage District proposition To renew a ...

Early voting for the Oct. 17 election will be held at Registrar of Voters' offices beginning today through Oct.

I'm not certain how or who started this thing called vacation, but I'm convinced that the railroads were strong advocates of them.

Ashton Lance, the 7-month-old son of Peaches Guidry of Jennings, cools off one sunny afternoon.

NEW ORLEANS - A southwest Louisiana rice mill executive has been elected chairman of the USA Rice Millers' Association.

The Acadia Parish School Board has added about $995,000 worth of school building improvements after approving a general fund budget that projects a deficit.