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• 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 »

• Ex-sheriff's office bailiff sentenced in child porn case

  November 17, 2018 5:19 PM

  GRETNA, La. (AP) - Court records show that a former bailiff in Louisiana has pleaded guilty to one count of possession of pornography involving juveniles under the age of 13. Nola.com/The Times-Picayune reports that 37-year-old Scott Cassard enter the plea Thursday. The former Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office bailiff was sentenced... more »

• Lanes of US 190 closed for two weeks due to guard rail installation

  June 5, 2017 4:06 PM

  POINTE COUPEE – The east and west bound left lanes of US 190 in Pointe Coupee Parish will be closed for two weeks starting Monday. According to DOTD, the closure will run through June 18 for the removal and installation of guard rails. DOTD says asphalt patching will also be... more »

• Coast Guard, multiple agencies locate missing hunter

  March 6, 2017 11:20 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - The Coast Guard concluded a search for a missing hunter after he was found near the Atchafalaya River Basin. The man was located around 7 p.m. Monday evening, according to the Coast Guard. He was then transported to emergency medical services by the St. Mary's Parish... more »

• Coast Guard rescues two men aboard disabled vessel

  February 20, 2017 11:16 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - The Coast Guard rescued two men aboard a disabled vessel near Lafitte early Monday evening. Watchstanders with the Coast Guard Sector New Orleans were notified at 5:45 p.m. of an overdue 17-foot vessel with two men aboard. The two were last seen near Crown Point... more »

• Remnants of Clean Burning Ignitor destroyed at Camp Minden

  November 2, 2016 9:45 PM

  PINEVILLE - All remaining traces of Clean Burning Ignitor at Camp Minded have been destroyed following two large magazine burns conducted earlier in the week. A spokesperson for the Louisiana National guard says Explosive Ordance Disposal personnel from the Army's 797th Ordnance Company and 79th Ordnance Battalion in Forth... more »

• Coast Guard helicopters aid in rescue efforts

  August 13, 2016 2:45 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The Coast Guard reported five people were rescued in the Baton Rouge area thanks to an MH-65 helicopter and its crew. The helicopter was dispatched from the Coast Guard Air Station in New Orleans to Baton Rouge where two adults and their 6-year-old child were rescued... more »

• Coast Guard rescues stranded hunter

  January 23, 2013 3:49 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - Members of the Cost Guard said a stranded hunter used all the right survival skills to get spotted and rescued today after his boat sank in St. Charles Parish. The Coast Guard spotted a brush fire the hunter used to signal them while they searched Bayou... more »