Assumption Parish

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What's even stranger is the fact that this guy drove like a bat-out-of-hell to his own home!

Burger King has issued an apology and a statement regarding the incident in which two uniformed deputies were denied service.

“Forgotten Bayou” aired at the Vermillion Center in Lafayette last night and the producer has plans to host the film in other areas of the state.

Sometimes the criminals make it way too easy for the good guys to catch them.

More than four years after the massive sinkhole developed, it no longer poses a risk to the public.

Trey M. Hebert, 18, and Brandon Morris, 17, both of Pierre Part, booked with felony theft of a motor vehicle.

The collapsed salt dome forced 350 people to evacuate.

The program will report on why and where sinkholes occur around the world, and whether their numbers are increasing and whether anything can be done to prevent or lessen them.

Liberty Insurance Underwriters Inc. sued Oct. 22 in U.S. District Court in Houston, asking a judge to declare the insurer does not have to pay on its $50 million policy.

Texas Brine documents filed with the state don't suggest the sinkhole will reach either. But they say it is edging closer to the southern levee just north of Bayou Corne.

The salt dome cavern collapsed last year, and a massive sinkhole has developed in that area.

The sinkhole in Assumption Parish is bigger today after swallowing more trees overnight Friday. The parish's Emergency Preparedness Director John Boudreaux says about a dozen trees on a patch of land roughly 50 feet by 75 feet was consumed on the north side of the sinkhole...

The formation of the sinkhole came about when an underground salt cavern collapsed.

A dramatic video showing a group of cypress trees literally being swallowed by the Assumption Parish Sinkhole is just the latest incident at the watery hole that is now close to 25 acres in size near Bayou Corne. Parish officials say that the collapse, or "slough in," happened around 5:30pm followed a periodic series of underground tremors and "burps" of gas and debris earlier

On this day a year ago, several residents of Bayou Corne about 40 miles south of Baton Rouge began watching their homes being swallowed as the earth gave way when a salt dome cavern collapsed under them. Since then, the affected area has grown to 24 acres, and 350 residents are still evacuated...

Some reports claim that homeowners were told they could be dropped because no one had been in their homes for more than 30 days.

A domestic disturbance in Pierre  Part has  taken  the  life  of 26-year-old Heather Grenier.

Two teenagers and a 12-year-old are in trouble with the law after they allegedly vandalized a school in the Assumption Parish town of Pierre Part.

Authorities arrest a 51-year-old Napoleonville man for allegedly raping a mentally retarded woman on several occassions over the last couple of years.