R.I.P

Sad news from this past weekend as a Texas high school student died after participating in a weekend fishing tournament.

William Dudley Lastrapes Jr. served as the Mayor of Lafayette from 1980-1992, serving three consecutive terms.

According to a statement from the Lafayette City Marshal's Office, Picard passed away peacefully at his residence.

Two-time Survivor contestant and Louisiana native Keith Nale died on Tuesday after a battle with cancer. He was 62 years old.

His death came after a brief illness, according to his wife, Jan.

After a three-hour search, agents would recover the body of 72-year-old Ricky Hodgson around 9:30 am.

Some terribly sad news this morning out of the NFL as it has been reported that Baltimore Ravens linebacker Jaylon Ferguson has died at 26 years old.

Caldwell had been missing since Thursday evening when he fell overboard from a boat while vacationing.

The unidentified 49-year-old father drowned while attempting to rescue his 17-year-old son who was struggling in the gulf waters near Gulf State Park Pavilion.

The community in Sulphur is mourning the loss of a young woman who was killed in a car crash just hours after graduating from Sulphur High on Saturday.

We now know more details regarding a fatal shooting in Carencro on Wednesday evening and police say it was self-defense.

26-year-old Alex Bourque, a firefighter with the Lafayette and Broussard Fire Departments, died after a bone cancer battle.

A 3-year-old girl was shot and killed in the French Quarter in New Orleans on Tuesday (April 26), according to the New Orleans Police Department.

A second man's body has been recovered from Toledo Bend Lake after a fishing trip went awry for two men this past weekend.

A man is dead following a fishing trip turned tragedy on Saturday afternoon at Toledo Bend.

Waves from high winds are believed to have caused a boat to sink on the south end of Toledo Bend on Saturday afternoon.

Rosa Lee Hawkins, one of the three original singers in the New Orleans rhythm and blues group The Dixie Cups, died on Tuesday in Tampa, Florida.

America's oldest living World War II veteran has died. 112-year-old Lawrence Brooks, a Louisiana native, passed away earlier today.

According to Jeanerette Police Chief Dusty Vallot, the 7-year-old was shot in the head while inside a vehicle in the 1400 block of Main Street.

A well-known DJ from Ascension Parish has died days after falling from a float during a Christmas parade earlier this month.