State News
Nov. 1 luncheon to honore Leaders in Philanthropy
LAFAYETTE, La. — Community Foundation of Acadiana’s second annual Leaders in Philanthropy Awards Luncheon will be Nov. 1 Among those honored will be R.E. “Bob” Miller of Bayou Vista. Miller is the ...
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Walker case: The devil (bath salts) made him do it?
AMITE-- Bath salts may be to blame for the horrific murder of a fetus on Oct. 23 in Walker. A Tangipahoa undercover narcotics agent and Amite native, who asked not to reveal his name, said the figh...
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Diggs
Jury convicts on second-degree murder count, killer gets life term
ABBEVILLE – Throughout the Jamaal Diggs’ second degree murder trial his attorney did his best to create doubt in the minds of the jury that it was not Diggs who shot and killed D’ Jacquaney Mitch...
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LSU six-year grad rate climbs to two-thirds, highest ever
BATON ROUGE – LSU’s six-year graduation rate has increased to 66.7 percent, the highest in the university’s history, according to the LSU Office of Budget and Planning. This year’s graduation rate ...
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Revenue panel hears Holloway, industry spokesman disagree on solar energy tax credit
BATON ROUGE - Public Service Commissioner Clyde Holloway and the renewable energies industry disagreed before legislators on the merits of a solar energy tax credit. Holloway warned members of the...
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Man allegedly cuts fetus from wife, kills it
WALKER – A man described by neighbors as normally nice was howling like a wolf when deputies restrained him after he allegedly killed his unborn child. Authorities alleged that Jeffery Reynolds, 31...
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Deaths Elsewhere
Killed in action WHITEHALL – Services for Corporal Joseph Fontenot, missing in Korea since June 28, 1951 will be Saturday. He was killed in action at age 20. His remains were recently found and ide...
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'Judge, I swear I saw horns'
HOUMA – Maybe, just maybe, there was a reason the hunter thought that doe had horns. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division agents cited a Houma man for alleged deer hu...
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Deer hunter cies in apparent stand accident; attaching straps broken, no safety harness
OAKDALE – Investigation continues in the apparent accidental death of a Lake Charles deer hunter. The Reeves Police Department received a report on Oct. 18 about a truck that had been parked on th...
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Motocrcylist dies when bike hits bridge rail
WESTLAKE – A Moss Bluff man is dead after a motorcycle crash in Calcasieu Parish. Shortly after 1 Saturday morning, Louisiana State Police Troop D responded to a single-vehicle motorcycle crash on...
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Crash kills Opelouas Gold Wing driver
OPELOUSAS – Investigation continues into a fatal Saturday night motorcycle crash. State Police said Edward Lanclos, 69, of Opelousas was driving a 2006 Honda Gold Wing Trike west on LA Highway 104 ...
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Buck stops here, and there, then walks out of town
ABBEVILLE – A deer on the streets of Abbeville is about as rare as a bar closed on Mardi Gras Day. Nevertheless, here’s an Abbeville deer story. Monday at around 4 a.m., Jimmy Hebert was sleeping ...
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