GRAY, La. — A Terrebonne elementary school teacher was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly physically abused a nonverbal autistic student. According to the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office, deputies ...

A Houma Police Department detective has been charged with theft, bank fraud and malfeasance in office. The Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office charged Joseph David Lodrigue, 44, with felony theft, bank ...

A Houma police officer has been arrested after allegedly stealing more than $38,000 from an organization affiliated with the Houma Police Department. The Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office began ...

Terrebonne Parish is part of the Houma - Thibodaux metropolitan statistical area. It is the fifth-largest parish in the state in terms of land area, and it has been a center of Cajun culture since the 18th century.

Local Louisiana Terrebonne Parish Profile Name: The name of the parish is derived from the French phrase terre bonne meaning good land Parish Seat: Houma Statistical Profile

Terrebonne, which means “Good Earth”, is blessed with an abundance of seafood, wildlife and natural resources. Our landscape is most likely to look more waterscape than land, but we are the second largest parish in Louisiana.

Located in Louisiana’s southernmost region, Terrebonne is one of the state’s largest parishes by area, and much of that area is water, wetlands, and marsh. Houma is named after the Houma Tribe. The name means “red” in their language, whether referring to the sun or perhaps their crawfish war emblem.