SafeSource Direct, the Broussard-based personal protective equipment manufacturer, has suspended operations in a move that will put 541 out of work.
Lara Vergenal has tried to get her life back on track ever since her husband, Willard "Bill" Daspit, 58, disappeared from their home in September 2023 in the small unincorporated town of Coteau Holmes in St. Martin Parish.
A federal judge in a bribery case against a Lafayette assistant district attorney has ruled that prosecutors may introduce evidence at trial that Gary Haynes attempted to join another bribery scheme but may not mention his wife's bribery conviction years ago.
