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Maj. Peter Oliver, who has worked as a Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agent for 21 years, said the nature of the job places officers in potentially dangerous situations. LSU Manship News Serivce/Albert Burford
Memorial honors fallen Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries agents
By ALBERT BURFORD LSU Manship News Service BATON ROUGE — Since the agency’s founding in 1872, seven Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries agents have lost their lives in the line of duty —...
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Greenstein skips budget hearing
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Lawmakers seeking more information about the Jindal administration’s cancellation of a nearly $200 million Medicaid contract amid an ongoing criminal investigation were told Tues...
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Oil platform owner sued over deadly blast in Gulf
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Relatives of two victims of a deadly explosion on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico last year are suing the platform’s owner and operator, accusing the Houston-based company ...
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Jazz Fest releases lineup
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As this year’s New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival’s detailed lineup was released Tuesday, a month before the gates open, organizers said they are energized and expecting to b...
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Frank DeLaughter
Infamous civil rights figure claimed to have reformed
By KEVIN THIBODEAUX LSU Manship News Service Newly declassified FBI documents show the late Concordia Parish Chief Sheriff Deputy Frank DeLaughter claimed to have reformed after he was released fro...
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Proposed saggy pants ban heads to public hearing
HOUMA (AP) — Terrebonne residents can comment April 10 before the Parish Council takes a final vote on a proposal to impose fines for anyone caught wearing pants that sag below the waist in public....
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Louisiana news briefs
Sinkhole swallows more trees BAYOU CORNE — About 25 trees fell into the Assumption Parish sinkhole and officials say a new crack formed Monday night in a well pad south of the lake-like slurry hol...
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Supervisors approve LSU president appointment
BATON ROUGE – The LSU Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the appointment of F. King Alexander as President of the LSU System and Chancellor of LSU A&M, with the understanding that these two ...
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Mark Shirley, LSU AgCenter fisheries agent, shows shrimpers in Delcambre how to use an Emergency Position Indicator Radio Beacon to alert the Coast Guard with a distress signal.
There's more to shrimping than trawling
DELCAMBRE – Experts from the LSU AgCenter and Louisiana Sea Grant met with area shrimpers to help them become more efficient, learn new technology and comply with federal fishing regulations. “We a...
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Hurricanes offer similar lessons for builders
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Lessons learned from Hurricane Sandy about how best to limit damage to buildings closely track those of Katrina, a federal engineer said Monday. Elevating generators and pumps is...
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Lawmakers say Jindal trying to oust college leader
BATON ROUGE (AP)— Six Republican state lawmakers said Monday that Gov. Bobby Jindal is trying to pressure the Board of Regents to fire the state’s top higher education leader. Commissioner of Highe...
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Rig worker: Training saved lives after BP blowout
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Transocean employee who served as chief mate on the Deepwater Horizon testified Monday that he believes the rig crew’s emergency training saved lives following the 2010 explosi...
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