Thibodaux News

A quick-spreading fire destroyed a single-story brick house along La. 304 Thursday and forced motorists traveling the busy two-lane road to take detours for more than two hours.

A state-hired panel of engineering and environmental experts from across the country will meet today to begin evaluating five alignments for the planned Donaldsonville-to-the-Gulf levee to block storm surge from the Barataria Basin.

Thibodaux's next mayor and City Council will get pay raises that will cost local taxpayers an extra $28,434 a year.

Despite a national recession, the Houma-Thibodaux area is among the top cities of its size for economic growth and creating jobs, a study released last week said.

GALLIANO, La. A 19-year-old Cut Off man ran over his girlfriend's legs after dragging her as she tried to get in to his truck early Wednesday morning, according to Lafourche Sheriff Craig Webre.

Michael Dion, 31, was charged with domestic battery, aggravated assault with a firearm and sexual battery... Dion threatened the victim with his police baton and a knife and during a struggle, the woman was stabbed in the leg.

Hundreds of people from throughout south Louisiana converged on downtown Thibodaux Saturday for the city's annual festival.

Owners of a pit bull already in trouble for biting a neighbor said animal-control officers exacerbated a Thursday-morning situation that ended with one officer being attacked and the dog being euthanized.

A Thibodaux man travelling on the interstate through Alexandria was seriously injured early Thursday morning after hitting a tractor-trailer. David Satterthwaite, 58, of Thibodaux, was taken to Rapides Regional Medical Center and is listed in serious condition after the wreck around 2:25 a.m. on Interstate 49 where it intersects with U.S. 71 north.

A Thibodaux woman has been charged with improper supervision after her two young children were found standing in the middle of a busy highway, Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre said.

Lafourche Parish Government has relocated its Thibodaux recycle bin to a new location.

Thousands of Terrebonne and Lafourche parish school children and college students will honor local veterans Wednesday in conjunction with Veterans Day.

A nearly 9,000-square-foot Thibodaux mansion will be auctioned Saturday, and sold with it will be more than 160 years of history.

Officials say Thibodaux could get public-transit service by March, ending discussion and debate that started about a decade ago.

THIBODAUX - The pastor of a Catholic church in Thibodaux estimates that more than 1,600 people gathered there to file by a glass box that encases a bone that church leaders believe is from the body of Mary Magdalene.

Officials in Lafourche Parish say a small fire in a school chemistry lab sent four school employees to a hospital, but nobody was seriously hurt.

The following is a rundown of action Tuesday by the Thibodaux City Council. All councilmen were present.

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.

Published: Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 1:19 a.m. HOUMA - Rain might have canceled Friday night's Halloween parade, but tonight's weather should be ripe for costumed treat-gathering. This evening will be clear with a low of 50 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.

She knows so many of them in this neat, oak-lined cemetery that smells of fresh paint and mowed grass.