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• Family loses dogs, belongings to house fire in Lettsworth Play Video

  March 19, 2025 3:05 PM

  LETTSWORTH — A fire destroyed a family's home and killed two dogs in Lettsworth on Wednesday. The house fire near La. 1 displaced a family of four. Fire officials said that, when the fire broke out, one person and two dogs were inside. The person escaped through a window... more »

• House fire in Lettsworth that closed highway was caused by lithium battery, killed family dog Play Video

  December 6, 2024 3:18 PM

  LETTSWORTH — A house fire in Lettsworth that shut down La. 1 this week was caused by a lithium battery and resulted in the death of a family's dog, fire officials said Friday. The Wednesday house fire started where a battery was charging inside a garage, Pointe Coupee Parish... more »

• One killed, two airlifted from wreck in Pointe Coupee Parish Play Video

  June 23, 2024 9:53 PM

  LETTSWORTH - One person was killed and two others — including a child — were airlifted from a wreck on La. 1 in Pointe Coupee Parish on Sunday. State Police said 36-year-old Brittany L. Hughes of Hornbeck died after a pick-up truck hit her sedan head-on shortly before 7... more »

• Lettsworth Street home targeted by arsonist for a second time, fire officials say Play Video

  August 18, 2021 5:55 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Firefighters were called to the scene of a house fire on Lettsworth Street early Wednesday morning. Officials later determined the blaze had been intentionally set. Firefighters say this wasn't the first time the vacant home , which is in the 500 block of Lettsworth Street, was... more »

• Pointe Coupee teen accused of first-degree murder

  March 3, 2016 3:29 PM

  LETTSWORTH – Deputies in Pointe Coupee Parish say they arrested a man in connection with a murder in Lettsworth, La. in February. Pointe Coupee Sheirff’s Office Captain Steve Juge said 19-year-old Eric Long Jr. was booked into the Pointe Coupe Detention Center for the first-degree murder of 25-year-old Terrell... more »

• Authorities investigate deadly shooting in Pointe Coupee Parish Play Video

  February 25, 2016 6:01 AM

  LETTSWORTH- Authorities are investigating a possible murder in Pointe Coupee Parish. According to the Sheriff's Department, a man was found shot in his car at the corner of Church and Johson Street in Lettsworth, located in the northern part of Pointe Coupee Parish. The victim was later identified as... more »