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On Wednesday, Alisa Gothreaux, the Special Assistant District Attorney for Don Landry, and the defense attorney Alfred Boustany II, Alfred Boustany III, and Chase Manuel were in court in front of Judge Royale Colbert to finalize the record so that the State can appeal what it calls an “illegal sentence.” 

"My heart goes out to the family and Im so sorry that it happened," Shauna Sampy said. "I didnt raise a murderer."

A Duson man will spend life in prison after he was found guilty of raping and impregnanting a 10-year-old in 2019.

Parish Council Chair AB Rubin starts Safe Haven initiative to be safe place for middle and high schoolers on Saturday nights in summer.

Jurors convicted one brother of murder in the fatal shooting of Brandon Broussard. Shavis Toby was found guilty of second-degree murder, which carries a life sentence. Carlos Toby was found not guilty. Both were convicted of conspiracy to commit second-degree murder. Jurors deliberated for about five hours Saturday before rendering the verdict. Sentencing for the conspiracy charges will be held at a later date. In their closing arguments that morning, attorneys on both sides said they were fig...

Brandon Broussard was with his girlfriend, Lashea Dugas, and her family playing cards the night he died. When Dugas lost her money, she went back to the home the two shared in Carencro with five of the children, 15th Judicial District Attorney Roya Boustany told jurors Thursday. Broussard came home later after picking up ice cream for the 4-year-old child who was in the truck with him. He called Dugas, told her he was home and to open the door. But when he pulled up at the couple’s home at ab...