Palmetto News

St. Landry Parish - The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's office reported booking the following people: Lue Dell Bates, 51, 260 HUD Housing Road, Apt.

St. Landry Parish - The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's office reported booking the following people: Damon Trinard Kinnerson, 30, 628 Hall St., Opelousas, charged with possession of cocaine, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, attempted possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, and possession of schedule III drugs.

A Crowley man has died from injuries sustained in a May 2 crash in St. Landry Parish.

Two St. Landry Parish principals are among the regional finalists vying for the title of Louisiana's Principal of the Year.

Thousands of people in St. Landry parish are without phone service Saturday evening and authorities say they have no idea what may have caused the communication breakdown.

A state district judge increased the bond Wednesday after having previously reduced it on a 28-year-old Palmetto man who faces life in prison if he is convicted on pending rape, attempted murder and aggravated burglary charges.

St. Landry Parish - The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's office logged the following complaints: Two reports of criminal trespassing, on Schexsnayder Road , Palmetto; and Dresser Loop , Eunice.

A Bunkie man was arrested Monday in connection with a weekend robbery in Krotz Springs.

St. Landry Parish - The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's office reported booking the following people: Roma Faye Fontenot, 53, 164 Frisco St., Port Barre, charged with driving while intoxicated and improper lane usage.

Opelousas - The Opelousas Police Department reported booking the following people: Ronald J. Charles, 34, 100 Verma Road, Arnaudville, charged contempt; failure to appear in court.

The boil order issued for the town of Palmetto has been lifted. A boil order has been issued for the town of Palmetto in St.

St. Landry Parish - The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's office reported booking the following people: Jessie Phillips, 35, 412 Phillips Loop, Palmetto, charged with three counts of theft.

A rainy weekend has given way to a Sunny Monday, but the water still hasn't cleared from all parts of Acadiana.

St. Landry Parish sheriff's deputies are seeking the public's help in finding a 50-year-old man who, while naked, allegedly tried to break into a house in the Palmetto area last month.

St. Landry Sheriff Department has issued an arrest warrant for Tom Mitchell Martin.

DESEGREGATION: St. Landry hearing set for today; see the plan Parish seeks unitary status Tina Marie Macias * tmacias@theadvertiser.com * March 19, 2009 Willie Haynes remembers when Melville still had three schools.

A St. Landry Parish grand jury indicted a retired parish School Board employee from Palmetto for the alleged molestation of a juvenile under the age of 13.

A meeting will be held tonight in Melville to discuss the planned closing of the town's elementary school.

The St. Landry Parish Community Action Agency will accept applications for its Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program in Morrow, Palmetto and Melville this week.

Girl Scout Rally will be held from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. today at the Methodist Church.