Theriot News

Television host Jay Leno owns a large collection of vintage vehicles, a costly hobby the millionaire Mr.

Legislative Auditor Steve Theriot announced Tuesday that he is retiring in less than three weeks.

Senate President Joel Chaisson and House Speaker Jim Tucker today announced the retirement of Legislative Auditor Steve Theriot, effective Nov.

The Legislature's top watchdog is retiring. Steve Theriot has served as legislative auditor since 2004.

A new audit says the state agency that watches over Louisiana's state-owned vehicles doesn't ensure the state only buys cars it needs and doesn't properly monitor the cars the state owns.

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The state Department of Insurance should not have made $29 million in incentive payments to encourage five insurance companies to move to the state and write policies before having all of the terms agreed upon, according to a 53-page study by Legislative Auditor Steve Theriot's office.

Three people were shot after a fight outside an East Main Street nightclub shortly after 2 a.m. today.

The National Association of University Women St. Landry Branch is noted for helping college students continue their quest for higher education.

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division agents assigned to the Oyster Strike Force cited 22 men on Sept.

Former Plaquemines Parish Judge William Roe was found guilty of three felony counts of unauthorized use of movables, a judge ruled this afternoon.

The Department of Health and Hospitals' Office of Mental Health has failed to properly monitor the repayment of more than $45,100 in overpayments to employees who work in the New Orleans area and overpaid by almost $220,000 doctors who work at mental health clinics in Terrebonne, St.

The chief executive officer of the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. said he will ask his board Thursday to approve filing two sets of rate increases with the Department of Insurance to take effect for about 125,000 policyholders early next year.

Property insurance policyholders Friday escaped a possible new assessment to guarantee a $95 million judgment against the state-run insurer of last resort.

Curator Kirsha Kaechele, known for her suite of rough-and-ready exhibit spaces on North Villere Street, is working on an exhibition of land art in City Park and the City Park Botanical Gardens -- in partnership with the Voodoo Experience in October.

Theriot Adoff served in the Korean War, is proud of his military background, and is just one example of the hundreds of veterans in the New Orleans region who have been without full medical care through the Veterans Affairs system locally since the storm.

Attending red carpet events is becoming a regular part of R.J. Mitte's life. Since the Lafayette native joined the cast of the hit AMC series, Breaking Bad, he has attended a number of premieres and awards ceremonies.

Randi Marie Hebert and Jared Paul Hernandez were united in marriage on Saturday, August 1, 2009 during a 1 p.m. ceremony at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Lafayette.

Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has lost the latest round in a legal fight with the state's legislative auditor.

The state Department of Public Safety and Corrections did not properly monitor a six-year, $32 million contract that was supposed to provide a better way of processing driver's licenses, license tags and other transactions, according to a report by Legislative Auditor Steve Theriot.