New Roads News

Mayor Robert Myer told the City Council on Tuesday night that one of the city's high-ranking police officers had not violated the state's open container laws in a recent investigation into treatment the officer received in an off-duty crash where he was suspected of driving while intoxicated.

Margaret Stones is to botanicals, says the curator of the LSU Museum of Art's new exhibit, what John James Audubon is to birds.

You can get your hands on antique furniture and rugs, pottery, collectibles, delicious food and more this weekend at the Market at the Mill in Historic New Roads.

Pointe Coupee Parish Sheriff Bud Torres announced Tuesday that he suspended three deputies because they did not follow protocol when they responded to a wreck involving a New Roads police officer suspected of driving while intoxicated.

Capt. Mark Munson was off duty at the time. A Pointe Coupee Sheriff's deputy responding to the accident said he found a nearly empty bottle of liquor in Munson's vehicle.

The Pointe Coupee Parish Sheriff's Office says 66-year-old Isla Lazare's death has been ruled as an accidental drowning.

A high-ranking New Roads police officer was placed on administrative leave Monday and an investigation was launched into possible special treatment the officer may have received when he was suspected of drunken driving Friday night after he crashed his truck.

The body of 66-year-old Isla Lazare was found in False River in New Roads around 3:45 p.m. Sunday, Pointe Coupee Sheriff Bud Torres confirmed.

A fireman in New Roads, La., was rendering aid to a woman during a medical call on Monday when a police officer ordered him to move his firetruck, which was parked on the side of the street with its flashing lights on.

A New Roads Police Officer may have violated the law when he handcuffed and detained a volunteer firefighter and first responder Monday night during an emergency.

The law firm of Cazayoux Ewing has opened offices in Baton Rouge at 257 Maximilian St. and New Roads at 143 E. Main St. The firm was founded by Don Cazayoux, former U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana, who also served as Louisiana congressman and state legislator, and Lane Ewing, a former assistant U.S. Attorney.

Dana Richard and Mr. Matthew Provost exchanged wedding vows on Saturday, March 15, 2014 at Crossroads Church in Lafayette.

Residents voiced their opposition at the Russell B. Long Federal Courthouse in Baton Rouge after Pointe Coupee Parish School System officials met with state officials and U.S. District Judge James J. Brady about the school's future.

The 25-year-old economics major from New Orleans runs his own business, Taste of Quality, a sweet enterprise that sells his homemade pralines.