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St. Mary Parish Superintendent of Schools Donald Aguillard
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CENTERVILLE, La. — Nearly 4 percent of the parish’s public school teaching force will be eliminated through attrition in the coming school year.
The 26 teaching positions to be cut include four on ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Scientists in Michigan and Louisiana are predicting a big summer “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico unless a tropical storm hits the area shortly before or during the annual measu...
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Gas line explosion rattles parish
FRANKLINTON — A pre-dawn gas line explosion shook residents out of their beds in a rural, wooded area of Washington Parish, briefly knocking out power to thousand...
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SWARTZ – A driver who couldn’t stop in time was killed when a freight train rammed his pickup Tuesday evening.
State Police said Jason Hensley, 22, of Lake Providence was killed in the accident at ...
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NEW ORLEANS – Another baffling and enraging maltreatment of wildlife has been added to the Louisiana file.
Federal investigators report that someone poisoned and killed two bald eagles in Thibodaux...
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BATON ROUGE, La. — Attempts to limit Gulf Coast oil spill penalty money to coastal restoration in the Louisiana Constitution failed to gain legislative passage for a second year, while disagreement...
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‘Parent trigger’ bill for Recovery School District signed
BATON ROUGE — Parents will soon be able to try to get poor-performing schools in the Recovery School District returned to local control.
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February 28, 1951 — June 11, 2013
Charmaine Hackney, 62, a native of Alexandria and a resident of Patterson, passed away June 11, 2013, in Thibodaux.
Charmaine enjoyed her potted plants and watchin...
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February 10, 1938 — June 14, 2013
Mary Cecilia Furlette, 75, passed from this earth Friday, June 14, 2013, after a courageous battle with Ataxia.
Mary was born Feb. 10, 1938, in Flint, Mich., to Ja...
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Funeral services will be held on Friday, June 21, 2013 at 2 p.m. in Little Pass Baptist Mission in Charenton for Euna Vilcan, 91, the former Euna Taylor, who passed away Sunday, June 16, 2013, at ...
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St. Martinville - Funeral services will be held at 12:00 p.m., on Friday, June 21, 2013, at St. Martin de Tours Catholic Church in Saint Martinville, for Milton “Andy” Joseph Andrepont Jr., 75, who...
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Cajun humorist
CROWLEY – Services will be Friday for Cajun humorist Dave Petitjean. He died June 18 at age 85.
He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. He was one of the first humorists to perfo...
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Evelyn Butler, 73, a resident of Patterson and a native of Morgan City, died June 4 at Teche Regional Medical Center in Morgan City.
Visitation was held Saturday at Good Hope Baptist Church in Pat...
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St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert reported the following arrests:
—Tracie Lee Silva, 48, of Lake Palourde Road in Amelia, was arrested at 8:20 a.m. Tuesday for possession of cocaine with intent t...
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St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert reported the following arrests this morning:
Kristy Bergeron, 33, of 1801 Rose St., No. 8, Berwick, and Brock Bergeron, 26, of 526 David Road, Bayou Visa, were a...
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St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert reported the following arrests:
—Dean Beranek, 27, of Burchfield Lane in Berwick, was arrested at 4:18 p.m. Monday for unauthorized removal of a motor vehicle an...
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BAYOU VISTA, La. -- A 25-year-old Bayou L’Ourse man was arrested Monday after an investigation into a vehicle theft June 12 where the man asked to borrow the keys to a vehicle to get something out ...
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St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert reported the following arrests this morning.
A juvenile male, age 16, of Charenton, was arrested Monday at 10:59 a.m. on charge of being ungovernable. He was rel...
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A New Iberia man was arrested after a St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s deputy saw a driver swerving from lane to lane on U.S. 90 in Bayou Vista, according to Sheriff Mark Hebert.
Edgardo Cora, 53, of La. ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Lawmakers have taken strong philosophical positions on certain financial issues, but they aren't always keeping in step with their own rhetoric this legislative session.
The...
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Memorial Day weekend means it's time to start watching the Gulf. The beginning of hurricane season is less than a week ago, and the predictions are that this could be a mean one. Philip Klotzbach ...
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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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June 8
Times-Picayune, New Orleans, on legislative session lacked big ideas, true reform:
Some state legislators seem almost giddy over the way this spring’s session turned out. House Speaker Chuck...
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June 10
The Houma (La.) Today on fine money:
Louisiana was the hardest-hit state during the 2010 BP oil spill and its aftermath.
And the planning process for how to spend the fines BP will have to ...
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June 10
The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La., on Social Security’s state impact:
Joan Ruff said she believes the time is ripe for a national conversation on the future of Social Security. But we doubt th...
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June 3
The News-Star, Monroe, La., on supporting an international treasure:
If you have ever visited Poverty Point State Historic Site, you know that it is much more than a local treasure. It’s an ...
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May 31
The Times, Shreveport, La., on how Step Forward is headed in right direction:
How can we better educate our children from cradle to career? That’s the primary question being posed by a new e...
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June 4
The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La., on deterring bad habits with tax hikes:
The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals says, “Tobacco doesn’t just kill. It leads to many chronic diseases a...
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MELINDA DESLATTE,Associated Press
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana’s free college tuition program called TOPS carries a hefty price tag in a state budget that has been throttled with cuts.
It is expect...
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By KEVIN McGILL
Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS — He lost two court battles last week, but New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu may yet come out a winner politically.
On Wednesday, the 5th U.S. Circuit Co...
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By MELINDA DESLATTE,Associated Press
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration is moving so quickly to privatize the LSU-run hospitals that deals are being approved with significan...
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By JOHN MAGINNIS
and JEREMY ALFORD
LaPolitics.com
With the next governor’s election a mere 29 months away, prospective candidates are getting down to the first order of business, which is raising t...
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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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BATON ROUGE (AP) — The Research Park Corp. board of directors is set to vote next month on selling off its interest in the Bon Carre Business Center development in Baton Rouge.
The tax-funded Resea...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans officials have unveiled a five-year economic development plan targeting key industries, creating jobs and strengthening the economy through workforce training and sup...
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By VICKIE WELBORN
The (Shreveport) Times
STONEWALL (AP) — The Haynesville Shale is alive and well — at least for some property owners off Red Bluff Road near Stonewall.
Landowner Mark Burford said ...
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B.R. company
to pay nearly $60K
in OT back wages
BATON ROUGE — A construction services employment agency has agreed to pay more than 100 workers nearly $60,000 in back wages after an investigatio...
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HOUSTON (AP) — Oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. says the number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by six this week to 1,771.
The Houston-based comp...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Three tenants have moved into the Louisiana Business & Technology Center at LSU, bringing the number of companies in the business incubator to 35.
The new companies are Fact...
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