Wednesday 10th March, 2010
City Of New Roads Affected By Deadly Accident
WAFB 9email NEW ROADS, LA (WAFB) - Thursday morning, Judge Alvin Batiste will make a crucial decision in the high profile Victoria Gosserand case. Gosserand's attorney Lewis Unglesby wants the district...
Gas Stove Line Blamed In Fatal Fire
WAFB 9WEBSTER PARISH, LA (WAFB) – A gas stove may be to blame for the death of a Webster Parish man. State Fire Marshall Butch Browning says the sole resident of a home in Cotton Valley was killed in ...
Council Considers Naming Street After Saints Player
The AdvocatePORT ALLEN — The City Council agreed Wednesday to consider a proposed ordinance changing the name of Village Street to Tracy Porter Street in honor of the New Orleans Saints player and Port Alle...
Su Women Hold Off Uapb
The AdvocateBOSSIER CITY -- Top-seeded Southern beat Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 64-60, today in the opening round of the SWAC women's basketball tournament. The Jaguars advance to a semifinal contest at 5:30 p.m. Fr...
Arson Suspect Leaves Warning Note For Camp Owner
WAFB 9WOODVILLE, MS (WAFB) - Wilkinson County detectives are investigating a suspected arson at a hunting camp just outside of Woodville, Mississippi. Camp owner Max Himmel says someone broke into his camp...
Possible Illegal Immigrants Removed From Satsuma Job Site
WAFB 9SATSUMA, LA (WAFB) – 18 Hispanic men were taken off a job site in Satsuma and place into the Livingston Parish Prison. Investigators believe that more than a dozen workers are illegal immigrants...
Body Found Along Gravel Road Identified
WAFB 9ZACHARY, LA (WAFB) - Police have identified a body found by workers along a gravel road Monday. Kelvin Moore was found shot to death near McHugh Road by workers with the Department of Public Works ar...
Psc Approves Increase In Towing Rates
WAFB 9BATON ROUGE, LA (AP) - Drivers who discover their vehicles have been towed away will be paying more to get them back. The Louisiana Public Service Commission has approved a 20 percent increase in rat...
Longtime New Roads Principal Remembered
WAFB 9email NEW ROADS, LA (WAFB) - He was known as one of the best educators around New Roads. For 29 years, Edward Nelson was the man who made an impression on hundreds of kids in Pointe Coupee Parish. Th...
Bese Proposes Increase In School Funding Formula
WAFB 9BATON ROUGE, LA (AP) - The state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education has proposed a nearly $3.4 billion funding formula for public school districts that's $72 million more than the funding...
Accused Workplace Shooter Officially Charged
WAFB 9BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - A man accused a fatal workplace shooting was officially charged Wednesday. Richard Matthews was indicted on two counts of first degree murder and five counts of attempted fir...
Council split over management decision
The AdvocateDONALDSONVILLE — City Council members split Tuesday over how far to push Ascension Parish government on hiring a local resident to manage the west bank recreation program if the parish takes ove...
Florida men arrested after guns and drugs found in hotel rooms
WAFB 9HAMMOND, LA (WAFB) - Two Florida men were arrested late Tuesday night at a hotel after drugs and guns were found in their rooms. Roberto Sanchez, Jr., 32, and Michael Caruso, 24, were arrested shortl...
Man arrested on fraud charges
WAFB 9BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - A Baton Rouge man is facing fraud charges after allegedly using false money orders. Timothy M. Strain, 47, was arrested Wednesday morning and charged with mail fraud and bank...
Coroner: Exec hit forehead in fall, then drowned
WAFB 9NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The New Orleans coroner says a Houston energy executive drowned in the Mississippi River, and apparently hit his forehead as he fell from a steamboat dock. Dr. Frank Minyard said W...
Deputies arrest undocumented workers at construction site
WAFB 9SATSUMA, LA (WAFB) - More than a dozen illegal immigrants were arrested Wednesday morning after authorities conducted an impromptu roundup in Livingston Parish. Sheriff's deputies say 18 undocume...
Hip Boot Joe playing at Park Place in Gonzales this weekend
ExaminerView all » Hip Boot Joe, a local up-and-coming country band will be playing Saturday, March 13, 2010 at Park Place in Gonzales, LA.Hip Boot Joe recently released a new CD titled "Louisiana ...
Judge sets date for 1985 murder trial
WAFB 9BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - A judge has set a date for the trial of a man accused of raping a 19-year-old woman and beating her to death in 1985. District Judge Tony Marabella set an Aug. 9 trial date f...
Ex-Tiger Green signs with Broncos
The AdvocateENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The Denver Broncos continued beefing up their defensive line with the signing of unrestricted free agent Jarvis Green, who spent his first eight NFL seasons in New England. G...
Southern's Kador, Allen on All-SWAC second team
The AdvocateThe Southern women’s basketball team may have won an outright Southwestern Athletic Conference championship, but individual honors were in short supply. The Jaguars failed to land a player on t...
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