Raceland News

In a small set of buildings off U.S. 90, there's another option for local students who land themselves in trouble because of disciplinary and behavioral issues.

The Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office asked the public Wednesday to help in its investigation of a Tuesday night armed robbery in which one of the robbers was armed with a semi-automatic AK-47 assault rifle.

Published: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 12:59 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 12:59 p.m. The following is a rundown of action taken Tuesday by the Lafourche Parish Council.

Published: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 12:32 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 12:32 p.m. The following is a rundown of action taken by the Lafourche School Board at its regular meeting Wednesday.

A federal judge in New Orleans sentenced a major Lafourche Parish drug figure Tuesday to 16 years in prison on a crack cocaine distribution conviction, U.S. Attorney's Office prosecutors and parish sheriff's deputies said.

A truck slammed into the Thibodaux Fire Department's Bowie station Monday morning, shattering the station's toilets, damaging walls and briefly flooding the building following a three-car wreck in front of the station.

United Community Bank of Gonzales, which has about $129 million in deposits, is the subject of a merger bid by a larger bank based in Raceland.

Everlina Tolbert saw a man wave to her from beneath a Canal Street tree a week ago and returned the gesture.

Lafourche Parish sheriff's deputies arrested a Raceland man accused of shooting another man at a bar in a dispute over stolen wheel rims.

Investigators in Lafourche Parish say they are searching for a man wanted for shooting another man over stolen automobile rims.

Two years after Lafourche Parish enacted a controversial law banning saggy pants and criminalizing public showing of undergarments, a total of five people have been ticketed for the offense.

Lafourche Parish sheriff's deputies captured a convicted sex offender wanted in Arkansas on vehicular homicide and other charges, deputies said Thursday.

Deon Boudloche always impressed his mother with his seemingly boundless energy. Whether the 19-year-old was participating in outdoors activities with his twin brother or serving the community, he never sat still, his mother, Maria Brown, said.

Along a rural stretch of Highway 182 in Raceland, the debris and spray-painted concrete mark the site of a shocking accident.

Deputies arrested three lounge patrons and are looking for a fourth in the armed robbery and beating of a bar assistant manager at midnight Tuesday after he called for closing time, the Lafourche Sheriff's Office reported.

A Raceland woman has been booked with theft and child desertion after an incident last week in Houma.

A Louisiana fugitive, who has been on the run since August 2005 after allegedly molesting a 10-year-old girl, was arrested Tuesday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agents.

Gheens- A single vehicle crash in the community of Gheens killed a Lockport man and injured a 16 year old.

Gheens- A single vehicle crash in the community of Gheens killed a Lockport man and injured a 16 year old.

A week ago, Central Lafourche High student Brooke Arabie led cheers at a pep rally for incoming freshmen and participated in a volleyball jamboree.