Author: Ashley White, Lafayette Daily Advertiser

Bob Dean Jr. was charged Wednesday with eight felony counts after conditions deteriorated at the evacuation site and multiple people died.

A body recovered from the Mississippi River in St. John the Baptist Parish has been identified as missing LSU student Kori Gauthier, police say.

Lafayette Consolidated Government has filed a lawsuit against John Merrifield, who created a fake Antifa event on social media.

Louisiana State Police identified the man killed as 31-year-old Trayford Pellerin and said he was carrying a knife before he was fatally shot.

Holden Matthews had pleaded guilty to hate crimes after setting fire to three predominately black Louisiana churches.

Lafayette Judge Marilyn Castle found an attorney in contempt for filming a defendant in another case having his mouth taped shut by a bailiff.

Holden Matthews pleaded not guilty to the charges of simple arson of a religious building, aggravated arson of areligious building and hate crimes.

Authorities used surveillance video, debit card purchases and cell phone data to tie Holden Matthews to three church fires, according to court records.

Holden Matthews, the son of a sheriff’s deputy, was in custody in connection with the fires of three predominantly black churches in Louisiana.