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A former St. Martin Parish correctional officer claims in a federal lawsuit that a federal prisoner at the parish's correctional center beat her while under the influence of crystal methamphetamine he received from a makeshift lab in the jail.

On Saturday, as part of the July Fourth events in Acadiana, a tea party rally is being held at 4 p.m. at Beaullieu Park.

Mr. and Mrs. John Keith and Virginia Theriot of St. Martinville, Louisiana are pleased to announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter Mia Marie Theriot to Matthew Ray Fontenot, son of Mr.

HOUMA, La. - Terrebonne Parish resident Cherie Mahaffey says its hard to keep her temptations in check.

Ronnie Anderson, 61, of Ethel, was re-elected Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation president Sunday during the organization's 87th annual meeting, according to a news release.

It's hot and dusty with smells of horses and hay, and they would rather be there than any place else on earth.

In 2003, a project was initiated to design coats-of-arms of Acadian families using the art of mosaic to create the images with broken tile and laid as pavers to enhance the Meditation Garden of the Acadian Memorial.

BATON ROUGE - Sen. Robert Adley is calling for state and federal agencies to investigate whether a column on a state-run Web site that promotes Gov.

Bills important to the Port of New Orleans and the fate of a master plan for the post-Katrina development of New Orleans may be dead for the session after they were left on the House and Senate calendars Monday as the deadline for final passage passed.

They get odd looks when they focus on the corn and potatoes at the crawfish boil, ask for meat-less tacos at La Casa del Sol and dribble just a bit of juice from the chicken-and-sausage gumbo onto their bowls of plain rice.

Cajun music is rarely described as easy listening. Joyous, raucous, two-stepping, cry-in-your-beer and other labels usually apply.

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ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - Jockey Jamie Theriot - an Arnaudville native and former leading rider at Evangeline Downs - is appealing a 30-day suspension he received in connection with an accident at Arlington Park that left fellow rider Rene Douglas seriously injured.

Before rice festivals and other agricultural festivals were created, there were agricultural exhibit trains, which consisted of several railcars carrying the most up to date agricultural machinery and products used and grown in nearly every part of the state.

Small towns that depend on traffic ticket revenue could see their coffers shrink under a bill approved Thursday by the House Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

According to the Terrebonne Parish coroner's office, five people are dead after a pleasure boat hit a barge on a canal.

Louisiana officials say five men who planned to take part in a weekend fishing tournament died when their 24-foot aluminum boat ran under one end of a barge.

Updated: A simple Southwest Louisiana favorite from the Junior League of Lake Charles' cookbook, "Marshes to Mansions." Chicken Florentine and Fruit Pizza Updated: Here are three great recipes from the Junior League of Lake Charles' cookbooks, "Pirate's Pantry" and "Marshes to Mansions." Corn Beef Cabbage Casserole Updated: Celebrate St.

A Galliano man was killed Thursday afternoon in a head-on collision that closed La.

Taxpayers will pay about $1.66 million more to operate legislative agencies in the fiscal year starting July 1 than it did this year if lawmakers pass a budget proposed Monday by a joint House-Senate committee.