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White Lake birding, nature trail opens
GUEYDAN – T\the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) on Thursday opened a new, two-mile birding and nature trail at White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area (WCA) south of Gueydan in ...
Apr 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 34 34 recommendations | email to a friend
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Lightning strikes tin building, killing two fishermen getting out of storm
AMITE – About 75 persons are killed annually by lightning strikes in the U.S. A Tangipahoa father and son are among that number this year. The sheriff’s office says a father and son who never retu...
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Vehicle winds up in canal, driver escapes serious injury
FRESHWATER CITY – State Police are trying to determine why Shawn Harris of Abbeville drove his vehicle into a canal along La. 82, not far from Pecan Island. The Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office an...
Apr 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 28 28 recommendations | email to a friend
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Third Circuit says lawyer, wife were La. residents, owe state $715,000 income tax
The Third Circuit Court of Appeal has ruled that Opelousas attorney and businessman Louis Viviano and his wife Christy owe more than $700,000 in disputed state income tax due 20 years ago. At issue...
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Louisiana students say flat tires landing was rough but not scary
WASHINGTON D.C. - A handful of Mt. Carmel (Vermilion Parish) students and chaperones did not realize their lives were in danger until they began being interviewed by the Washington D.C. media on Mo...
Apr 10, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 27 27 recommendations | email to a friend
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Santorum out; Romney-Obama is the matchup
Louisiana Republicans' preferred presidential candidate Rick Santorum on Tuesday suspended his campaign. The former Pennsylvania senator won the state over former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney in the Mar...
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Couple in custody, their two-month-old found dead in woods near home
ZACHARY – A couple is in custody after their two-month-old son was found dead in a field near their home Tuesday morning. According to the East Baton Rouge Sheiff’s Office, deputies received a dome...
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Domestic violence leads to attempted murder, suicide
HESSMER – A man attempted to murder his girl friend Tuesday morning, then shot himself fatally in the head. Avoyelles Sheriff Doug Anderson said Dwayne E. Franks, 34, argued with his girl friend j...
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Christine Bolfa holds a horse up while students at Danyelle’s Early Developmental Center raise their hands to be picked to say the French word for horse so they can add it to the farm scene in front of them. At right is Margaret “Chicken” Ardoin, wife of “Winky” Ardoin, who is past president and is now chairman of the Dewey Bolfa Cajun and Creole Heritage Week. At left is Danyelle Reed, owner/teacher at the school.
Late musician Dewey Bolfa's daughter teaching French to kids before they get to kindergarten
VILLE PLATTE – A teacher specializing in the French language is building a program that will teach French to students in Acadiana starting before they reach kindergarten. Christine Balfa, who was f...
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Residents seem to think La. colleges should offer more variety
BATON ROUGE – The LSU Public Policy Research Lab, or PPRL, supported by the Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs, has released results from their annual Louisiana Survey showing Louisiana resid...
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Man, woman held on multiple drug, weapons charges
MARKSVILLE – Deputies arrested a man and woman Monday on multiple drug and weapons charges, seizing pills, cash and a number of guns in the process. Sheriff Doug Anderson said the charges came af...
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Two die in fiery U.S. 190 crash
LIVONIA – Two people died of injuries received in a fiery crash west of here Easter weekend. State Police said a vehicle driven by George Joseph, 54, of New Orleans struck the median guardrail on ...
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