When a Lafayette Parish man removed the words “sex offender” from his state-issued ID, law enforcement officers said Louisiana law had been broken. A local judge saw things differently.
Former Opelousas Mayor Reggie Tatum was sentenced to probation and community service Thursday, according to KATC.
The trial of suspended Lafayette City Marshal Brian Pope on 19 malfeasance charges has been delayed.
Attorneys for a Lafayette man who could face execution in the 2012 beating death of a 3-year-old boy offered to settle the case Wednesday.
Sentencing delayed for Raymond Reggie, politically tied Mandeville businessman, to Dec. 17 for fraud
The sentencing of politically connected Mandeville businessman Raymond Reggie, who pleaded guilty earlier this year to wire fraud, has been pushed back to Dec. 17 in Baton Rouge federal court.
A Lafayette Parish judge on Monday extended the deadline for the man accused of killing a Lafayette Police officer to declare whether he will pursue an insanity defense.
In early October, Lafayette Parish Sheriff Mark Garber filed suit against Lafayette Parish and Lafayette Consolidated Government, asking the court to decide what costs the parish is responsible for to run the parish jail. Filed in state district c…
Lafayette Parish Sheriff Mark Garber filed suit against Lafayette Parish and Lafayette Consolidated Government, asking the court to decide what costs the parish is responsible for to run the parish jail, according to The Current. Filed in state di…
Sixteenth Judicial District Court Judge Lori Landry pushed back against attempts by District Attorney Bo Duhé’s office to recuse her from all criminal cases on her docket in court Thursday.
A 16th Judicial District Court judge pushed back consideration of motions to remove Judge Lori Landry, a black judge, from criminal cases in the district Wednesday.
Sixteenth Judicial District Attorney Bo Duhé’s office has moved to remove a black judge from more than 300 criminal cases across the district’s three-parish area, arguing she’s made unfounded comments alleging their office is biased against Africa…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An organization challenging Louisiana's permit requirements for hair braiders has won a round in state court.
A trial date has been set for two men accused of killing 25-year-old Pernell Boudreaux in March.
When Judge Jules Edwards of the 15th Judicial District Court ruled recently that the man accused of killing a Lafayette police officer is entitled to a unanimous jury verdict, he took sides in a thorny legal debate that is percolating in Louisiana…
WASHINGTON — The battle over a Louisiana law that would require abortion providers to have admitting privileges at local hospitals is heading to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Two Opelousas men were indicted on murder charges Tuesday in separate fatal shootings.
A Denham Springs woman’s proposed class action lawsuit against e-cigarette manufacturer JUUL Labs Inc. marks the first vaping case in a federal court in Louisiana, mirroring similar cases playing out across the country.
A failed lawsuit that challenged a Lafayette Parish Home Rule Charter amendment and threatened to derail the Oct. 12 city council elections cost taxpayers more than $117,000 to defend against.
WASHINGTON — A controversial nominee for a life-time judicial appointment drew the ire of U.S. Sen. John Kennedy and other Judiciary Committee members on Wednesday after he repeatedly refused to answer specific questions during his confirmation hearing.
Suspended Lafayette City Marshal Brian Pope's two remaining malfeasance cases will be consolidated into a single criminal case set to go to trial in December.
Brian Pope, the suspended Lafayette city marshal and convicted felon, will appear in court this week for a hearing in one of two remaining criminal cases pending against him.
Iberia Parish Sheriff Louis Ackal sued for alleged discrimination against HIV-positive job applicant
Iberia Parish Sheriff Louis Ackal is at the center of another lawsuit — this time for allegedly rescinding a job offer after learning the deputy applicant is HIV positive.
As the Lafayette City-Parish Council considers its final budget before disbanding next year, council members are hearing a familiar story when it comes finding money for jailhouse services.
A Lafayette public defender was found in contempt of court Friday after filming a bailiff duct taping a defendant during a sentencing hearing July 18.
A man had his mouth taped shut on order from 15th Judicial District Court Judge Marilyn Castle after repeated interruptions during a hearing July 18 in Lafayette.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A civil rights organization has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the maps used to elect Louisiana's seven state Supreme Court justices as discriminatory against African American voters.
Decades before she became known as "Mama Glo" at Louisiana's women's prison for her mentorship of young and often wayward inmates, Gloria Williams escaped from her lifelong incarceration three times, and attempted at least once more.
A Baton Rouge federal judge is being asked to rethink his dismissal of a major portion of a decade-old class-action lawsuit by local victims of former Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford's massive Ponzi scheme.
A grand jury Thursday indicted a Louisiana man in connection with the March 26 death of his 2-month-old daughter, whose twin brother also was injured.
Prosecutors rested their case Tuesday against a former LSU student accused in the 2017 hazing death of Phi Delta Theta pledge Max Gruver after a toxicologist testified Gruver was a “walking dead man” by the end of that ill-fated night with a blood…
Kevin Daigle was found guilty Tuesday of the first-degree murder of Louisiana State Trooper Steven Vincent, who was shot and killed in 2015 when he stopped to help Daigle on the side of the road.
Two former members of LSU’s now-banned Phi Delta Theta chapter testified Tuesday they saw an obnoxiously loud Matthew Naquin hand Max Gruver a bottle of 190-proof liquor and order him to chug from it the night the 18-year-old pledge died of alcoho…
The Louisiana Supreme Court decided Wednesday not to review lower court rulings in a lawsuit over how to correct Lafayette City Council district errors, clearing the way for fall council elections.
An Acadiana man was convicted Friday in the rape of an 11-year-old in 2015.
Approximately 12,000 people in the Greater Lafayette area who haven't been able to vote for years because of criminal convictions may be eligible to vote Oct. 12.
Five hundred Lafayette Parish residents reported to the parish courthouse Friday, part of the jury pool for the capital murder trial of a Calcasieu Parish man accused in the 2015 shooting death of Louisiana State Police Senior Trooper Steven Vincent.
Suspended Lafayette City Marshal Brian Pope is out on bond today while an appeal of his felony conviction is pending.
Suspended Lafayette City Marshal Brian Pope is appealing his one-year jail sentence and wants to remain free on bond while his appeal is heard.
A St. Landry Parish man's vehicular homicide convictions in a horrific alcohol- and road rage-related crash that killed five Ascension Parish residents have been reinstated by Louisiana’s highest court.
Keith Stutes, district attorney for the 15th Judicial District that includes Lafayette, Acadia and Vermilion parishes, does not plan to seek re-election in 2020.
Attorneys for Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin and a Lafayette businessman filed a request Wednesday for the Louisiana Supreme Court to hear a lawsuit over whether the Lafayette City-Parish Council can correct errors in new city council di…
Five Lafayette Parish residents and several others from Acadiana were arrested in a statewide child pornography bust, one of them charged with 100 counts of possession of child porn.
Lafayette city-parish official Marcus Bruno has paid off a controversial, federally funded personal business loan he received in 2016, less than one year after Mayor-President Joel Robideaux took office with Bruno serving as Robideaux’s government…
The state Capital Outlay Budget passed by the legislature contains more than $24 million in projects for Lafayette Parish communities and agencies.
A federal trial date has been set for accused St. Landry church arsonist Holden Matthews.
The Third Circuit Court of Appeal ruled Friday afternoon in favor of the Lafayette City-Parish Council in a lawsuit stemming from a Dec. 8 Home Rule Charter election.
Convicted Lafayette City Marshal Brian Pope may not see the inside of a jail cell anytime soon, even though he was sentenced Wednesday to a year in the parish jail.
LAKE CHARLES — A three-judge panel of the Third Circuit Court of Appeal on Wednesday heard arguments about whether a public referendum is needed to correct new Lafayette council district boundary errors, but did not render a decision.
An appeal has been filed challenging a judge's ruling that errors with new city of Lafayette and parish of Lafayette council districts can be corrected with a City-Parish Council ordinance.
A Lafayette man who is a convicted felon pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to illegally possessing a loaded semi-automatic pistol, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Lafayette.
A Lafayette woman accused of killing her 2-month-old daughter is requesting bail after spending more than a month in jail without action on her case. Public defenders say they're too busy to help, particularly because she'll need specialized assis…