Authorities say the high prices being paid for scrap metal and copper are keeping Union Parish sheriff’s investigators busy. The New Star reports that four people were arrested Thursday and Friday and warrants issued for another suspect. Twenty-eight-year-old Titus Douglas, …
An elevator in the American Tower in downtown Shreveport fell several stories with one person suffering minor injuries. According to the Times, three people were on board when the elevator fell five floors before it braked, stopping at the second …
A former Terrebonne Parish employee has filed suit in federal court claiming she was fired because of her age. The suit says Barbara Dupre, 42, worked in the Terrebonne Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, from January 2002 to …
A state legislator says he wants railings added to the front stairs of the state Capitol. Rep. Steve Pugh tells The Advocate a 9-year-old was injured after falling about 25 feet last week. Pugh said the accident occurred Friday soon …
The State fire marshal blames operator error for an accident that injured a four year old boy last week at the Louisiana State Fair. State Fire Marshal Butch Browning held a news conference in Shreveport Monday to release details of …
Parents of a student at a junior high school in Gray, La., say in a lawsuit that their son was taunted into fighting a fellow student in what amounted to a “fight club” at the school. The Houma Courier reports …
A man whose son was killed in an accident last year during a class at River Parishes Community College has filed a lawsuit. The Advocate reports that 19-year-old Joshua Wallace of Prairieville was killed in Oct. 2010 during an electrical …
A young boy was critically injured Wednesday at the Louisiana State Fair after he wound up trapped under a ride in the fair’s children’s section. The accident happened shortly before noon at a ride where cars go in a circle. …
A Terrebonne Parish judge has awarded more than $11 million to a Houma family stemming from a dispute over unpaid oil royalties. The Courier reports attorney Michael St. Martin and his wife, Virginia, filed a lawsuit in December 2006 alleging …
Bill Hawks is a guy who works extremely hard for the things he has. So, the Blanchard resident was less than enamored one recent Sunday morning when he discovered thieves, too lazy to work for their toys, had relieved him …