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An appeals court has upheld a Houma judges decision to dismiss a lawsuit by a woman who blamed the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office after getting into a crash during a funeral procession.  Thelma Lewis of Houma filed the lawsuit in state District Court in 2019 following a collision during a funeral procession on La. 311. The crash occurred when Lewis, who was part of the procession, passed through a red traffic light and crossed into the path of another vehicle that was entering the ...

Trial begins for 24-year-old accused of killing Thibodaux man If convicted, Tremell Batiste of Napoleonville faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison. Jury selection was underway Monday in the trial of a suspect accused of killing a Thibodaux man in 2017.  Tremell Batiste, 24, of Napoleonville, was indicted in 2018 on a second-degree murder charge. He is accused of fatally shooting 30-year-old Chansie White Nov. 15, 2017, on Ridgefield Road in Thibodaux.  If convicted, Batiste faces a man...

NewsSportsBig Fun on the BayouLifestyleOpinionUSA TODAYObituariesE-EditionLegals Louisiana Supreme Court to hear Lafourche death penalty case On Nov. 4, 2012, David Brown, 41, of Houma, stabbed 29-year-old Jacqueline, 7-year-old Gabriela and 1-year-old Izabela Nieves, raped Jacquelin and Gabriella and set the family’s apartment on fire. The Louisiana Supreme Court will hear arguments next week in the case of a Houma man sentenced to death in the killings of a Lockport woman and her two chil...

Houma man accused of using fraudulent papers to obtain drivers license Luis Eduardo Zelaya, 21, is charged with injuring public records, the Assumption Parish Sheriff’s Office said.  Deputies were called Thursday to a local department of motor vehicles office and spoke with the office manager, who reported Zelaya had used fraudulent paperwork to obtain a driver’s license, authorities said.  Zelaya was taken into custody and booked into the Assumption Parish jail, where he remains on $10,...

A suspect in a Thibodaux shooting was arrested Thursday after leading deputies on a high-speed chase through Terrebonne Parish, authorities said.  Emmett Willie Carr Jr., 19, of Houma, is charged with aggravated flight, flight from an officer, illegal possession of a firearm, possession of a firearm in the presence of drugs, obstruction of justice, criminal property damage, hit-and-run driving, possession with intent to distribute marijuana and other drug-related charges, the Terrebonne Par...

David Joseph Mason, 39, pleaded guilty Monday to manslaughter in the death of Wayne Winter Jr. Mason was originally charged with second-degree murder and aggravated arson.   After Mason entered his plea, state District Judge Juan Pickett of Houma sentenced him to 35 years in prison.   The fire occurred March 31, 2019, at 209 Mahler St. in Houma. Just after 2:30 a.m. on March 31, the Houma Fire Department responded to a single-family residential structure, a two-story garage apartment struc...

Authorities continue to investigate a Houma nightclub shooting over the weekend that left five people injured, two critically.   Shots rang out just after 1 a.m. Sunday at Lennys, a bar at 656 Corporate Drive, Terrebonne Parish Sheriff Tim Soignet said.   When deputies arrived, a large number of people were seen running from the building as gunshots were being fired, Soignet said.   “There was a very large crowd inside the bar,” the sheriff said Monday. “A fight broke out between...

She said she decided to take Pfizer shot after consulting with a science expert.  “He explained that the science behind this has been being researched for many years,” the Houma resident said. “I took it more so out of my concern for working with patients who have a much smaller chance of survival than I do. I care about them, and I will do everything in my power to protect them. "I would feel awful if I didn’t take it, got the virus then gave it to one of them and they died. I would f...

Lafourche voters elect new councilman, approve recreation tax Voters in Lafourche elected a new parish councilman and approved a property tax in Lockport Saturday.  Raceland Democrat Terry Arabie defeated Gheens resident Spence Cressionie in a runoff election for the vacant District 6 seat on the Lafourche Parish Council.  Complete but unofficial results show Arabie collected 470 votes, or 65%. Cressionie, who is affiliated with no political party, finished with 256 or 35%.   The u...

Terrebonne grand jury indicts seven suspected gang members A Terrebonne Parish grand jury has indicted seven suspected gang members on multiple charges in connection with a shooting last summer at a Houma Sonic drive-in that left one man dead.  Court records show the grand jury found enough evidence April 13 to charge Schriever residents Armontae Davis, 19; Arvontae Davis, 19; Ahcory Davis, 18; Xavier Walker, 23; D’ND Wright, 19; Chad Alex Jr., 20; and Trovone Taylor, 20. All are...