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12/23/2025
WBRZ Investigative Unit: New video allegedly shows deadly drugs being prepared inside cell at Elayn Hunt
Posted 5:45 PM 12/23/2025 by Bess Casserleigh
ST. GABRIEL - Video leaked exclusively to the WBRZ Investigative Unit shows an inmate allegedly preparing the deadly drug 'mojo' inside their cell at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center.
Mojo is a synthetic marijuana that is sprayed onto paper, which can be mixed with almost anything, and is (More)
12/19/2025
Former St. Gabriel police officer pleads guilty to malfeasance
Posted 5:45 PM 12/19/2025 by Bess Casserleigh
PLAQUEMINE - Former police officer Stacy Paul will no longer be allowed to work in law enforcement in the state of Louisiana after pleading guilty to malfeasance in office.
The 26-year-old was arrested (More)
12/18/2025
WBRZ Investigative Unit: Zachary Police chief found in contempt
Posted 5:59 PM 12/18/2025 by Bess Casserleigh & Logan Cullop
ZACHARY - Zachary Police Chief Daryl Lawrence, who also serves as city marshal, was found in contempt of court Thursday.
Sources tell the WBRZ Investigative Unit that a Zachary City Court judge had previously ordered deputy marshals to deliver a check from a civil ruling. When it was not (More)
12/15/2025
WBRZ Investigative Unit: Family wants changes after 20-year-old dies waiting for first responders
Posted 10:36 AM 12/16/2025 by Bess Casserleigh & Logan Cullop
WHITE CASTLE - The death of a young woman in White Castle who was waiting on first responders is making Iberville Parish officials take a second look at dispatch protocols.
The family of Ryleigh Daigle, 20, says she may still be alive if it hadn't taken Acadian Ambulance more than 40 (More)
12/3/2025
Commissioner considering if convicted murderer should get hearing that could free him
Posted 6:30 PM 12/3/2025 by Bess Casserleigh
What was supposed to be a routine status conference in an inmate's petition for post-conviction relief turned in to something unexpected when the defendant spoke for himself.
Lee Lucas has been in prison for nearly 30 years serving a life sentence for the murder of Eric Howard, but alleges (More)
12/2/2025
Investigators determining if stabbing death of 28-year-old man was justified
Posted 6:32 PM 12/2/2025 by Bess Casserleigh
BATON ROUGE - Though police know who did it, there have been no arrests yet in the stabbing death of Kyle Coleman; that's because the person who allegedly stabbed him may have been acting in self defense.
Coleman was stabbed early Monday morning on North Ardenwood Drive. He drove himself (More)
12/1/2025
Kiffin's 7-year LSU contract pays $13 million annually, up to $1 million if Ole Miss wins 2025 CFP
Posted 11:17 AM 12/1/2025 by Domenic Purdy
BATON ROUGE — Lane Kiffin will be paid $13 million annually, the seven-year contract the new LSU head football coach signed says.
Kiffin, who left Ole Miss (More)
11/26/2025
Three years later, some movement in Lee Lucas post-conviction relief petition
Posted 6:06 PM 11/26/2025 by Bess Casserleigh
It's been three years since Lee Lucas filed an application for post-conviction relief, which he drafted himself from prison.
Now it appears his plea could be heard by a judge.
Lucas has been serving a life sentence for nearly 30 years for the murder of Eric Howard.
He was (More)
