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Houma toddler was beaten to death because of "accidents" during potty training, prosecutors allege.

A Terrebonne Parish man convicted of several felony charges in July was sentenced to life in prison last week after being ruled as a repeat offender.

The CDC decides to follow the science again. This time they may actually have gotten it right.

Suspect indicted on murder charge in Houma man's shooting death A man accused of fatally shooting a Houma resident earlier this year has been indicted on a murder charge.  A Terrebonne Parish grand jury found enough evidence last week to charge 23-year-old Sherman Ruffin with second-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.   He is accused of killing Martin Jones, 26, during the early morning on Jan. 24 in Houma.   An indictment does not presume guilt or innocence but indicates the grand jury found prosecutors presented enough evidence to warrant a trial on the ...

New trial set in fatal Houma stabbing A new trial has been scheduled for a Houma woman who is charged with stabbing another woman to death in an argument over a man in 2017.  A Terrebonne Parish jury voted 11-1 in 2019 to convict Miranda Cheyenne Gilley, 25, of manslaughter in the fatal stabbing of 24-year-old Jessica McGehee.  State District Judge George Larke Jr. sentenced her to 23 years in prison.  Gilley then took her case to the Louisiana 1st Circuit Court of Appeal in Baton Rouge, which overturned the conviction July 17.  Though Gilley argued there wasn’t enough evidence to wa...