houma’s Regional Military Museum lends equipment for G.I. Joe film - Daily Comet
25 May 2012, 8:00 pm
The museum’s president, C.J. Christ, said no, but the stars of what was expected to be the summer blockbuster, “G.I. Joe: Retaliation,” did get close to several pieces of the local museum’s equipment. Filmed in New Orleans last year ...

houma police investigate fraudulent check-cashing - FOX 8 News WVUE-TV
24 May 2012, 6:57 pm
houma, La. - Police are advising the public and south Louisiana businesses to be on the lookout for seven individuals suspected of trying to cash fraudulent checks. They've been going around to several check-cashing establishments and attempting to cash ...

Bayou Blue man labeled as predator wins $160,000 court judgment - nola.com
23 May 2012, 1:00 pm
houma, La. -- A judge awarded $160,000 to a Bayou Blue man who said he was labeled a child sexual predator in emails and flyers sent by houma police. The Courier reports state District Judge Johnny Walker last month ruled that the man was publicly defamed ...

Downtown houma stores have undergone changes through the years - houma Courier
23 May 2012, 12:17 pm
I have no recollection whatsoever of having been to houma before I started high school. When I started high school, the present Terrebonne High School was only about a year or two old. I have no sense of direction and was afraid I’d get lost ...

Victim's family wants harsh sentence in DWI case - MySanAntonio
23 May 2012, 8:07 am
houma, La. (AP) — Relatives of a Dularge man who suffered brain damage in an August traffic accident pleaded with a judge to issue a stiff sentence for the driver in the case. The Courier reports (http://bit.ly/JcP479) Derrol Boudreaux, 55, pleaded no ...

houma Author Publishes New Book - PR Leap
23 May 2012, 1:55 am
(PRLEAP.COM) "My Life in Louisiana", a new book by Hazel M. Boykin, has been released by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc. "My Life in Louisiana" chronicles Hazel Boykin’s own efforts throughout the Civil Rights Movement to create a better world for future ...

houma man charged with terrorizing crowd - FOX 8 News WVUE-TV
21 May 2012, 2:36 pm
houma, La. - houma police detectives have arrested a 24 year old man for terrorizing several people with a gun. Alexander Thomas, Sr. is accused of pulling out a gun and threatening several people in the rear of Senator Circle in houma. The incident ...

The Shuffler': Homeless man a staple of downtown houma - WWL-TV
19 May 2012, 11:32 am
houma, La. - Irvin Richard Jr. will answer to “The Shuffler” if you call him that. The cards move through his hands and he rarely looks down, only forward. Richard, 65, is a staple of houma's downtown. He is usually seen walking through the ...

houma resident dies in Slidell-area crash - News Banner
16 May 2012, 12:08 am
A houma man died Saturday morning after a two-vehicle crash on the westbound lane of Interstate 10 in St. Tammany Parish. Bobby Lott Jr., 38, of houma, was pronounced dead at the scene. The crash occurred as Lott was traveling west in a 2007 Ford Mustang ...

Man gunned down in east houma trailer - houma Courier
15 May 2012, 10:07 pm
A houma man was shot to death Tuesday inside his trailer home, police said, and his assailant or assailants remain at large. The shooting happened about 8:30 p.m. at 133 Whispering Oaks Court, a gravel road and small trailer park off East Main ...