Police said one of the horses hit the van square, smashing its head through a window and appeared to be seriously injured. One witness said the two riders were racing as if they were competing at Evangeline Downs.
UPDATED 4:30 p.m. ET: Thirteen people are now confirmed dead, including shooter Aaron Alexis. An alleged second shooter is reportedly still on the loose.
53-year-old Woodrow Karey of Lake Charles has been arrested after he allegedly went into a church service Friday night and shot dead Pastor Ronald Harris as he was in the middle of a sermon.
Convicted Cleveland kidnapper and rapist Ariel Castro was found dead late Tuesday in his prison cell in Ohio. The New York Daily News reports the 52-year-old hung himself.
A 22-year-old woman in Evangeline Parish has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of her 15-month old daughter.
Sheriff Deputies in East Feliciana Parish say an eight-year-old allegedly shot his 90-year-old caregiver in the head minutes after he was playing the violent video game "Grand Theft Auto IV."
24-year-old David Benjamin Nash now sits in the St. Martin Parish Correctional Center after he was arrested on an arrest warrant for allegedly being a non-compliant Sex Offender.
Crime Stoppers of Acadia Parish needs your help trying to catch two suspects in a Crowley home burglary that authorities say happened on Wednesday, August 6.
Two Henderson Police officers, Chief Leroy Guidry and Deputy Chief Oliver Lloyd, have plead not guilty in the 16th Judicial District Court in St. Martinville on Monday to charges of public payroll fraud, filing false public records and malfeasance in office.
The Lafayette Police Department is searching for two armed robbery suspects involved in two separate incidents that happened minutes apart Saturday evening. Investigators are unsure at this time if the two incidents are related.
At about 6:45 Saturday evening, a suspect, described as a bald, black male in his 50s, entered a convenience store at 2301 Ambassador Caffery Parkway brandishing a handgun