The Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office announced that a reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of a man accused of shoplifting from a hardware store in Cut Off.

Louisiana COVID hospitalizations reached another progress point today, dropping below 600. The state reports 588 COVID hospitalizations today, down from 629 reported yesterday. The decrease below 600 is another benchmark met for our state as we continue to push beyond the third wave of the p…

A Raceland man is in the custody of the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office after he allegedly inappropriately touched a teenage girl.

The following suspects were arrested in Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes on March 2, 2021. 

Early voting for the March 20 election will begin March 6 and will run through March 13.

Louisiana is going forward in its COVID economic re-opening efforts.

The Louisiana Department of Health's Tuesday coronavirus update comes with strong positivity for the state.Louisiana reports 770 new COVID cases today, bringing the state's confirmed COVID case count to 370,797 since the start of the pandemic.Louisiana's % positive rate today is 2.9% with 77…

The following suspects were arrested in Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes on March 1, 2021. 

 Baton Rouge, La. — The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), a federal advisory panel within the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), voted unanimously Sunday to recommend the country’s third COVID-19 vaccine for people 18 and older. With that annou…

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 The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) will reopen Elmer’s Island Wildlife Refuge on Friday, March 5. The refuge has been closed since November 2020, due to the severe damage caused by Hurricane Zeta.

A 55-year-old Larose man was killed this afternoon in a single-car crash on La. Highway 308 just south of the Valentine Paper Mill.

Louisiana COVID positivity was below 5% again today, per updated numbers issued by the state's Department of Health.

The following suspects were arrested in Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes on February 28, 2021.

The Louisiana Department of Health is reporting another small drop in state COVID hospitalizations today in a new update.The state reports 630 COVID hospitalizations today, down from 651 at last report on Friday.Our COVID hospitalizations continue to tumble in our state. In late-2020, our ho…

The state of Louisiana's COVID hospitalizations continue to fall today in updated numbers from the Department of Health.The state reports 651 COVID hospitalizations today, down from 679 reported yesterday. Our virus hospitalizations have plummeted in recent months from 2,089 at the peak of t…

Lafourche Parish high schools could be returning to 5-day a week on-campus learning soon.

 Construction of the outdoor expansion of Thibodaux Regional Medical Center’s Wellness Center officially began last Tuesday with a groundbreaking ceremony. 

Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre said the case of a dead body found on Burma Road is being investigated as a homicide.

The state of Louisiana's COVID progress reached a new level in today's update with a one-day positivity rate of just greater than 1%.The state reported 779 new COVID cases today, bringing the state's confirmed COVID case count to 368,218 since the start of the pandemic.But the biggest piece …

The following suspects were arrested in Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes on February 23, 2021.

Another benchmark of progress was met by the state of Louisiana today in its daily COVID update.The state reports 687 COVID hospitalizations today, down from 715 reported yesterday. This marks the first time since November 12 that our state virus hospitalizations are below 700 - a new benchm…

Louisiana COVID hospitalizations continued to sink in Tuesday's virus update from the state Department of Health.The state reports 715 COVID hospitalizations today, down from 740 reported yesterday. Our hospitalizations have continued to drop in recent days as the state gets this third COVID…

Average US price of gas up 14 cents a gallon to $2.64

(The Center Square) – The federal government has proposed building a levee system that could give residents of seven southeast Louisiana parishes the same level of storm flood protection as New Orleans, but local officials are hoping to whittle down the estimated $1.9 billion price tag.

BATON ROUGE - With an estimated $2 billion provided to Louisiana from a federal coronavirus aid bill passed in December and the likelihood of another federal stimulus package, state legislators are hopeful they can balance the budget for fiscal 2022 with no more than modest cuts.

The following suspects were arrested in Lafourche Parish on February 21, 2021. 

The Louisiana Department of Health's Monday COVID update has given another slight drop to state coronavirus hospitalizations. The state reports 740 COVID hospitalizations today, down from 756 reported yesterday. Our COVID hospitalizations continue to slowly decrease in the state - a trend th…

Good Samaritans helped local firefighters at the Galliano McDonald's tonight - helping to remedy a car fire without injury.

A Thibodaux man has been indicted on murder charges - a month and a half after a fatal shooting in Terrebonne Parish.

Louisiana's progress in flattening its COVID curve continued today in the state's Sunday virus update.The state has 756 virus hospitalizations today, down from 806 at last report on Friday.Our virus hospitalizations are down nearly 2/3rds from where they were in the peak of the third wave of…

A 29-year-old Morgan City man has been charged with second-degree murder for his alleged role in the Friday morning shooting death of a Thibodaux man.

Lafourche Parish Fire District 3 and other firemen around the parish worked overnight at the scene of a structure fire in Galliano.

A 22-year-old and two juveniles are in the custody of the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office after their alleged roles in an armed robbery in Galliano on Tuesday.

Louisiana COVID hospitalizations continued to fall in Friday's virus update from the state.

The Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office is investigating an early-morning shooting in Thibodaux which left one man dead.

Beginning next week, more Louisiana residents will be able to get the COVID vaccine.

The state of Louisiana has seen another small decrease in its COVID hospitalizations today, continuing a positive trend we've now seen for the past several months.The state has 823 virus hospitalizations today, down from 849 at last report yesterday.The state's COVID hospitalizations have be…

The following suspects were arrested in Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes on February 17, 2021.

Entergy is asking customers to voluntarily conserve electricity tonight from 5-10 p.m. in an effort to avoid rolling outages. 

Electricity may go out in some areas in Lafourche again tonight.

The Louisiana State Fire Marshal's Office has been called to investigate after a house fire in Golden Meadow last night.

The Louisiana Department of Health's Wednesday COVID update has added a small load of new virus cases to state totals.

A local teen charged last week in a string of vehicle break-ins in South Lafourche now faces over 150 total charges in the multiple incidents.