An independent study conducted on the water in a part of Terrebonne Parish has reportedly tested positive for the brain eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri.
The Terrebonne Parish coroner's office says a fourth man has died of injuries from an explosion at the Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Co. facility in Gibson.
State Police report Thomas' truck apparently crossed the center line, traveled off the left side and returned to the right side where it struck two mailboxes and overturned.
In July, the school board and the Houma-Terrebonne Chamber of Commerce agreed to create the task force to map out the needs and related financing for the schools after a 31-mill property tax was soundly defeated.
A Dulac couple who nursed a wounded otter back to health at their bayou country home in Terrebonne Parish say they are heartbroken because the animal is now being held at the zoo in New Orleans. Zoo officials say they can't return the animal to Teddy Chaisson and Katina Bergeron because of state Wildlife and Fisheries rules that bar people from keeping wild animals.
A Terrebonne Parish councilman says he'll introduce a new ordinance in response to complaints about brightly colored tombs and grave markers at a public cemetery.
The Thibodaux man accused of beheading his disabled son is not mentally fit to defend himself.District Judge John Leblanc ruled Jeremiah Wright is not capable of understanding the legal proceeding should his case go to trial.
Terrebonne Parish officials say an aggressive effort by parish government to use federal grant programs for elevation of homes is a likely reason why so few homes flooded in Terrebonne as a result of Tropical Storm Lee.