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Agents make turkey hunting bust in Basin
ST. MARTINVILLE – Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division agents cited a man for alleged turkey hunting violations on March 24 in the Atchafalaya Basin. Agents cited Ted...
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Murder, rape charged in Opelousas cold case
OPELOUSAS ‑ The Opelousas Police Department arrested Jonell Rubin on Thursday on charges of First Degree Murder and Aggravated Rape. He is accused of the May 1988 murder of Brenda DuPont, 19, who ...
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Survey shows residents more optimistic about state's direction
BATON ROUGE – According to the 2012 Louisiana Survey, 47 percent of residents now say the state is heading in the right direction, a six point increase from 2011 and the first increase in the right...
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M16 whistleblower says DA fired him for revealing weapons deal
SHREVEPORT – A whistleblower says he was fired because he told the Caddo sheriff that the DA was buying automatic weapons. Don Ashley filed suit asking the Office of the Inspector General to review...
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Robert Plaisance works on tornado-damage repairs.
A lifetime's stuff gone in 10 seconds
GUEYDAN - The next time the weather is expected to get bad near Gueydan, the Plaisance family is going to be extremely scared. They have good reason to be. On March 21 Robert Plaisance and his wife...
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Port Barre employee charged in alleged meter deposits theft
PORT BARRE – City employee Jimmie "Jennie" Castille, 60, has been charged with malfeasance and theft. According to St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz, “In February 2012, we received notific...
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PAR says better rules needed for candidates' personal use of campaign funds
NEW ORLEANS -- The Public Affairs Research Council wants Louisiana ethics law more restrictive when it comes to personal use by candidates of campaign finance funds. That change is one of several ...
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Oil and gas firm says Tuscaloosa Shale producing results
AMITE – The Tuscaloosa Shale -- a 2.7 million-acre stretch of land extending from central Louisiana to southwestern Mississippi that’s believed to hold billions of barrels of oil -- is being target...
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Carp in Spring Bayou hydrilla fight doing well, management plan continues
MARKSVILLE – Since hydrilla was first identified in Spring Bayou in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries biologists have continued to utilize all available control measu...
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Unbelted teen driver killed when her pickup overturns
OLLA – State police say a teenager from Olla was killed in a single-vehicle crash. Madison Breann Shelton, 16, was driving a pickup west on a parish road near Olla Monday when the vehicle went out ...
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Unbelted driver killed when vehicle hits pole
BAKER – An unbelted driver was killed and her passenger critically injured when a car ran off La. 19 on Monday. Police said Ashley Bethley, 24, of Baker was killed when the 2007 Saturn Ion vehicle ...
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Hobo on her birthday.
Hobo, cat shelter's inspiration, marks 26th birthday
LAKE CHARLES – Hobo, the inspiration for the Hobo Hotel cat shelter, is blind now but still gets around enough to celebrate her 26th birthday. According to KLPC-TV, her weekend birthday party inclu...
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