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  • Highway back open after school bus wreck

    December 12, 2012 12:00 PM

    POINTE COUPEE - An overturned school bus closed a portion of La. 420 in Pointe Coupee Parish for a time this morning. According to the sheriff's office, only the driver was on board when it wrecked earlier this morning. They had minor injuries, and were taken to a nearby... more »
  • Pointe Coupee considers trash collection proposal

    September 27, 2012 8:41 AM

    NEW ROADS - The Pointe Coupee Parish Police Jury has decided to pay a private consultant $5,000 to compile a comprehensive study detailing what it would take to initiate a parish-operated trash collection program. The jury voted 6-5 this week to take the step after an official with Progressive... more »
  • Residents, businesses benefit from ExxonMobil oil spill

    June 5, 2012 5:54 PM

    LIVONIA- After an estimated 80,000 gallons of oil were cleaned up in Pointe Coupee Parish, residents and businesses are seeing a big benefit from ExxonMobil's cleanup effort. "I'm well pleased with Exxon and all their employees," said Melva Williams, who lives near the spill site, "If I had another... more »
  • Pointe Coupee board lays groundwork for layoffs

    May 18, 2012 8:22 AM

    NEW ROADS - The Pointe Coupee Parish School Board has unanimously decided to post a reduction in force notice to district employees in the event that layoffs may be necessary to balance the 2012-13 fiscal year budget. But Superintendent Linda D'Amico said the board's action was simply a "just in... more »
  • Pointe Coupee authorities catch escaped inmate

    March 13, 2012 3:16 PM

    POINTE COUPEE - The Sheriff's office in Pointe Coupee reported Tuesday that an inmate who escaped after a vehicle crash was captured at around 3:30 p.m. Deljoati Smith took off as he was being brought back to the jail from a skills training facility in Lacassine. Smith was... more »
  • School continues investigation into girl's suicide Play Video

    March 8, 2012 6:36 PM

    BATON ROUGE - School administrators said today an investigation into a Pointe Coupee Parish teen's suicide continues, but had no details to release. Tesa Middlebrook, 17, hanged herself at Pointe Coupee Central High School recently. Family members said she'd been the victim of bullying for some time. Advance Baton Rouge... more »
  • Investigation continues into teen suicide in Pt. Coupee Parish

    March 7, 2012 3:11 PM

    MORGANZA - An investigation continues into the suicide of a teen in Pointe Coupee Parish. News 2's Chris Nakamoto searches for answers from leaders at Advanced Baton Rouge Charter, the group that runs Pointe Coupee Central High School. Seventeen-year-old Tesa Middlebrook was found hung from the stadium at... more »
  • Sheriff not ruling out charges in suicide Play Video

    March 6, 2012 5:10 PM

    NEW ROADS - The sheriff of Pointe Coupee Parish said he's not ruling out criminal charges yet in the death of a 17-year-old girl. "Anyone that would take the law and go beyond the scope and actually break the law could be charged," Sheriff Bud Torres said. Now,... more »
  • Candlelight vigil tonight for teen in Pt. Coupee Parish

    March 6, 2012 3:10 PM

    NEW ROADS - A candlelight vigil will be held tonight in Pt. Coupee Parish for Tesa Middlebrook. Middlebrook was found hung from the stadium at her high school on Friday. Middlebrook's family says Tesa was forced to kill herself after dealing with constant bullying. The vigil is... more »
  • Investigation continues into teen bullied to death

    March 6, 2012 9:51 AM

    NEW ROADS- The Pointe Coupee Parish Sheriff's Office continues to investigate the death of 17-year old Tesa Middlebrook. She hung herself along the side of the football stadium at Pointe Coupee Central High School. Family members say bullies pushed her over the edge Friday. Authorities are continuing the... more »
  • Pointe Coupee raises garbage pickup fee to $18

    March 1, 2012 6:49 AM

    NEW ROADS - The Pointe Coupee Parish Police Jury has voted to increase monthly garbage pickup rates in a move intended to help defray the costs of cleaning up after future storms. Parish Administrator Jim Bello says the rate increase, from $14.50 to $18 per month, should also help the... more »
  • Driver killed in single car crash in Pointe Coupee Parish

    December 16, 2011 2:58 PM

    LAKELAND, La. (AP) - State police are investigating a single-vehicle crash in Pointe Coupee Parish that claimed the life of a 20-year-old man. The crash occurred on La. Highway 413 north of U.S. 190 at 4:00 a.m. Friday. Troopers say Dylan Juge of Glynn was driving a pickup north on... more »
  • Pedestrian killed in Pointe Coupee Parish

    October 17, 2011 8:49 AM

    New Roads - A Pointe Coupee Parish man is dead after being hit by a car. It happened Sunday evening just after 7 p.m. on LA 10 near LA 420 in New Roads. State Police say 76 year-old Jimmy Herring was driving east on LA 10, when he... more »
  • Pointe Coupee Central HS cancels activities due to weather

    April 4, 2011 4:51 PM

    MORGANZA - All after-school programs at Pointe Coupee Central High School have been canceled for this afternoon because of the possibility of severe weather. Principal Kathryn Price sent out an email this afternoon notifying people of the cancelations. "Our first priority is the safety of our students," said... more »
  • Sheriff: Father says son shot him, then dies

    January 25, 2011 11:44 AM

    ROUGON – Shortly before he died, a Rougon man told authorities his son was the one who shot him, according to the parish sheriff. Sheriff Bud Torres said 18-year-old James Rogers was arrested in suspicion of this morning’s fatal shooting of his father, James Juge. According to Torres, Juge called... more »
  • Hundreds of dead blackbirds found near New Roads

    January 3, 2011 4:30 PM

    LABARRE, La. - Around 500 dead blackbirds and starlings have been found in Pointe Coupee Parish, according to state wildlife officials. The birds were spotted lying in roads and ditches near Labarre Elementary School. The community is between Morganza and New Roads on Highway 10. Scientists from the... more »
  • Man arrested in deadly Christmas Day shooting

    December 27, 2010 2:47 PM

    LETTSWORTH – Authorities in Pointe Coupee Parish have arrested one person in a deadly Christmas Day shooting. 25-year-old Timothy Gordon is accused of Manslaughter in the shooting of his half-brother, 47-year-old Kevin Laneheart. Investigators say during an argument at a family gathering in Lettsworth, Laneheart threatened to kill several people... more »
  • Attorneys compromise over Gosserand blood sample

    November 29, 2010 12:12 PM

    NEW ROADS - Attorneys in the Victoria Gosserand vehicular homicide case have reached a compromise over the accused's blood sample. Prosecutors say that sample shows Gosserand's blood was nearly four times the legal limit the night she crashed her vehicle into another car, killing 23-year-old Terri Parker and badly... more »
  • Protestors rally against Melville ferry closure

    November 23, 2010 11:07 AM

    BATON ROUGE - About 50 people who use the Melville ferry that transports drivers from St. Landry to Pointe Coupee parishes have rallied at the Louisiana Capitol to protest the ferry's closure. The service across the Atchafalaya River is scheduled to end Dec. 31. Department of Transportation and Development officials... more »
  • Snyder murder trial going to the jury

    November 17, 2010 7:44 PM

    NEW ROADS – The state’s case against Larry Snyder in the murder of Davina Chapman is going to the jury late tonight, according to the Pointe Coupee Parish Clerk’s office. Earlier today, witnesses for the prosecution detailed how Davina Chapman was killed last year during the second-degree murder trial of... more »
  • Gosserand attorney wants blood sample split

    November 10, 2010 2:00 PM

    POINTE COUPEE PARISH - An emotional Victoria Gosserand was in court for a motions hearing today, along with more than a dozen family members of the woman she's accused of killing in a drunken crash last December. Gosserand's attorney filed a motion asking that a blood sample taken from... more »
  • Baton Rouge man drowns in False River

    October 4, 2010 12:58 PM

    UPDATE: 3:50 p.m. A Baton Rogue man drowned this weekend in the False River while at a party with co-workers, according to investigators. Detectives with the Point Coupee Parish Sheriff's Office said 24-year-old Kyris Carter jumped into the river with several other people at the party, and apparently... more »
  • LSP, sheriff make child porn arrest in Point Coupee Parish

    September 17, 2010 4:35 PM

    Authorities have arrested a Point Coupee man in suspicion of having child pornography. 36-year-old Robin Kimball, Glynn, was arrested Thursday after investigators with the Point Coupee Sheriff’s Office and Louisiana State Police searched his home. Detectives said they found a computer with several images of child pornography on it. Kimball... more »
  • Gosserand indicted in Pointe Coupee Parish

    February 22, 2010 2:06 PM

    A grand jury in Pointe Coupee Parish has indicted a woman accused in a deadly drunk driving crash last December. 23 year-old Victoria Gosserand was indicted on Vehicular Homicide and 1st degree Vehicular Negligent Injuring. Investigators say Gosserand ran a red light, and slammed into another car in... more »

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