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Family members identify a man whose body was found in Bayou Teche on Monday Rosella Ross and last updated 2021-06-01 18:20:15-04 ARNAUDVILLE — Arnaudville police are working to figure out how a man's body ended up in Bayou Teche on Monday afternoon. Family members have since then identified the man as 59-year-old Dennis Hillman who lived in Arnaudville. "He was always the fun-loving uncle," says Hillman's niece, Rosella Ross. "He was a hard worker and would give the shirt off of his back for anyone." In between tears, Ross describes her uncle as a family man. She says she remembers him...

A body has been pulled from Bayou Teche near the Arnaudville area according to our news partners at KATC. Officials from a couple of agencies have been working together since yesterday after it was reported that there was a body in the Teche. While authorities say that they know the identity of the man, they are not yet stating publicly who the man is because he is from out of state. They are still working to make sure that everyone in his family has been notified. An autopsy will be performed on the man's body to determine what the man's cause of death was.

Arnaudville Police Department opening its doors and collecting donations during freezing temperatures Asking for: Coats, blankets socks of all sizes Arnaudville Police Department holding coat and blanket drive and last updated 2021-01-12 20:05:45-05 Arnaudville Police Department is stepping up in a big way for those residents who don't have anywhere to go as temperatures reach freezing. "I told my deputies, if you see people outside at night with this weather, get them off the street," said Chief Eddy LeCompte. Saturday night, one of the cities newest officers, Angelique Stelly, came acro...