Eric Courville of Breaux Bridge took first place in the Sleeper category during the 2015 Louisiana Motor Transport Association (LMTA) Truck Driving Championships held here March 27-29.
Organizers of the Acadian Memorial Heritage Festival and Wooden Boat Congrès announced its cancellation Saturday, March 21, due to a forecast of an 80 to 100 percent chance of rain and thunderstorms on Saturday.
One Acadiana recently brought together nearly 700 business and community leaders from across the nine-parish region at its inaugural Regional Celebration. The evening highlighted One Acadiana's transformation into a regional economic development organization and celebrated the organization's recent success and future plans.
The St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Office Wednesday received a report of a male subject with a foreign accent posing as an SMSO deputy who called a resident of the parish seeking personal information regarding a member of their household. When the caller declined to give the information, the caller became irate.
One person died in a house fire in the 1300 block of Division Road Tuesday morning, St. Martin Fire District Coordinator Brian Castille reported.
No other information was immediately available about the victim, who was the sole occupant of the single family dwelling.