State News
Teen bicyclist struck, killed
NEW IBERIA – A teenager riding an bike without lighting was hit by an SUV and killed. State Police said Jaquil Provost, 17, of New Iberia was riding about 9:15 p.m. Saturday on La. 182 west of Jean...
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New national cemetery opens in Zachary
ZACHARY -- Louisiana National Cemetery in Zachary officially opened Oct. 24 by providing its first Veteran burial at the facility. “With the opening of this national shrine, many thousands of Louis...
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Honey Badger, Jefferson, 2 other former LSU players booked on pot charges
BATON ROUGE – Former LSU football standouts Tyrann Mathieu and Jordan Jefferson are among four ex-players arrested Thursday after police found them with marijuana at Mathieu’s apartment, police sa...
Oct 26, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 27 27 recommendations | email to a friend
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2 St. Landry School Board members face charges in alleged vote-selling scheme
Two St. Landry Parish School Board members face federal charges stemming from their allegedly trying to sell their votes for selection of a superintendent. Reliable sources in that city tell Louisi...
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Castille
Services pending for Hadley Castille
Cajun fiddling legend Hadley Castille has died at age 79. He had been diagnosed with brain cancer. Castille was a world-reknowned musician, particularly popular in French-speaking areas, includin...
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Nov. 1 luncheon to honore Leaders in Philanthropy
LAFAYETTE, La. — Community Foundation of Acadiana’s second annual Leaders in Philanthropy Awards Luncheon will be Nov. 1 Among those honored will be R.E. “Bob” Miller of Bayou Vista. Miller is the ...
Oct 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 24 24 recommendations | email to a friend
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Walker case: The devil (bath salts) made him do it?
AMITE-- Bath salts may be to blame for the horrific murder of a fetus on Oct. 23 in Walker. A Tangipahoa undercover narcotics agent and Amite native, who asked not to reveal his name, said the figh...
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Diggs
Jury convicts on second-degree murder count, killer gets life term
ABBEVILLE – Throughout the Jamaal Diggs’ second degree murder trial his attorney did his best to create doubt in the minds of the jury that it was not Diggs who shot and killed D’ Jacquaney Mitch...
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LSU six-year grad rate climbs to two-thirds, highest ever
BATON ROUGE – LSU’s six-year graduation rate has increased to 66.7 percent, the highest in the university’s history, according to the LSU Office of Budget and Planning. This year’s graduation rate ...
Oct 24, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 28 28 recommendations | email to a friend
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Revenue panel hears Holloway, industry spokesman disagree on solar energy tax credit
BATON ROUGE - Public Service Commissioner Clyde Holloway and the renewable energies industry disagreed before legislators on the merits of a solar energy tax credit. Holloway warned members of the...
Oct 24, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 25 25 recommendations | email to a friend
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Man allegedly cuts fetus from wife, kills it
WALKER – A man described by neighbors as normally nice was howling like a wolf when deputies restrained him after he allegedly killed his unborn child. Authorities alleged that Jeffery Reynolds, 31...
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Deaths Elsewhere
Killed in action WHITEHALL – Services for Corporal Joseph Fontenot, missing in Korea since June 28, 1951 will be Saturday. He was killed in action at age 20. His remains were recently found and ide...
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