Detectives with the Lafayette police department made the arrest. Corporal Paul Mouton says 38-year-old Edward Paul Verdon is accused of billing services from a company he made up and charged services to a local insurance company. More than 300-thousand dollars in payment were made to the bogus company since 2007.
The date for the capital murder trial of Tracy Young has been set.
Fifty-two-year-old Lee Roy Williams Junior was booked into the Calcasieu Parish Correctional Center this morning.
The southbound span of the Causeway Bridge was shut down for a while Friday morning after a Lacombe woman lost control of her Jeep Cherokee.
Former State Senator Ken Hollis of Metairie lost his battle with cancer Friday morning.
For the second time in less than two weeks, a platform in the Gulf, owned by Houston-based Mariner Energy, has caught fire.
At least six people are confirmed dead and numerous others have been injured in a gas explosion yesterday evening in San Bruno, California.
Protests over plans by a Florida church to burn copies of the Koran on 9-11 have turned deadly near a German-run NATO base in Afghanistan.
Americans will pause to remember a tragic day in the nation's history tomorrow as the ninth anniversary of the 9-11 attacks are observed.
Fruits and vegetables need to appear more in the daily diets of Americans.
Picnic baskets are getting loaded with food and the backs of vehicles are opening wide as tailgating for football season begins.
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