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Texas firm buying Baton Rouge-based Shaw Group
BATON ROUGE – Shareholders in Shaw Group will get $41 cash and stock worth about $5 for each share they hold under terms of a purchase by Chicago Bridge & Iron of the Baton Rouge-based company. CB...
Jul 30, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 35 35 recommendations | email to a friend
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State Police say they'll crack down on obscure, absent license plates
BATON ROUGE – According to a news release, Louisiana State Police are launching an aggressive campaign against obscured license plates in response to numerous complaints from citizens. Obstructions...
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Laverne pleads not guilty to alleged murders of Shunick, Pate
LAFAYETTE – In the small courtroom at the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center, 15th Judicial District Judge Herman Clause heard Brandon Scott Lavergne, 33, of Swords enter a “not guilty” plea to h...
Jul 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 37 37 recommendations | email to a friend
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Monroe chiropractor pleads in growth hormone case
MONROE – A chiropractor who pleaded guilty in a growth hormone case will be sentenced Dec. 6. Dr. Dallas Humble, in a deal with federal prosecutors, pleaded to conspiring to smuggle and sell hormon...
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Navy to christen last of three ships named for 9/11 sites
NEW ORLEANS -- The last of three ships named for sites of the Sept. 11,20911 terrorist attacks in the United States will be christened by the U.S. Navy on Saturday. The amphibious landing transport...
Jul 26, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 33 33 recommendations | email to a friend
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Hughes plans $70 million redevelopment of Riverwalk Markeplace
NEW ORLEANS – The Howard Hughes Corp. announced today it is spending $70 million to redevelop the Riverwalk Marketplace in downtown New Orleans as an upscale outlet center. The new venture will be ...
Jul 26, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 31 31 recommendations | email to a friend
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Richland cuts schools budget almost 10 percent
RAYVILLE – The Richland Parish School Board cut $1.8 million from its $20 million budget on Wednesday night. The cuts include consolidating bus routes, cutting teacher supply money, eliminating vac...
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Fiscal administrator named for Jonesboro
JONESBORO – Dist. Judge Jimmy Teat on Tuesday appointed a fiscal administrator for the town of Jonesboro, which plans to appeal his action. William Ryder is a CPA who worked for the Louisiana Legi...
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Alleged rapist allegedly threatened victim with ax
OPELOUSAS – An Opelousas man is accused of snatching a woman pedestrian in and taking her to a remote area where he raped her while threatening her life with an ax. Police said the victim indicated...
Jul 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 23 23 recommendations | email to a friend
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Suspect in dancer's death, dismemberment remains in Tangi jail
AMITE — A judge says there’s reason enough to keep a suspect in the death and dismemberment of a New Orleans dancer in jail here. Margaret Sanchez, 28, of Kenner, is charged with harboring a sex of...
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Mother, boyfriend charged in toddler's death
OPELOUSAS – A St. Landry grand jury has indicted a mother and boyfriend in the murder of the woman's two-year-old son. Latricia Hunt, 20, is charged with second-degree cruelty to a juvenile, and D...
Jul 23, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 34 34 recommendations | email to a friend
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Two charged with shocking for fish
WINNSBORO – Two men allegedly using a shocking device to take game fish face state charges. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Enforcement Division agents cited the two men for a...
Jul 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 54 54 recommendations | email to a friend
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