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New Iberia woman gets 26 months in $12 million IRS scam
LAFAYETTE – A New Iberia woman was sentenced Monday to 26 months in federal prison and for filing false claims of more than $12 million with the IRS and receiving tax refunds she was not owed. She...
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Martin will put $20 million into Chopin plan upgrade, expansion
CHOPIN – Gov. Bobby Jindal and President and Chief Financial Officer Roy O. Martin, III of RoyOMartin-Martco Ltd. Partnership announced Monday that the company will invest $20 million to modernize...
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Trio of personal care attendants face Medicaid fraud charges
ZACHARY – Three Zachary women are charged with Medicaid fraud, each accused of filing false claims. All three were arrested May 15 by the State Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit with a...
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Judge delays ex-BP engineer’s trial NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge in an order Friday agreed to postpone the trial of a former BP engineer charged with deleting text messages about the company’s r...
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Energy Dept. backs Texas LNG export plan
WASHINGTON — The Energy Department on Friday conditionally approved a Texas company’s proposal to export liquefied natural gas, only the second such project allowed to move forward amid a productio...
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Brennan’s squabble unresolved
NEW ORLEANS, La. — A federal judge’s ruling Friday hasn’t resolved a family’s bitter struggle for control of Brennan’s, one of New Orleans’ best-known restaurants. U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan ...
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Eunice teen dies from wounds in Branch shootout
BRANCH – A Eunice teenager died from wounds received in a shooting Sunday evening at the Branch/Church Point highway crossroad. According to Acadia Parish Sheriff Wayne Melancon deputies responded ...
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Gators getting some Morgan City sunshine.
Gator complaints keep Morgan City offiicals busy
MORGAN CITY — Alligators continue to be spotted in people’s yards and neighborhoods in Morgan City, a problem police have been dealing with for about a month, which could be due to several differen...
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Cold case -- Man arrested in Texas for 1962 death of Louisiana woman
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — A man arrested in a 51-year-old killing is being held in the Calcasieu Parish jail without bond. Authorities arrested 73-year-old William Felix Vail Friday for the October ...
May 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Man: Stripper, male friend takes his pickup
METAIRIE, La. (AP) — A man told Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputies he rendezvoused with a stripper at a Metairie apartment complex, looking for a "good time." Instead he was robbed following a bla...
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Deaths Elsewhere
Hospital executive LAKE CHARLES – Services were Saturday for hospital executive Dave Usher. He died May 15 at age 62. He was senior vice president of business development at Lake Charles Memorial ...
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Agents looking for whooping crane's slayer
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division agents and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials are looking for leads regarding a whooping crane that was found...
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