Pull out the gumbo pots and make the roux.

The state's COVID numbers continue to tumble. The Friday update from the LDH show fewer than 600 new COVID cases today and hospitalizations which continue to sink – now below 500 in the latest numbers.

A local priest is going to be the next rector/president of Notre Dame Seminary.

Vision Communications said it is working hard to try and restore services to locals after Hurricane Ida.

Lady of the Sea General Hospital welcomed Congressman Steve Scalise on Monday for a visit to review the damages sustained to the hospital as a result of Hurricane Ida.

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER Associated Press

Louisiana continues to slowly better its COVID situation after the fourth surge this past summer.

Lafourche Parish District Attorney Kristine Russell announced the launch of THE PANTRY today, which is a partnership with teachers to help provide students with food and supplies.

The following suspects were arrested in Lafourche Parish on October 12, 2021.

FEMA is looking for new members of its Hurricane Ida Recovery Team.

Progress continued today in limiting COVID hospitalizations and cases in our state.

Members of one of Lafourche Parish’s hardest-hit communities for Hurricane Ida got to meet face-to-face with parish leadership on Monday night at the Larose Civic Center.

The mother of an infant child killed in September in Lafourche Parish has been charged in connection to her daughter's death.

The Louisiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory has confirmed that a recent mosquito sample taken in Lafourche Parish showed the presence of the West Nile Virus.

Thibodaux Regional Health System is going to be serving lunches tomorrow in Golden Meadow. 

The following suspects were arrested in Lafourche Parish on October 10, 2021.

The Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office is teaming with a local non-profit for a jacket drive for school-aged children in our area.

FEMA is going to be on-site in Cut Off throughout the week, offering tips to locals who are rebuilding and repairing their homes after Hurricane Ida.

The following suspects were arrested in Lafourche Parish on October 9, 2021.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Conditions deteriorated at a warehouse housing evacuated nursing home patients, five of whose deaths were linked to Hurricane Ida, because widespread and unexpected storm damage interrupted essential services, the nursing homes' owner says.

The following suspects were arrested in Lafourche Parish on October 8, 2021.

With Lafourche Parish in need, our neighbors to the west have come through with some much-needed relief.

Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center has re-opened for inpatient, critical care and surgical services.

The following suspects were arrested in Lafourche Parish on October 7, 2021.

The Bayou Community Foundation has announced a second round of grants total for 17 local non-profits – all to provide critical relief and recovery assistance to local residents after Hurricane Ida.

The following suspects were arrested in Lafourche Parish on October 6, 2021. 

The Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office has arrested a mid-level drug dealer in south Lafourche.

United States Senator John Kennedy believes FEMA is making flood insurance unaffordable for Louisiana residents.

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LA DOTD) opened bids today for the construction of the 8.3-mile elevated highway between Golden Meadow and Leeville, otherwise known as Phase 2 of the LA 1 Improvement Project.

Louisiana and Lafourche's COVID pictures continue to get better. The parish's 7-day % positive rate is back below 5% again in updated numbers and Lafourche has had just 16 new COVID cases in the past 2 days. 

The following suspects were arrested in Lafourche Parish on October 5, 2021. 

Vision Communications said that local service restoration estimates are about 2 weeks behind schedule as repairs are ongoing after Hurricane Ida.

The following suspects were arrested in Lafourche Parish on October 4, 2021.

A Larose man is charged with second-degree murder in a Monday shooting incident in Cut Off.

By MELINDA DESLATTE Associated Press

UPDATE: The suspect has been taken into custody by LPSO. 

Our COVID situation continues to get better in Louisiana. The state released post-weekend COVID numbers which show the state's continued progress in the pandemic fight. 

With the peak of the 2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season now behind us, there is no immediate threat to the Gulf Coast in the tropics.

Facebook and its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms were down in parts of the world on Monday.

The following suspects were arrested in Lafourche Parish on October 3, 2021.

By MELINDA DESLATTE Associated Press

The following suspects were arrested in Lafourche Parish on October 2, 2021.

The following suspects were arrested in Lafourche Parish on October 1, 2021.

Mathews—On Friday, October 1, at 10:35 p.m., Louisiana State Police Troop C responded to a fatal crash on Louisiana Highway 308 near the water treatment plant in the community of Mathews.  The crash claimed the life of 32-year-old Maria Deborah Benitez-Munoz of Metairie as well as another dr…