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Big storms mean big job for Rayne businessman
By PAUL KEDINGER LSN RAYNE – Can you imagine having to provide shelter, beds, and meals for hundreds –– even thousands –– of workers in the midst of a disaster? Eric Thomas of Rayne can –– and has...
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Texas educator takes Louisiana system presidency
NEW ORLEANS – Sandra K. Woodley is the next president of the University of Louisiana system. The system announced Woodley's appointment Friday in a news release. Woodley succeeds Randy Moffett, wh...
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Noted Zydeco guitarist dies in house fire
OPELOUSAS – Police said a member of the Zydeco music scene has died in a fire in his home. Police say 49-year-old Shelton Broussard died Tuesday night when a fire broke out in his mobile home. Brou...
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Unbelted driver killed when his truck hits pole, overturns
TICKFAW--A 27-year-old Loranger resident, Brandon Lala, was killed in a single-vehicle crash on LA. 442 approximately 2 miles east of Interstate 55 in Tangipahoa Parish. The crash happened Thursday...
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Teen killed when his bike hit on US 165.
GLENMORA – A teenager was killed Wednesday afternoon when his bike was hit by a car. State Police responded to the accident around 2:10 p.m., which occurred on US Hwy 165 at C. Walters Road. The c...
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Teen biker hit by allegedly drunk driver dies
HOUMA – Louisiana State Police Troop C was notified Wednesday afternoon that a 14-year-old boy involved in a Nov. 2 crash on Country Estates Drive in Terrebonne Parish died from his injuries sustai...
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IP donates legendary Bussey Brake and another lake to state
MONROE – International Paper has donated two reservoirs in Morehouse Parish, including the legendary Bussey Brake, to the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. Bussey, a 2,600-acre reservoir, was c...
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Husband, father questioned in stabbing, burning of his wife, children
LOCKPORT – Charges have not yet been filed in the case of a fire set to cover up the stabbing deaths of a mother and her two young children. Police have questioned the husband-father as the investi...
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Bullied student, with broken arm, parents, others want Amite action
AMITE -- About two dozen family members, friends and supporters of 13-year old Jewel M. Sumner Middle School student Chris Lang arrived in protest at the Tangipahoa Parish Schools Central Office M...
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Babineaux Sisters playing Liberty on Saturday
The Babineaux Sisters are on the bill at the LIberty Theater on Saturday, Nov. 10, the end of the first day of special Main to Main activities in the city, a day that begins with a community-wide g...
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James in front of burned house
Man pulls neighbor from burning house
"I just grabbed him and got out of there," said Bobby "Junior" James. James reported that he was outside his home on Saturday afternoon when he saw dark smoke nearby. James went down the road to s...
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Allegedly drunk driver's car leaves roadway, unbelted passenger ejected, killed
JEANERETTE -- An allegedly drunk driver will be charged with vehicular homicide in a crash that killed her passenger. The accident happened about 1 a.m. Saturday on La. 182 north of La. 318. State ...
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