State News
St. Helena to take up strip club regulations
ST. HELENA – Strip clubs will be back on the Police Jury runway Tuesday night. Strip clubs have been the focus of most residents in St. Helena Parish for some years now. Some supporting them and o...
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Seahawks' Simon's encounter with detective was second in two nights; alleged resistance stopped after Taser 'painting'
NFL draftee and former LSU defensive back Tharold Simon of Eunice dropped resistance when Taser “painted” by the officer arresting him late Thursday night, the second night he had encountered polic...
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Pepiton
Man allegedly takes bat to head of another
DUPONT – A man who alleged used a baseball bat on the head of another is charged with attempted second-degree murder. According to Avoyelles Sheriff Doug Anderson, Brandon Pepiton, 31, of Dupont, a...
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August
Teen held in Abbeville slaying
ABBEVILLE – A teenager is charged with killing another in a Friday night shooting here. Walter August, 18, of Abbeville was charged early Monday with the second-degree murder of Jovontae Charles, ...
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Louisiana news briefs
Judge to LSU: release all names of prez candidates BATON ROUGE — A state district judge in Baton Rouge has ruled that LSU’s search for a new president was conducted in illegal secrecy. Judge Janic...
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Louisiana news briefs
Former fire marshal investigator arrested BATON ROUGE — A retired state Fire Marshal’s Office investigator surrendered to authorities on accusations he falsified paperwork of an attempted inspecti...
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New teacher evaluations postponed
BATON ROUGE, La. — The disciplinary effects of a new statewide teacher evaluation system would be delayed for a year to give schools time to work out kinks in the assessment method, under a propos...
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Company: 3-D data show sinkhole subsurface stable
LAFAYETTE (AP) — New results from a seismic survey of the 13-acre sinkhole in Assumption Parish suggest that the subsurface is stable, said officials of the company that owns the failed cavern thou...
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School district grading change delayed
BATON ROUGE (AP) — House Education Committee members backed a proposal Wednesday that would require the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to delay using new methods for calculating ...
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Gov. Bobby Jindal
Medicaid expansion rejected by House committee
BATON ROUGE, La. — At attempt to cover more uninsured people in the state’s Medicaid program, as allowed under the federal Affordable Care Act, was rejected Wednesday by a House committee. After fi...
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Child predators sting charges include porn with juvies, indecent behavior, solicitation, incest
BATON ROUGE — Agents with the Louisiana Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force have arrested nine men as part of an undercover investigation targeting child predators across southern Louisiana...
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House panel rejects Medicaid expansion, Senate hearing to come
BATON ROUGE — A Senate committee next week will take up the issue of expanding Medicaid to cover more uninsured, an action a House panel turned down Wednesday. The House Health and Welfare Committe...
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