In times like these where everyone is affected by the shutdown (some more than others, of course), you would think that we would all be trying to be nicer.
Charges against 26-year-old Jonas Hawk of Jeanerette are being upgraded to 1 count of First Degree Murder and 14 counts of Attempted First Degree Murder.
21-year-old Trevonce Bernard has been charged with the murder of 17-year-old Garon Lewis, the son of Iberia Parish School Board member Raymond “Shoe Do” Lewis.
The Social Security Administration is warning citizens in the Acadiana area about a Social Security scam in progress now. Most scam calls are coming from (866) 705-8406 and (888) 485-9383 but could be coming from others as well.
Wednesday night, a suspect went to the Dollar General located on La. 700 in Indian Bayou and demanded all of the money from the register at gunpoint before getting away.
Officers with the Lafayette Police Department responded to the parking lot of a business in the 5600 block of Johnston St. last night in reference to a robbery.
A New Orleans man has been indicted on charges of kidnapping and first-degree rape in an October attack on an Indiana tourist visiting the French Quarter.