A body discovered in the Atchafalaya River Tuesday morning is believed to be that of a fisherman reported missing over the weekend.
On Sunday, a tugboat crew found an unmanned boat in the river and allerted the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
Jim Bradshaw and Danielle Miller, authors of "Until You Are Dead, Dead, Dead," will talk about how they put together the century-plus old story of Albert Edwin Batson, an itinerant farm worker accused of vicious murders in Acadiana that made headlines across the nation,10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, upstairs at the Acadian Memorial in St.
A 17-year-old Breaux Bridge High School student was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of terrorizing after investigators linked her to a social media post warning that a shooting would occur at the school that morning.
Because of the forecast of rain on Saturday, Oct. 31, Halloween, all sanctioned Trick or Treat activities in St. Martin Parish have been moved to Friday, Oct. 30, 6-8 p.m.
This includes all municipalities as well as the unincorporated areas of the parish.
Official enrollment figures for St. Martin Parish public schools submitted earlier this month to the state Department of Education for Minimum Foundation Formula (MFP) purposes show a slight increase over October 2014.
Comparative figures rose from 8,472 last year to 8,483 this October, an increase of 11 students.