Thomas Eljhock Smith, 49, of Houston, Texas, was arrested by the Rayne Police Department on Oct. 14 in connection with a hit-and-run crash on I-10 that claimed the life of Jeremy J. Thomas, 38, of Rayne.

A Lyft driver in Louisiana was killed; one suspect died during a police chase and his brother faces murder charges.

A Houston 18-wheeler driver is in custody in connection with a hit-and-run crash along I-10 in Acadia Parish earlier this month that left a Rayne

A stolen vehicle out of Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office in Louisiana was located at a Walmart parking lot near Channelview along with two fugitives.

When deputies with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office tried talking to two individuals inside the vehicle, they took off. One of them, later identified as 23-year-old Ethan I. Bush of Boyce, Louisiana, was hit by a car while trying to escape and died at the scene.

More than four years after Spring Branch ISD was sued over how its trustees are elected, the lawsuit hinges on a high-profile U.S. Supreme Court case that could have wide-ranging implications.