Crime/Police Rayne man faces murder charge after police link him to multiple overdoses, one death BY KRISTIN ASKELSON | Staff writer Feb 25, 2026 A Rayne man is facing a second-degree murder charge and multiple drug-related offenses following a fatal overdose, police said.
Crime/Police Jennings man arrested in fentanyl overdose death of unborn child BY KRISTIN ASKELSON | Staff writer Jan 15, 2026 A Jennings man was arrested after police said he supplied fentanyl to a pregnant woman whose nearly full-term unborn child died after an overdose.
Crime/Police Jennings woman accused of feticide after police say a drug overdose killed her unborn child BY KRISTIN ASKELSON | Staff writer Jan 13, 2026 A 28-year-old Jennings woman has been arrested on a charge of third-degree feticide after her unborn child died following a suspected drug ove…
East Feliciana East Feliciana first responders trained on Narcan use Community news report Dec 16, 2025 First responders throughout East Feliciana Parish participated in a training Nov. 7 by Capital Area Health Services about the proper use of Na…
+9 Crime/Police Fentanyl deaths plummeted in 3 New Orleans-area parishes, police say. It mirrors national trends. By JAMES FINN | Staff writer Updated Dec 8, 2025 Fentanyl overdose deaths plummeted across three New Orleans-area parishes in recent years, law enforcement officials said Monday as they touted progress by a federally-led task force targeting distributors of the powerful synthetic opioid.
Our Views Our Views: In cesspools of drugs and overdoses, signs of a troubled city and society STAFF EDITORIAL Jun 24, 2022 The nights are long in a cesspool of drugs and overdoses, with only the hum of interstate traffic and the occasional police and ambulance sire…
Crime/Police Two men found dead of suspected drug overdose under Iberia Parish home identified BY KATIE GAGLIANO | Staff writer Jun 8, 2022 The two men found dead under a home on Effie Lane in the Coteau area have been identified by the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office.
BR.lsuoverdoses.adv_6.JPG Advocate Staff photo by CHRIS GRANGERUpdated Jul 7, 2021 A small memorial on a table in the living room at the Covington home of Mary Ellen and Garry Jordan is dedicated to their son, Graham, who die…
BR.lsuoverdoses.adv_2.JPG Advocate Staff photo by CHRIS GRANGER Jun 20, 2019 Mary Ellen Jordan and her husband, Garry, hold the St. Paul's High School senior portrait of their son, Graham, who died while at LSU from an …
BR.lsuoverdoses.adv_7.JPG Advocate Staff photo by CHRIS GRANGER Jun 20, 2019 A small memorial on a table in the living room at the Covington home of Mary Ellen and Garry Jordan is dedicated to their son, Graham, who die…