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• Henderson man dies in motorcycle crash

  June 2, 2023 11:36 PM

  ST. MARTIN PARISH - A Henderson man died on Friday when the motorcycle he was riding veered into a guardrail. St. Martin Parish Sheriff Becket Breaux said the accident happened about 6:30 p.m. That's when deputies responded to a report of a motorcycle crash in the 1000 block of... more »

• La. Supreme Court permanently bans attorney from practice of law

  March 7, 2023 3:29 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The Louisiana Supreme Court has permanently banned an attorney from practicing law -- a move that follows his previous interim suspension for "threat of harm to the public." The order, issued on Tuesday, applies to W. Glenn Soileau, an attorney based in St. Martin Parish and... more »

• New Iberia woman killed in early morning St. Martin Parish crash

  February 4, 2021 10:45 AM

  ST. MARTIN PARISH - A New Iberia woman was killed in a Thursday (Feb. 4) morning crash in St. Martin Parish, authorities say. According to Louisiana State Police, 64-year-old Karlina F. Rosella lost her life in a single-vehicle crash that occurred shortly before 6 a.m. on Federal Highway 90... more »

• Driver killed in head-on collision in St. Martin Parish

  June 5, 2020 8:57 AM

  ST. Martin Parish - A Thursday evening crash in St. Martin Parish resulted in the death of a 46-year-old St. Martinville resident. Louisiana State Police say Brandon Jeanbatiste of St. Martinville was killed following a wreck on LA Hwy 182 near Boudreaux Road in St. Martin Parish. A... more »

• Mom, baby daughter killed in twister Sunday morning

  April 2, 2017 1:44 PM

  BREAUX BRIDGE - A three-year-old and her mother died in what authorities suspect was a tornado Sunday morning. St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office posted information on its Facebook page that the child, Nevaeh Alexander, and the baby's mother, Francine Gotch, 38, were killed when their trailer home flipped over... more »

• Plea deal reached in I-10 speed trap scheme

  April 18, 2016 12:50 PM

  HENDERSON - There was a plea deal Monday in a ticket-writing scheme that involved a notorious speed trap at the western end of the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge. Oliver Mack Lloyd pleaded guilty to false accounting and admitted his role in the I-10 ticket scheme, KATC TV reported on its... more »

• Breaux Bridge student arrested for SnapChat shooting threat

  October 28, 2015 4:59 PM

  ST MARTINVILLE – Deputies in St. Martin Parish accused a 17-year-old of threatening a school shooting on social media this week. Investigators charged Jada Peron, 17, with terrorizing Wednesday morning after they said she comments on the social media service SnapChat in reference to a shooting threat that would... more »