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Coast Guard to look into sheen at Deepwater Horizon spill site
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Coast Guard says it has approved plans to investigate another oil sheen spotted near the site of BP’s 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. The sheen was spotted earlier this mont...
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Louisiana news briefs
Port Barre student charged for battery PORT BARRE — A Port Barre High School student has been booked with battery on a school teacher and public intimidation just as school was letting out for Tha...
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Deepwater tracts star in Gulf oil tract auction
NEW ORLEANS, La. — Deep water got nearly all the bids in the third federal oil and gas lease in the Gulf of Mexico since the BP oil spill. Of $133.8 million in winning bids, only $4.6 million was f...
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LDWF seeking public opinion on Basin bass management
BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is now accepting public comment on bass management in the Atchafalaya Basin. A recent LDWF evaluation determined that the 14” mini...
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Shark 'finners' barred from La. waters for life, fined, still face federal charges
PLAQUEMINE – Two men who caught almost 500 sharks over the commercial limit have been fined and barred from fishing in Louisiana waters for life. Rick Nguyen, 37, of Buras, and Hung Anh Tiet, 29, o...
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Crawfish supply, price outlook good
ABBEVILLE – Everyone has just thrown away their left over Thanksgiving dinner, which means it is time to begin thinking about another favorite food choice --- crawfish. That’s right, the little red...
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Electric blanket eyed as source of fatal fire
PATTERSON — A fire that apparently was started by an electric blanket killed a 78-year-old Patterson man at his residence early Thursday, according to Patterson Fire Chief Sherel Martin. The Patter...
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Feds add $5,000 to black bear killer's info
MARKSVILLE – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has added $5,000 to the reward available for information on the killer of a Louisiana black bear found on a trail for all-terrain vehicles in Avoyel...
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Turtle protection device plans shelved by NOAA
BATON ROUGE (AP) — New regulations that would have forced shrimpers in the bays and marshes of the Gulf of Mexico to install devices on their nets to save endangered sea turtles were scrapped Tuesd...
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College accrediting body questions LSU job merger
BATON ROUGE, La. — The LSU governing board’s decision to merge two of the system’s top jobs has raised concerns from the Georgia-based organization that accredits Southern colleges, which is pressi...
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Judge says he’ll rule this week on voucher lawsuit
BATON ROUGE, La. — A Baton Rouge judge said Wednesday that he expects to rule this week on a lawsuit from teacher unions and school boards seeking to shut down Gov. Bobby Jindal’s statewide voucher...
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Another black bear felled illegally by gun shot
MARKSVILLE – Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Enforcement Division agents and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) officials are seeking leads for an illegally killed black b...
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