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• Bomb found in the back of a truck

  May 12, 2013 1:22 PM

  WEST BATON ROUGE - A device found in the back of a truck on Plantation Avenue in West Baton Rouge Saturday night was a bomb. The West Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office responded to a truck behind Minnow's Truck Stop, off of Highway 415, around 8:30 p.m. Saturday. The... more »

• Missing women found, brothers arrested

  May 6, 2013 11:00 PM

  CLEVELAND - Cleveland's police chief says he thinks three women who went missing separately a decade ago were tied up in the house where they were found and had been there since they disappeared. Police say three brothers have been arrested and one is from the home. They say the... more »

• APSO: Missing girl found, returned to family

  May 1, 2013 3:39 PM

  GONZALES - Deputies said a girl reported missing in Ascension Parish has been found safe. Major Kevin Hanna said investigators located 16-year-old Allisyn Bracy today and returned her to her parents. Deputies said Bracy was found around noon by detectives who were investigating her disappearance, and they said... more »

• FBI: No ricin found in home of Mississippi suspect

  April 22, 2013 2:16 PM

  OXFORD, Miss.- Investigators say they haven't found any ricin in the house of a Mississippi man accused of mailing poisoned letters to President Barack Obama, a U.S. senator and a local judge. A search of Paul Kevin Curtis' house in Corinth, Miss., did not turn up ricin or ingredients for... more »

• Police find SUV believed linked to Boston suspect

  April 19, 2013 10:41 AM

  MIDDLETOWN, Conn. - Connecticut State Police say a vehicle believed to be linked to a wanted Boston Marathon bombing suspect has been recovered. Police said in a news release Friday that a gray Honda CRV with Massachusetts plates was found in Boston. Authorities had said earlier that the vehicle... more »

• Student arrested after gun found in Baton Rouge school

  April 15, 2013 2:05 PM

  Baton Rouge- A 15 year-old eighth-grade student at Glen Oaks High School in Baton Rouge is under arrest, after a loaded .22 revolver was found in his sock. Deputies say the school Drug Task Force was alerted after a teacher saw the student put something in his sock. ... more »

• Dock worker's body found after cruise ship incident

  April 12, 2013 4:02 PM

  MOBILE, Ala. - The body of a missing Mobile shipyard worker has been pulled from the Mobile Bay. Authorities say the body of 64-year-old John R. Johnson was recovered Friday morning near the area where he was last seen. U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Michael Clausen says authorities found Johnson's... more »

• Orleans Parish Prison escapee found in Baton Rouge

  March 11, 2013 10:25 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - An Orleans Parish prisoner who escaped Friday from one of the jail's temporary housing centers was captured within 48 hours. The Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office tells The Times-Picayune 40-year-old Mitchell Manning was found in a Baton Rouge hotel around 10:50 a.m. Sunday. He was arrested without incident.... more »

• Teen booked in jail, accused of holding gun to classmate's face

  March 5, 2013 4:31 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Sheriff's deputies released the booking photo of a 17-year-old charged with holding-up an unloaded .38 caliber handgun to a classmate's face Tuesday. Jesus Morejon and an unidentified 16-year-old were arrested after the incident at Tara High School. Deputies said the 16-year-old bought the gun illegally off the... more »

• Witness: student held gun to classmate's face

  March 5, 2013 2:48 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Two students were arrested at a high school Tuesday, accused of having a gun and pointing it at other students. The two tenth graders were arrested at Tara High. Agents from a special school task force said one of the students had the .38 caliber handgun in... more »

• Missing firefighter found in Belle River

  February 21, 2013 3:22 PM

  ST. MARTINVILLE - Searchers found the body of a Baton Rouge firefighter today after he disappeared into the Belle River more than three weeks ago. Assumption Parish Sheriff Mike Waguespack said Jacob Lewis, 28, was found more than a mile from where he disappeared into the river while docking... more »

• Missing boaters found alive after 13 hour search

  February 7, 2013 10:09 AM

  LAFITTE - Search and rescue crews found two boaters alive this morning after a 13-hour search near Lafitte. A Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries seaplane found the overdue boaters waving down the plane. Their boat was tied up to a camp. The rescue boat was able to... more »

• Phoenix police: Body found that matches shooter

  January 31, 2013 10:29 AM

  PHOENIX - Phoenix police say they've found a body that matches the description of the man wanted for an office shooting that killed a man and critically wounded another. Authorities say the vehicle that 70-year-old Arthur Douglas Harmon was likely driving was found Thursday in a Mesa parking lot. Police... more »

• Police find car, bodies of 3 missing since Jan 7

  January 30, 2013 3:35 PM

  TALLULAH - Louisiana State Police say the bodies of two men and a woman missing since Jan. 7 have been found in the Tensas River west of Tallulah. Police spokeswoman Julie Lewis says 49-year-old Brady Brown and 52-year-old Ella Williams, both of Beaumont, Texas, and Brown's 68-year-old uncle, Eddie Cobb... more »

• Investigators searching for clues in recovered car

  January 23, 2013 12:47 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Police said they are still investigating a car they believe was used in a pharmacy robbery which turned into a hostage standoff and deadly police shooting this week. Col. Richey Johnson said authorities sent the car believed to have been the getaway vehicle in Monday night's... more »

• Arrest made after gun found at BR middle school

  January 14, 2013 1:46 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A 13-year-old Capitol Middle School student is under arrest after school officials said they found a loaded pistol in their bookbag. School officials found a loaded .380 caliber handgun in the booksack of the sixth-grade student, while getting in the middle of an argument between two... more »

• Second dead horse found this week Play Video

  January 9, 2013 4:37 PM

  BAKER - East Baton Rouge Animal Control is investigating the second horse found dumped since Monday in the parish. The horse was found on Heck Young Road in Baker on Tuesday. The day before, Metro Airport police found a dead horse on their property off Blount Road near Plank... more »

• Students arrested after loaded gun found at school

  December 18, 2012 5:49 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Deputies on the School Drug Task Force arrested two East Baton Rouge students today after a gun was found in a garbage can outside Park Forest Middle School. Spokesperson Casey Rayborn Hicks with the EBR Sheriff's Office said the two 8th grade students, ages 13 and... more »

• Man booked in robbery, shooting death

  December 12, 2012 11:04 AM

  BELLE ROSE- Assumption Parish Sheriff Mike Waguespack says detectives have arrested a 28-year-old Napoleonville man accused of shooting and killing a Thibodaux man last week during an armed robbery in Belle Rose. Waguespack said in a news release received by The Advocate Harrison Truehill was booked Tuesday night with second-degree... more »

• Deputies find woman in submerged car

  December 10, 2012 6:05 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Deputies retrieved a woman's body from a vehicle which drove off into a canal near the Mall of Louisiana this afternoon. The sheriff's office released that information shortly before 6 p.m., four-and-a-half hours after the car reportedly drove off a frontage road and into the canal.... more »

• Body identified as missing oil platform worker

  November 28, 2012 4:43 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - A body found Monday in the Gulf of Mexico near Grand Isle has been identified as a Filipino worker missing since a Nov. 16 oil platform fire. Lafourche Parish Coroner Dr. John King says the body is 28-year-old Jerome Malagapo. Malagapo had been working for Grand Isle... more »

• Officials trying to identify body pulled from Gulf

  November 27, 2012 5:26 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - The Jefferson Parish coroner's office is trying to determine whether the decomposed body of a man recovered from the Gulf of Mexico is a worker missing since a fire erupted on an offshore oil platform on Nov. 16. The Coast Guard says the body was spotted Monday... more »

• Stolen statue of Jesus found near nightclub

  November 23, 2012 12:11 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The owner of a 60-year-old marble statue of Jesus said it was found near a Baton Rouge nightclub early Thanksgiving morning. Shelly Roy with Roselawn Monuments said police informed him the statue had been found near the business on Highland Road around 2:30 a.m. Thursday. ... more »

• Man found dead inside car in NO neighborhood

  November 22, 2012 2:32 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - New Orleans' homicide detectives are investigating the fatal shooting of a 25-year-old man, whose body was found in the driver's seat of a car. Police say the victim, whose name has not been released, was discovered just before 9 a.m. Thursday. Authorities say he had been shot... more »

• BRPD: No positive ID on body found in trunk

  November 1, 2012 11:18 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Police in Baton Rouge said they haven't been able to determine the identity or cause of death for a body found in an abandoned car this afternoon. The car was found parked this morning in the lot of a beauty salon at Evangeline and Beechwood Drive.... more »

• Coast Guard finds 1 missing crew member of ship

  October 29, 2012 5:23 PM

  ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. - The Coast Guard says it has found one of the missing crew members of a tall ship that went down off the North Carolina coast, but she is unresponsive. Lt. Mike Patterson said crews are taking 42-year-old Claudene Christian to the hospital. The Coast Guard is... more »

• Hunters find human skull in woods

  October 29, 2012 11:41 AM

  ST. AMANT - Sheriff's deputies confirmed today they're investigating a skull found in Ascension Parish this weekend. Major Kevin Hanna said two men found the skull, which appeared to be human, while they were hunting near Hwy. 429 and 22 east of St. Amant. Hanna said deputies are... more »

• NOAA: Dolphin found in La. was shot to death

  September 25, 2012 2:18 PM

  NEW ORLEANS- The federal government says somebody shot and killed a bottlenose dolphin found dead over the weekend on Elmer's Island - and there's a reward for information about whoever did it. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society is offering a $1,500 reward... more »

• Deputies: Shooting victims found in Plaquemine

  September 24, 2012 8:41 AM

  PLAQUEMINE - Deputies said two bodies found in a vehicle that crashed into a Plaquemine sugarcane field this morning were the victims of a shooting. According the Iberville Parish Sheriff's Department, two men's bodies were found around 6:30 a.m. on Highway 1 south of St. Louis Rd. They... more »

• Missing boater's body found in Ouachita River

  September 22, 2012 2:03 PM

  MONROE - Wildlife agents say the body of a missing boater on the Ouachita River has been found. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says the body of Charles Trascher, 64, of Monroe, was found on the Ouachita River in Ouachita Parish Saturday morning. His family reported him missing... more »

• Shunick's body released to family

  August 21, 2012 11:08 AM

  LAFAYETTE - The body of Mickey Shunick was returned to her family, according to the Lafayette Parish Coroner. Shunick's family plans to have a private funeral for friends and family and a public memorial to celebrate Mickey's life. The date of the public memorial has not been set. Shunick... more »

• Police bomb squad investigating stolen truck

  August 15, 2012 11:02 AM

  BATON ROUGE- Police evacuated an area off Sherwood Forest Blvd. after the bomb squad was called in to investigate an abandoned truck. Police responded out to the truck, which they said was stolen and found behind a building on Market Place Ave. this morning around 9 a.m. BRPD... more »

• Body found in St. Helena now a homicide

  August 8, 2012 3:57 PM

  GREENSBURG - Sheriff's deputies in St. Helena Parish today said a person found dead in front of their burned home was murdered. Detective Joe Chaney with the parish sheriff's office said an autopsy found John Nelson Hornsby, 76, suffered blunt force trauma to his head. Hornsby was found... more »

• Child found alone by road near Scott

  July 2, 2012 2:22 PM

  SCOTT - Lafayette Parish sheriff's deputies say a 4-year-old child was found walking alone just outside of Scott early Sunday morning. A passing motorist spotted the girl. Judice says deputies arrived and began a door-to-door canvass of the area. At 10:30 a.m., about five hours after the child was found,... more »

• Remains of 2nd person found in Colo. fire wreckage

  June 29, 2012 5:44 PM

  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Searchers sifting through damage left by the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history have found the remains of a second person at a home where another person was found dead earlier. Police Chief Pete Carey said Friday that searchers found the remains at a house where... more »

• Man found guilty in tax fraud case

  June 21, 2012 7:05 AM

  BATON ROUGE - A federal court jury has convicted a Baton Rouge man on six tax charges that carry possible penalties of as much as 18 years in prison and $1.5 million in fines. Ray Carr said Wednesday he will ask the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to... more »

• West Nile Virus found in the area

  June 13, 2012 10:22 AM

  BATON ROUGE- Mosquitoes carrying the West Nile Virus have been found in several local parishes, according to mosquito abatement workers. The East Baton Rouge Parish Mosquito Abatement office says virus-carrying bugs were found in East Baton Rouge Parish, West Baton Rouge Parish, Livington Parish, Tangipahoa Parish, St. Tammany Parish,... more »

• Tax preparer found guilty of bank fraud

  June 6, 2012 6:52 AM

  BATON ROUGE - A Baton Rouge tax preparer has been convicted on 22 counts of bank fraud, assisting the preparation of false tax returns, impeding the Internal Revenue Service and money laundering. A jury of seven women and five men returned a decision in the two-week trial after approximately... more »

• Body of missing boater found in Lake Pontchartrain

  June 5, 2012 3:20 PM

  SLIDELL - Search crews have found the body of a Slidell man who fell overboard from a boat in rough waters in Lake Pontchartrain early Tuesday. Searchers with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office, the U.S. Coast Guard and Sea Tow pulled 21-year-old... more »

• Search teams back out after Shunick's bike found

  May 28, 2012 10:48 AM

  LAFAYETTE - Search teams are back out again today in Iberville Parish after finding a bicycle that belonged to missing college student Mickey Shunick. Cpl. Paul Mouton with Lafayette Police said the bike was spotted by a fisherman under an Interstate 10 bridge about 25 miles away from where... more »

• B-52 ejection seat found after 1963 crash

  May 22, 2012 4:17 PM

  GREENVILLE - A forest ranger has found what's believed to be an ejection seat from a B-52 bomber that crashed on a western Maine mountain nearly 50 years ago, killing seven airmen. The Maine Forest Service said Tuesday that ranger Bruce Reed found the seat on an overgrown logging road... more »

• Mom, daughter found dead; 2 sisters still missing

  May 8, 2012 6:55 AM

  GUNTOWN, Miss. - The search for two Tennessee girls is intensifying after their mother and older sister were found dead at their alleged kidnapper's house in north Mississippi. The FBI says the bodies of Jo Ann Bain and her 14-year-old daughter, Adrienne Bain, were found behind Adam Mayes' house near... more »

• Body of unidentified female found near Covington

  May 7, 2012 6:34 AM

  COVINGTON - St. Tammany Parish authorities are working to identify a woman's body found along Interstate 12. The body was discovered Sunday afternoon near Covington. The identity of the body is unknown, but officials with the St. Tammany coroner's office said the body is that of a female.... more »

• Tangipahoa official found guilty of malfeasance

  April 24, 2012 7:31 AM

  AMITE - A state district judge found Tangipahoa Parish Councilman Michael Pettito guilty on two counts of malfeasance related to a land deal. The verdict came at the end of a 4 1/2 hour trial on Monday in which District Attorney Scott Perrilloux argued that a 2006 council resolution proposed... more »

• Body found in burning Lafayette home

  April 12, 2012 7:39 AM

  LAFAYETTE - Lafayette police are investigating a death of a man found in a burning home. Police say firefighter responded to a structure fire at 12:30 a.m. Thursday and once the fire was out, they discovered a body. Police are investigating the death as a homicide. The identity... more »

• Missing baby's body found in ditch

  April 10, 2012 10:15 AM

  ZACHARY - The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office reports that the body of a missing 2-month-old was found Tuesday in a ditch across from the home where the baby lived. The child's body was located at 1200 block of East Mount Pleasant in Zachary according to the Sheriff's Office.... more »

• Body of missing man found in Barataria Bay

  April 6, 2012 2:12 PM

  Barataria, La. - The body of a missing man from Jefferson Parish has been recovered from Barataria Bay. Authorities say two fishermen led them to the body of 64-year-old Louis Adams, of Barataria, early Friday. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said that Adams' wife reported him missing Wednesday... more »

• Body found by boat operator in Red River Play Video

  April 2, 2012 2:38 PM

  NEW ROADS - Sheriff's deputies said they're waiting on autopsy results after a woman's body was found in the Red River in Pointe Coupee Parish this weekend. Capt. Steve Juge said a tugboat operator found the body and notified them just before 4 p.m. Sunday. It was in the... more »

• Investigators still looking for answers in River Road murder

  April 2, 2012 10:39 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Authorities are still investigating the death of Tiffany Degazon, 33, who was found shot to death on South River Road Saturday morning. She was found by a passerby, but the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office has not said where Degazon was killed or how many... more »

• Asbestos found in McNeese State's Kaufman Hall

  March 29, 2012 7:36 AM

  LAKE CHARLES - McNeese State University officials have closed Kaufman Hall until further notice because removal of a door led to the release of asbestos, which has contaminated multiple areas of the building. University President Philip Williams says that a door on the third floor of Kaufman Hall, which is... more »

• Investigators: Stove left on caused fatal fire

  March 20, 2012 10:39 AM

  METAIRIE - Fire investigators say at 68-year-old man was found dead inside a burning apartment in Metairie. His identity has not been released. The fire broke out shortly after midnight. A neighbor spotted heavy smoke coming from the second floor apartment. Investigators say the man's body was found just... more »

• Man's body found along I-10 in eastern New Orleans

  March 13, 2012 11:36 AM

  NEW ORLEANS- Police say a 61-year-old New Orleans man was found dead alongside Interstate 10 in eastern New Orleans. Police found the body on the westbound side of the interstate near the Chef Menteur Highway exit around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. Officer Frank Robertson said the man's car was found abandoned... more »

• Tigerland residents on edge after man found near road

  March 10, 2012 10:43 AM

  BATON ROUGE- Tigerland residents are still on edge after a man is found unconscious on the side of the road. Police say the 22-year-old man was discovered without any visible traumatic injuries, but unconscious and without any identification. He's now in the hospital and listed in critical condition.... more »

• Last crewmember's body found after chopper crash

  March 9, 2012 7:46 AM

  MOBILE, Ala. - U.S. Coast Guard officials say they have recovered the body of the fourth crewmember that had been missing since a helicopter crashed in Mobile Bay in Alabama. Officials said in a news release that the body of Petty Officer 3rd Class Drew Knight, of Thomasville, Ala., was... more »

• Victim found shot in vehicle overnight

  March 5, 2012 6:47 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Police are investigating a shooting in Baton Rouge that left one person fighting for their life. It happened just after 1 a.m. Monday in the 1700 block of Columbus Dunn. Officers discovered the male victim with a gun shot wound inside a vehicle on the... more »

• Bodies of 2 missing crew found after chopper crash

  March 2, 2012 6:34 AM

  MOBILE, Ala. - U.S. Coast Guard officials say they've recovered the bodies of two crewmen who had been missing since a helicopter crashed in Mobile Bay in Alabama. Authorities say searchers recovered the remains of Lt. Cmdr. Dale Taylor of Snow Hill, N.C.; and Lt. j.g. Thomas Cameron of Portland,... more »

• Arsenic found in baby formula

  February 16, 2012 3:13 PM

  New Hampshire- The food you're feeding your little one... may have arsenic in it, that's coming from researchers at Dartmouth University. They looked at different foods that use organic brown rice syrup as a sweetener and found arsenic in some of the foods... including baby formula. Researchers say... more »

• Body found on Hwy. 1148

  February 13, 2012 8:49 AM

  BATON ROUGE- Authorities are on the scene where a body was found Monday morning. The Iberville Parish Sheriff's Office said the body of a white male was found near LA 1 on Hwy. 1148 across from Dow Chemical near Plaquemine. Iberville Parish Chief Operating Officer Aubrey St. Angelo... more »

• Head Start facility to reopen after mold found Play Video

  January 24, 2012 2:58 PM

  PLAQUEMINE - Workers gave the all-clear today for the largest Iberville Parish Head Start center to re-open after a small amount of mold caused supervisors to close it. The mold was found in a classroom on Monday, and officials chose to close the center today so a remediation specialist... more »

• 2 live grenades found at NOPD headquarters

  January 13, 2012 6:33 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans police briefly evacuated headquarters Thursday evening after two live hand grenades were found in a car involved in a police chase. Lab technicians made the discovery while they were processing the vehicle as evidence. The bomb squad was called in to defuse... more »

• 2 bodies found in burning Opelousas home

  January 12, 2012 6:59 AM

  OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) - Two men have been found dead inside a burning house in Opelousas, the victims of a double shooting. Police Chief Perry Gallow said the bodies had been soaked in accelerant and set ablaze in an apparent attempt to cover up the slayings. Local reports say firefighters... more »

• Body found in Bayou St. John identified

  January 4, 2012 11:56 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - The Orleans Parish coroner's office has identified the man whose body was pulled from Bayou St. John last week. The Times-Picayune reports an autopsy found that 26-year-old Fredy Antonio Sanchez of New Orleans drowned. Police say pedestrians walking along the bayou spotted him Friday. Firefighters recovered the... more »

• British authorities look into death of woman found at royal estate

  January 3, 2012 1:30 PM

  LONDON - An autopsy has been conducted on the woman whose body was found at the rural estate in England where Queen Elizabeth and her family celebrated the New Year. Authorities are still trying to learn the woman's identity, and find out how she died. They are treating the case... more »

• Remains found in orchard

  January 2, 2012 2:20 PM

  SHREVEPORT, La. - The Caddo Parish coroner says remains found in a pecan orchard are human. Coroner Dr. Todd Thoma tells WSLA-TV that the human bones are scattered around the orchard off Louisiana Highway 1 and may have been there for several years. Sheriff's deputies were called to the field... more »

• Body of missing hunter found

  December 28, 2011 4:38 AM

  FRANKLIN, La. - Authorities have found the body of the Jeanerette man reported missing last week. Volunteers and family members were searching for Lynn Landry, 58, in St. Mary Parish when one of the volunteers spotted his body floating in Charenton Beach Lake. Landry's family first reported him... more »

• Fugitive's body found in bayou Play Video

  December 7, 2011 4:14 PM

  GROSSE TETE- The body of a man who ran from Iberville Parish Deputies after an interstate traffic stop was found by searchers in a bayou early Wednesday morning. Deputies said he ran after the car he was riding in was pulled over for a traffic violation. Investigators found counterfeit... more »

• Police ID body found in school parking lot Play Video

  November 21, 2011 5:22 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Police are investigating a body found this morning at a Baton Rouge school's campus. The woman is identified as 48-year-old Mona Lisa Seaberry. Sgt. Don Kelly said officers responded to Dufrocq Elementary just after 9 a.m. He said school workers found a woman's body in... more »

• Body found in parking lot of BR school Play Video

  November 21, 2011 10:53 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Police are investigating a body found this morning at a Baton Rouge school's campus. The woman is identified as 48-year-old Mona Lisa Seaberry. Sgt. Don Kelly said officers responded to Dufrocq Elementary just after 9 a.m. He said school workers found a woman's body in... more »

• Couple arrested after toddler found in street

  October 26, 2011 2:46 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - A New Orleans woman and her boyfriend were booked with child desertion after the woman's 3-year-old daughter was found wandering the streets of Algiers about 3 a.m. Both adults admitted leaving their home at 10 p.m. Tuesday. Sgt. Arnold Williams says 21-year-old Twynea Thomas went... more »

• UPDATE: Police identify body found behind dumpster

  September 22, 2011 9:11 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Police identified a body found outside a hotel dumpster this morning as a local prostitute. Cpl. L'Jean McKneely with Baton Rouge Police said the body was found just before 8 a.m. behind the dumpster at a hotel on Gwenadale Avenue and pronounced dead at the scene.... more »

• Man found shot, killed in Baton Rouge

  September 15, 2011 2:14 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Police are investigating a homicide in northeast Baton Rouge. Sgt. Don Stone said Gregory King, 41, was found dead inside his home Thursday afternoon at 1652 Gwen Drive, and is believed to have been there for some time. King's family called police saying they hadn't heard from... more »

• Cell phones found in suspect's car, home

  August 27, 2011 12:46 PM

  GRETNA, La. - Authorities found nearly two dozen cell phones while searching the home and car of a man suspected of killing two women at suburban New Orleans hotels. Kylan Laurent, a 22-year-old Vacherie resident, abandoned his car on the Veternas Memorial Bridge in St. James Parish after a... more »

• West Nile virus found in St. Charles Parish

  August 13, 2011 11:39 AM

  KILLONA, La.- St. Charles Parish officials say a mosquito sample turned up with the dangerous West Nile virus. The parish says its mosquito control teams are increasing spraying and taking other measures to knock down the mosquito population. Because birds and mosquitoes throughout Louisiana carry the virus, the... more »