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Police have identified and arrested the driver in a fatal hit and run that claimed the life of a bicyclist in St. Landry Parish back in January.

An arctic blast of air is wreaking havoc on Acadiana and school districts have been forced to close schools across the area.

One Port Barre student is going viral for his HOCO proposal that had bystanders thinking he was going jail.

A student at a Port Barre school was arrested for allegedly making threats.

According to an heir of the nearby Thistlethwaite State Wildlife Management Area, bears have been spotted on cameras in this area in years past.

The Port Barre Police Department says that a man who claimed he was shot while riding his bicycle actually shot himself instead.

Reports are out saying that due to COVID outbreaks amongst faculty and students at Port Barre High and Middle schools, those campuses will be moving to remote learning starting on Thursday, August 26th.

So far, no suspects have been named.

According to reports, a 50-year-old man's body was recovered from the Old Courtableau waterway on January 18, 2021. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries are continuing their investigation, but they do understand that this incident developed after the man's kayak capsized.

Another casualty of the coronavirus pandemic was announced yesterday, and we are truly sad about this one.

The planned outage is expected to last at least six hours and will be followed by a boil advisory as a precaution.

Officers say the shooter killed his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend before calling 911 and killing himself.

Police are asking for your help to locate a missing Port Barre teen last seen the morning of March 28th morning at school.

A basketball coach at Port Barre High School has been accused of having sexual relations with three students.

According to St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz the hostage situation in Port Barre has ended with the safe release of the hostage

Joesph "Gabe" Sonnier once cleaned Port Barre Elementary for 27-years as it's custodian, now he is running the school as it's principal. Sonnier told CBS News that while at work, at Port Barre Elementary in 1985 , the principal at the time encouraged him to pursue his degree in education.

The crash happened at the intersection of Highway 190 and Highway 741 in Port Barre.

We continue to keep you up to date on the latest on the Port Barre bus crash victims with both Karen Stoute, who passed away yesterday, and Colby Richard who remains in critical condition.

Most of the time, when we think of Facebook, we think of a place for us to keep up with friends and family members through status updates, photos and more. When I got on Facebook today, in my stream I noticed a few of my friends had "liked" a page titled "We love you Colby Richard. I know you'll get through this." I clicked the page and found out that