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Accused killer's girlfriend says she talked to him about robbing VP nail shop
VILLE PLATTE – Accused murderer Dannie Lafleur’s girlfriend testified Wednesday she talked to him about robbing the shop he is charged with robbing and killing the owner of. Jeannie Malee Fontenot...
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Monroe superintendent says 50-100 teacher layoffs necessary
MONROE – The Monroe City School Board as several budget choices and none of them are pleasant. The plans presented by Superintendent Kathleen Harris could result in 50 to 100 teachers being cut nex...
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Extra fruit, veggies driving school meal expenses up, Vermilion considering price change
ABBEVILLE – The parish schools’ Child Nutrition Supervisor Mary Jumonville has approached the Vermilion Parish School Board about increasing the cost of school lunches by 20 cents per student becau...
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Convoy collision kills rig driver
SHREVEPORT – Eighteen-wheelers convoying on U.S. 79 collided with another Tuesday, killing its driver. Deputies said a truck in a convoy of northbound Frac Tech Solutions rigs ran into the rear of ...
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Permit issued for first Avoyelles Marine Shale well
MARKSVILLE – The first permit for a Tuscaloosa Marine Shale oil well in Avoyelles was issued Monday by the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources. The well, known as the Dupuy Land Company No. 1...
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Remorseless man gets life for kicking another to death
CROWLEY - A defiant, remorseless Robert James Thomas was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the beating death of August Carter outside of a Church Point bar in May 20...
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Cankton couple charged after child allegedly beaten with extension cord
CANKTON – A woman and her boyfriend are charged with cruelty to her 10-year-old son after he was allegedly beaten about the upper body with an extension cord. On Thursday, the St. Landry Parish S...
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Teen trio sentencedi n gravesites vandalism case
JENNINGS – Three teenagers have been ordered to pay $16,000 each in restitution for damaging dozens of gravesites in three area cemeteries. Sebastian Abshire, 19; Dacota Miguez, 17; and Joselyn Mi...
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Former Chicago Bear Ortego receiver faces misdemeanor teen sex charge
CROWLEY - Former Chicago Bear Super Bowl team member and McNeese University All-American Keith Ortego faces a misdemeanor sex charge involving a teenager. Ortego, an assistant football coach at Cr...
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Dismembered dancer may have been lured by after-hours party cash
AMITE – Mississippi authorities believe Jaren Lockhart was lured from her Bourbon Street dancer job to an after-hours party by the promise of extra income, then killed. Other dancers at the club to...
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An aerial applicator buzzes by during annual Rice Field Day. Photo by Bruce Schultz.
New fungicide helping with rice sheath blight; blast another story
CROWLEY – Farmers midway through their rice-growing season heard advice June 13 from LSU AgCenter experts at the Acadia Parish field day on precautions to be considered to protect this year’s crop....
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Woman of interest in stripper-torso case declines transfer from La. jail to Mississippi
AMITE -- Margaret Sanchez, a person of interest in the dismemberment of a Tickfaw-area woman whose torso was found in the Bay of St. Louis, has not signed extradition papers that would transfer her...
Jun 14, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 24 24 recommendations | email to a friend
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