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• Powerful company counter sues family over historic cemetery Play Video

  July 3, 2017 5:38 PM

  PLAQUEMINE- A family fighting against a powerful chemical company over a historic cemetery was slapped with a shock in court. The family accuses Axiall of limiting access to the cemetery and taking a public road. Axiall is now suing the family, and their attorney called those actions outrageous. The plaintiffs... more »

• Dispute between relatives, chemical plant heats up over historic slave cemetery Play Video

  May 22, 2017 5:29 PM

  IBERVILLE PARISH- The dispute between the descendants of Robert Taylor, who set up a cemetery in Revilletown back in 1881, and a chemical plant controlling access to it ended up in court again Monday. Janice Dickerson claims the chemical plant has locked out her and her relatives from accessing the... more »

• Descendants of slave claim chemical plant locked them out of historic cemetery Play Video

  May 17, 2017 6:55 PM

  PLAQUEMINE- The descendants of a slave in Iberville Parish say money and power prevented them from paying respects to their loved one. Over the weekend, the family says they were locked out by a chemical plant that borders the cemetery property. It's a long-standing legal battle. The First Circuit Court... more »

• Burial denied at historic slave cemetery Play Video

  November 21, 2016 6:35 PM

  PLAQUEMINE- Tonight descendants of a slave who purchased property for a cemetery for his loved ones are fighting so their relative can rest in peace. Over the weekend, the burial was blocked by the Iberville Parish Sheriff's Office at a historic slave cemetery which dates back to 1881. Hazel Jones... more »

• State gets involved in fight over historic slave cemetery Play Video

  November 23, 2015 6:31 PM

  PLAQUEMINE - Tonight, the State is getting involved in a fight over a historic slave cemetery. The Attorney General's Office believes a church in town may have broken the law. It all centers around the Revilletown Cemetery. It was purchased in 1881 by a slave named Robert Taylor. Taylor's... more »