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State Police continuing enforcement assistance in St. Martinville
ST. MARTINVILLE – Troopers from Louisiana State Police Troop I will continue to aid city police in patrolling St. Martinville well into next month, said Mayor Thomas Nelson. Nelson said he request...
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Woman pleads to federal marijuana charges
BREAUX BRIDGE – A Breaux Bridge woman has pleaded guilty to drug charges in federal court in Lafayette. Francis Eaglin, 42, was charged with one count for conspiracy to possess with intent to dist...
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Grand jury indicts three teens in robbery-murder
ABBEVILLE – On Thursday, a special grand jury in the 15th Judicial Court indicted three teenagers arrested for allegedly beating to death a Vietnamese man in Abbeville last week. Facing life in pr...
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State put $605 million in transportation projects in 2011
BATON ROUGE –– DOTD Secretary Sherri H. LeBas said the state invested over $605 million on transportation infrastructure projects during 2011, resulting in 338 projects that helped to improve ove...
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Jindal education plan jolts establishment
BATON ROUGE – Gov. Bobby Jindal’s agenda for overhauling Louisiana public education rubs the establishment the wrong way. Jindal on Tuesday unveiled a plan that would revise teacher tenure laws, gr...
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Teen trio allegedly beats man for less than $100, leaves him dying in street
ABBEVILLE – Three Abbeville teenagers face the death penalty for allegedly robbing and killing a Vietnamese for less than $100. The juveniles, whose names are withheld, were arrested and charged wi...
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Man allegedly posed as young girl to lure teen boys
A man allegedly posed as a 14-year-old girl while trolling for teenage boys on the internet. Allege details continue to emerge in the case of accused sex offender Eric Manuel, who was first arreste...
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Driver killed in head-on collision with 18-wheeler
JEFF DAVIS PARISH - A crash on US 90 near LA Hwy 1126 in Jefferson Davis Parish killed a Jennings man on Thursday afternoon. State Police said Aden L. Greek, 53, crossed the center line and hit an ...
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Drive instructor booked on sex charges involving student under 16
CROWLEY – A driving instructor is accused of having sex with a girl under age 16. Randal Trahan, 46, was booked into the Lafayette Parish jail on charges of felony carnal knowledge (two counts) an...
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Pair accused of hog-tying mentally impaired woman, stealing her money and meds
RAYNE – Police arrested a man and woman accused of duct taping and hog-tying a mentally deficient family member for her money and prescription drugs. David Joshlin, 56, and Deborah Credeur, 61, ar...
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Privates go public, official wants to ban wearing PJ bottoms outside home
SHREVEPORT – Call them leisure wear if you like, but Caddo Parish Commissioner Michael Williams knows pajamas when he sees them, and one place he doesn’t want to see them is at Walmart or other pub...
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<strong>By: MICHAEL BORDELON News Editor</strong> Rice farmers throughout the parish are busy and they are beginning to harvest their rice crop, which is good news for them since rice prices are at record levels and will help to offset the escalating costs they face.<!--break--> The current world market price is at a very good $27-28 per barrel (one barrel is 162 pounds), according to LSU AgCenter Extension Office’s Keith Fontenot, county agent. While $28 per barrel is as high as the price has ever been, Fontenot said farmers are facing the highest operation costs they have ever encountered. Expenses per acre are climbing ever higher, with some reaching well over $700 per acre. Fontenot said with the increase in diesel and fertilizer costs farmers are still feeling the pinch, even with record prices per barrel. He stated last year, $19 was a very good price, and in the last two to three years, he has seen farmers sell rice at $12, $14 and $16 per barrel. While it may not be the highest price ever, it is a welcome relief for our local rice farmers. As recent as 2002, the price was as low as $6.10 per barrel. Fontenot said many farmers are beginning to plant hybrid rice as it has been doing pretty well in this parish. He said approximately 18-20 percent of the rice grown in Evangeline Parish last year was hybrid rice, and that number is expected to be much higher this year. Fontenot also wanted to make motorists aware of farm equipment as farmers begin harvesting. “Be cautious on the road,” he said. “There are big pieces of equipment that will be moving from field to field, especially as the harvest gets into full swing. Please have patience when you’re driving because these things don’t go 55 miles per hour and they are not very forgiving in a collision. Please be careful when passing.”
Rice crop sets record yield, sugar cane and sweet potato production dips
ALEXANDRIA – “Good weather conditions for the growing and harvest seasons helped rice to set a statewide record in 2011,” said Nathan Crisp, Director of the Louisiana Field Office of the USDA’s Nat...
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