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Two teenage ruffians, evidently poor shots, allegedly trade fire in Opelousas gun fight, miss each other
OPELOUSAS – Two men are uninjured after police say they fired nearly 25 shots at each other during a gun fight. The incident took place Sunday afternoon. Police say Keenan Charles, 17, and Andrew ...
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Two kidnap-rape suspects put in pre-trial diversion, third pleads to battery
VILLE PLATTE – One of three men accused of kidnapping a woman from a Eunice night spot, raping her and dumping her in an Evangeline Parish ditch has pleaded guilty to beating her up and the other t...
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Projects in Acadia, Vermilion, Tangipahoa among those getting watershed funds
BATON ROUGE -- The Natural Resources Conservation Service will spend about has about $1 million on four Louisiana watershed projects to improve water quality. The Conservation Service is joining wi...
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Woman, unbelted, dies when her SUV strikes trees
PROVENCAL - A woman not wearing her seat belt was killed when she drover off a road and hit several trees. State Police said Ruby Murray, 75, of Anacoco was driving a SUV when it left La. 117 near ...
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ATV hits brick mailbox, rider thrown, killed
FERRIDAY - A Ferriday man died when the ATV he was riding on a public road struck a brick mailbox. State Police said Matthew Evans, 24, was not wearing a helmet when thrown from the ATV following ...
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Basile teen charged second time with illegally killing gator
OAKDALE – A Basile teenager has been arrested a second time in five months on charges of killing an alligator during closed season. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Enforcement...
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Hope dims with discovery of missing coed's bicycle
LAFAYETTE – Authorities hope for the best but many expect the worst as the search for Mickey Shunick continues. The missing ULL coed’s bike was found Sunday near the Whiskey Bay bridge in the Atc...
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L.J. Breaux helps Abbeville High junior Cameron Libersat complete the finishing touches on this wild hog mount at school. Breaux has been teaching taxidermy since 1971.
Long-time Industrial Arts teacher has a conflict of the heart
ABBEVILLE – Lully Joseph (L.J.) Breaux has a conflict of the heart when it comes to teaching at Abbeville High School. The 66-year-old Breaux said he still loves his job and still has a passion fo...
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Basinkeeper Dean Wilson
School Board opts for $88k from Atchafalay Basin cypress harvest, group threatens to sue
ST. MARTINVILLE – A group of environmentalists is threatening the sue the St. Martin Parish School Board under the federal Clean Water Act if the board proceeds with a plan to cut down stands of ba...
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LSU chancellor takes Colorado State post
BATON ROUGE – LSU Chancellor Michael Martin announced that he will accept the position of chancellor of the Colorado State University System, which includes CSU in Fort Collins, CSU-Pueblo and the ...
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Another search for missing Shunick yields nothing, tips keep coming
ST. MARTINVILLE – Four days after pretty, petite Mickey Shunick vanished from a Lafayette street in the middle of the night, peace officers and volunteers convened at Lake Martin in St. Martin Pari...
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Waste tire transport faces more than 100 charges
CHURCH POINT – Rakeim Senegal, 20, of Church Point, a waste tire transporter employed by Reds Transport, is being charged with 58 counts of forgery; 58 counts of filing a false public record; one c...
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