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An overturned trailer in Lake End Parkway Wednesday afternoon. Photo courtesy of Morgan City Police Chief Travis Crouch.
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MORGAN CITY, La. — A power outage struck the Morgan City area at about 10:40 a.m. and lasted until about 12:20 p.m. after a fault in an Entergy power line caused the feed to Cleco’s Bayou Ramos sub...
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Jindal: Marine contractor plans $30M expansion
THIBODAUX — An oilfield service company that had considered an out-of-state move plans a new $10 million headquarters in Gray and a $20 million manuf...
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By KEN STICKNEY
The Advertiser
LAFAYETTE (AP) — It never gets old when companies announce they’ll locate or expand in or around Lafayette.
But Gregg Gothreaux, Lafayette Economic Development Author...
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BATON ROUGE (AP) — The Louisiana House overwhelmingly refused Tuesday to provide government-subsidized health insurance to thousands of people with the Medicaid dollars available under the federal ...
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Ex-BP executive’s charge dismissed
NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge has dismissed a charge that is the backbone of the case against a former BP executive accused of concealing information from Congres...
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BATON ROUGE (AP) — State senators rejected a proposal on Monday for Louisiana to offer government-subsidized health insurance to the working poor through the federal health overhaul law known as th...
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LAFAYETTE – A New Iberia woman was sentenced Monday to 26 months in federal prison and for filing false claims of more than $12 million with the IRS and receiving tax refunds she was not owed. She...
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Beulah Mae Gibson, 87, a native and a resident of Franklin, died Wednesday, May 15, at 9:04 a.m., at Franklin Nursing Care.
Visitation will be Friday, May 24 at St. Jules Catholic Church in Frankli...
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Mud-logging exec
LAFAYETTE – Services for mud-logging company founder William Scott will be Friday. He died May 20 at age 90.
He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II’s European theater, recommen...
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BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Lilly Vining Fabre, 90, passed away peacefully at the Sunshine Haven Hospice, surrounded by her daughters Saturday, May 18, 2013.
Lilly was born in Bayou Melon in Saint Martin ...
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June 15, 1926 — May 20, 2013
A Mass of Christian burial will be held Thursday, May 23, 2013, at 11 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Patterson for Mr. Levy “Buddy” Roy, 86, a native of Cottonpo...
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August 31, 1920 — May 19, 2013
Ethel L. Comeaux Lemaster, 92, a resident of Morgan City, passed away Sunday, May 19, 2013, at Teche Regional Medical Center surrounded by her loving family.
Ethel wa...
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Long-time vet
METAIRIE – Services for long-time vet Dr. Thomas Melius, Jr. will be Thursday. He died May 19 at age 90.
He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He was former veterinarian for Aud...
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BAYOU VISTA, La. — The St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office is looking for a suspect in an attempted armed robbery that was reported around 7 a.m. Tuesday at Chabill’s Tire Service in Bayou Vista, Sher...
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St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert reported the arrest of Carl Cage, 47, 121 Hekeb Lane, Verdunville, Tuesday at 5:32 p.m. on charges of possession of synthetic cannabinoids and abuse of toxic vap...
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BAYOU VISTA, La. — Three men were arrested Monday in Bayou Vista on multiple drug charges after St. Mary Parish sheriff’s detectives conducted a search warrant at a Delmar Road residence finding va...
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St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert reported the following arrests:
Drew Baugher, 23, of Rizzo Street in Patterson, was arrested at 10:52 p.m. Friday on charges of possession of schedule III (Klono...
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By ZACHARY FITZGERALD
zfitzgerald@daily-review.com
St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert reported the following arrests:
—Drew Baugher, 23, of Rizzo Street in Patterson, was arrested at 10:52 p.m. Fr...
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Franklin Police Chief Sabria McGuire reported the following arrests from the past weekend:
Bailey Robertson Peters, 31, of St. John Street, Franklin, was arrested Friday at 11:41 a.m., and charged ...
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By JOHN MAGINNIS
and JEREMY ALFORD
LaPolitics.com
The pay raise proposals winding through the Legislature for clerks of court, assessors and judges could potentially increase the salaries of sherif...
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Fire was a huge hazard to south Louisiana communities in the days before modern firefighting equipment and good water supplies, when wooden homes and buildings were illuminated by oil lamps and can...
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It's hard to believe that today marks the tenth anniversary of the death of Mary Alice Fontenot, the newspaperwoman, teacher, and storyteller who knew and was known by practically everyone in Acad...
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Cinqo de Mayo, the fifth of May, commemorates the Mexican army's defeat of French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, It was a huge victory for the Mexicans who were outnumbered two to ...
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By MELINDA DESLATTE
Associated Press
BATON ROUGE — Tax discussions may be largely dead for the legislative session, but lawmakers have found a list of other issues over which to bicker for the next...
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In October 1788, César Archinard, Edward Murphy, and François Brunet were sent to the Bayou Chicot community by Nicolas Forstall, commandant of the Poste des Opelousas, to investigate the sudden de...
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May 13
The Advertiser, Lafayette, La., on online sales tax would level playing field:
It is time for states to begin collecting sales tax on Internet purchases. This is a po-tential source of reven...
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May 11
Times-Picayune, New Orleans, on Congress should make sure flood insurance is affordable:
Hurricane Isaac spared 86-year-old Addie Riley’s home in Bohemia last fall. But new federal flood ins...
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May 12
The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La., on state’s children facing crunch:
Continuing challenges with the state budget mean that funding for basic social services is deeply strained, and that realit...
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May 5
The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La., on an end run on textbooks:
Without knowing the background, there is no apparent reason to object to a bill in the Legislature that would give local school dis...
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May 6
The Courier, Houma, La., on voters making a sound decision on taxes:
It was a day for deciding the fates of taxes.
In Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes alone, there were five separate tax iss...
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May 3
The News-Star, Monroe, La. on school systems deserving a vote:
Rural school systems in northeastern Louisiana are suffering financially.
In some communities, the dollars assigned to public sc...
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By JOHN MAGINNIS
and JEREMY ALFORD
LaPOLITICS.com
Proposed salary bumps for assessors, clerks and judges are all positioned to move forward in the remaining three weeks of the regular session. Toge...
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By JOHN MAGINNIS
and JEREMY ALFORD
LaPolitics.com
With the U.S. Senate approving legislation earlier this week to allow states to collect sales taxes on Internet purchases, attention turns to the ...
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By JOHN MAGINNIS and JEREMY ALFORD
LaPolitics.com
BATON ROUGE — Considering all the lawsuits that have been filed and those that are anticipated, the court system is putting Gov. Bobby Jindal and h...
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By JOHN MAGINNIS
and JEREMY ALFORD
LaPolitics.com
A committee hearing that was scheduled Monday for a bill to place the Artificial Reef Development Fund in the state constitution was temporarily de...
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An AP News Analysis
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal has punted the tax debate to lawmakers with no guiding principles for the multibillion-dollar budget implications involved in his bid t...
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By JOHN MAGINNIS and JEREMY ALFORD
LaPolitics.com
BATON ROUGE — With Gov. Bobby Jindal’s tax repeal package and those like it apparently immobile and parked for the session, lawmakers are slowly tu...
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By MATTHEW DALY
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said Tuesday he will put on hold about 20 applications to export liquefied natural gas until he reviews studies by the En...
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Rockin’ Rooster held its grand opening Saturday and was welcomed into the Patterson community by Mayor Rodney Grogan who pointed out that getting restaurants and other businesses like this will hel...
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Cleco sends crews to help in Okla.
PINEVILLE — Cleco Corp. is sending a 34-member crew to Oklahoma City to help Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company restore power to customers after a tornado destroye...
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NEW IBERIA – Teche Federal Bank Board of Directors announced the promotion of Kelli Hayes to banking officer.
Hayes is the branch sales and service manager of Teche’s Bayou Vista branch located at ...
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LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — It never gets old when companies announce they'll locate or expand in or around Lafayette.
But Gregg Gothreaux, Lafayette Economic Development Authority president and chief ex...
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Louisiana's unemployment rate rose in April for the fourth straight month, as fewer people reported having work.
While the labor force was basically flat, according to the federal Bureau of Labor S...
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