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Authorities, Shunick family await lab test results
MAMOU – Law enforcement officials believe they recovered the remains of Mickey Shunick in a makeshift grave near a cemetery west of here Tuesday afternoon. Acting on a confidential tip, officers sa...
Aug 08, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 24 24 recommendations | email to a friend
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Edwin Edwards announces paternity plans
ERATH - Former Gov. Edwin Edwards surprised his wife and the audience when he announced parent plans during a speech here. Edwards, who will be 85 on Aug. 7, told those attending the Order of Livin...
Aug 06, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 37 37 recommendations | email to a friend
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Four charged in Avoyelles drug raid, seven kids turned over to state services
MARKSVILLE – Four men face charges, seven children are in state custody and a large amount of suspected marijuana is off the streets. Three men were arrested and one is wanted in connection with th...
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Ernesto struggles, but still wobbling over Caribbean
MIAMI – Tropical Storm Ernesto continued to struggle Friday morning to keep its organization as it moved up the Atlantic Ocean. Even so, winds on Barbados were as high as 40 mph and higher on St. ...
Aug 03, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 34 34 recommendations | email to a friend
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DA won't seek death penalty in St. Landry case
OPELOUSAS – District Attorney Earl Taylor will not seek the death penalty against accused double murderer Warren “Boo Boo” Gautreaux. Taylor notified the defense and District Judge James Doherty, J...
Aug 02, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 35 35 recommendations | email to a friend
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Search over - Tech mascot dies of heat stroke from being left out by attendant too long
RUSTON – Louisiana Tech’s mascot Tech XX died Sunday of heat stroke when its caretaker left it outside, unattended, too long. According to vet Dr. Patrick Sexton, an employee of his clinic took the...
Aug 01, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 31 31 recommendations | email to a friend
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Search on for missing La. Tech mascot
RUSTON – Students and other residents are beating the bushes in search of Louisiana Tech’s missing mascot. Tech XX, a four-year-old English bulldog, disappeared at sundown Sunday after let out at a...
Jul 31, 2012 | 2 2 comments | 34 34 recommendations | email to a friend
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Negligent homicide charged in Arnaudville pedestrian's death
OPELOUSAS – Michael Jordan Stelly was booked into the St. Landry Parish Jail on Monday on charges related to the pedestrian fatality of Sherwin James Boone. Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz said, “During ...
Jul 30, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 38 38 recommendations | email to a friend
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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 | 30 30 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 | 31 31 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...
Jul 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 30 30 recommendations | email to a friend
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