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GUILTY, NOT GUILTY! Jury convicts former Monroe councilman of racketeering, acquits on extortion
SHREVEPORT — Former Monroe City Councilman Arthur Gilmore will be sentenced Sept. 26 after being convicted in federal court Thursday of racketeering. He was acquitted of extortion. The maximum sent...
May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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La. local schools owed $30M because of court ruling
BATON ROUGE (AP) — The state owes local school districts $30 million because the Louisiana Supreme Court threw out this year’s public school funding formula, Superintendent of Education John White ...
May 16, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Suspect arrested in Mother’s Day parade shooting NEW ORLEANS — Authorities have arrested the suspect wanted in a Mother’s Day parade shooting that wounded 19 people in New Orleans, police said. Ak...
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Feds indict Desperado's owner, nine others on racketeering conspiracy, drug charges
LAFAYETTE – United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced Thursday that Desperado’s Cabaret owner James “Jim” Panos, 55, of Broussard was indicted on May 8, 2013 in a superseding indictment,...
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Bids being taken for 29 gator hunting opportunities
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is accepting bids for 29 gator hunting opportunities on 13 Wildlife Management Areas and two Army Corps of Engineers properties. Bids for alligato...
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Three blacks accused of beating white family could face hate crime penalties
By Erin Foster LSN EAST BATON ROUGE – Three black suspects accused of attacking and beating a white family on Mother’s Day could be facing additional charges as police and the FBI determine whethe...
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Georgia men plead to million-dollar id theft/fraud scheme
LAFAYETTE – United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that Derrick Nathaniel Hartfield, 45, of Smyrna, Ga., and Rico Carty Clemons, 47, of Riverdale, Ga., pleaded guilty Monday before U....
May 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Sen. Bret Allain, R-Franklin
Allain’s Citizens rate bill rejected
BATON ROUGE, La. — Lawmakers in the House rejected a proposal Tuesday that sought legislative review of large rate increases for customers of Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort. The House ...
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Holes plugged in sinkhole’s berm BAYOU CORNE — Texas Brine Co. contractors have plugged the final two breaches in a containment berm around the Assumption Parish sinkhole after heavy rain and high...
May 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Breaux Bridge man dies in wreck ST. MARTINVILLE — Louisiana state police say a motorcycle rider has been killed in a two vehicle crash on La. 31 in St. Martin Parish. The accident happened Monday ...
May 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Motorcycle runs into back of truck slowing in road, cyclist killed
BREAUX BRIDGE – A motorcycle ran into the back of a pickup truck slowing down to retrieve something that had fallen from the truck bed. State Police said the collision occured about 9 a.m. Monday o...
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7 KILLED Judge resentences driver, result same, about 30 years in prison
ST. FRANCISVILLE – On Tuesday, 20th District Judge William Carmichael resentenced a Greensburg man convicted of seven counts of vehicular homicide. In March, Carmichael sentenced Brett Gerald to 1...
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