Thursday, June 5
Drey Broussard, 24, 1000 block of Delcambre Rd., Breaux Bridge; aggravated flight from an officer (SMSO).
Tuesday, June 3
Marshall Babineaux, 22, 1000 block of Roosevelt-Brown Rd., Breaux Bridge;
malfeasance in office, taking contraband to/from penal institution, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute (SMSO).
Jeroswaski Collette, 30, New Iberia; failure to appear, warrant (SMSO).
Marshall Babineaux
A corrections officer for the St. Martin Sheriff’s Office finds himself in jail, accused of smuggling marijuana into the cells.
An investigation into the presence of contraband inside the parish jail resulted in the arrest of Marshall Babineaux Jr., 22, of Breaux Bridge on Tuesday, June 3.
Test scores released May 27 by the state Department of Education show that public school students in St. Martin Parish increased two points in percentage ranking.
The City Council Monday night voted to play hardball with CLECO, its longtime provider of wholesale electric power.
Bruce Conque, vice president of community development for the Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce, moderates a forum sponsored by the Breaux Bridge Chamber. Conque quizzed the candidates on their positions on the programs and projects on the city’s horizon as a roomful of citizens listened with rapt attention.
The campaign for mayor here is remarkable for the amount of public interest it has already generated.
There have been two well-attended public forums for the candidates, sponsored by different civic groups, and the election is still five months off.
Qualifying for the four-year position doesn’t even open until Aug. 20-22.
The following arrests and/or citations were reported in St. Martin Parish from Sunday, June 1, and Monday, June 2.
The St. Martin Parish President has declared an Emergency Declaration for “No Wake” in accordance with St. Martin Parish Code of Ordinances Sec. 14-2.7 and 14-2.10 due to high water. This includes the danger areas in the Stephensville and Belle River areas of Lower St. Martin Parish until further notice.
UPDATE: Breaux Bridge Investigators located Marcus Landry late last night in the Lafayette area and has been returned to his family.
Due to the latest round of rain moving through upper St. Martin Parish, sand bags will be available again today until 5:00 p.m. this afternoon, at the following two locations:
Ruth Bridge Barn
1035 Ruth Bridge Hwy.
Breaux Bridge, LA.
The Sheriff's Office took this photo of Diesi's north of I-10 in Henderson.
It's going to get worse before it gets better. Send us your photos of flooding in your area so we can document this weather event. Either post it to our Facebook page or email directly to ken.grissom@techetoday.com. Please.
Calder Hebert addresses the St. Martinville City Council after being appointed substitute chief of police. Among those in the audience supporting Hebert is former SMPD administrative officer Todd D'Albor (second from right).
The City Council met briefly this evening (Friday, May 23) to appoint Calder "Pop" Hebert substitute chief of police.
The title is substitute rather than interim because outgoing Chief Paula Smith has vacation and sick leave to see out.
The 2016 high school football season has reached the halfway mark and the District 5-4A campaign begins Friday for the league’s five teams.
Charli, 9, mans the net for her "Paw Pete," Carl Peter Boggs of St. Martinville, a licensed charter captain in Grand Isle
