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• Intoxicated boater charged in crash that killed 2 teens

  January 17, 2021 5:39 PM

  CALDWELL PARISH - Two 15-year-old boys bodies were recovered from a lake by officials after a boating incident on Saturday. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) is investigating a double boating fatality that happened in Caldwell Parish. The deceased bodies of two 15-year-old boys were recovered from... more »

• Authorities searching Lake Pontchartrain for missing boater

  July 17, 2020 1:02 PM

  ST. TAMMANY PARISH - Multiple agencies are working to find a person who went missing in Lake Pontchartrain Friday. The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office Marine Unit, Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries, U.S. Coast Guard and family members are all looking for a missing boater. According to officials, William... more »

• Boater taken to the hospital following accident in Iberville Parish

  November 11, 2019 7:03 PM

  IBERVILLE PARISH - Deputies are investigating reports of a boating accident involving two people in Spanish Lake Monday afternoon. The accident was reported around 5:30 p.m. near the Spanish Lake boat launch. Two people were in the boat. One of the boaters was ejected from the boat during the... more »

• Body found after boater seen falling into water at coastal boat launch

  September 28, 2019 1:14 PM

  DULAC – The body of a person believed to have slipped into the water at a bayou boat launch has been found. The Coast Guard said the body found matches the description of the person seen on video entering the water on Bayou Dulac Friday. A search was called... more »

• Body of missing boater found in Basin

  August 12, 2018 12:02 AM

  IBERIA PARISH - The body of a boater was recovered from the Atchafalaya Basin. The search started Saturday evening when a man participating in a fishing tournament never checked in. The man was identified as Leonard Norbert, 58. Norbert's boat was located in the area of Mud Cove... more »

• Coast Guard rescues unconscious boater

  September 1, 2015 5:47 PM

  GRAND ISLE - The Coast Guard said their Grand Isle crews rescued an unconscious boater who went aground on a marsh flat Tuesday morning. A spokesperson for the USCG Eighth District said officials in New Orleans were notified by someone who saw an unconscious person in a 17-foot aluminum... more »