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Prep English teacher resigns over alleged sexting; Ortego case goes into diversion
A veteran Eunice High teacher has resigned in the wake of alleged inappropriate text images sent by her to a male student. Reliable sources independent of each other identify the teacher as Jacquel...
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New Jena plant will put 95 into $73,000 jobs
JENA -- Universal Plant Services, which provides machine services for heavy industry, will be the first tenant at Jena’s industrial park. The firm will put 95 people to work at the LaSalle Parish s...
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Pawpaw, you're going to need a bigger boat
BATON ROUGE - Slidell resident David Hebert remembers telling a news crew outside of his local Winn Dixie store that he did not purchase the $1 million ticket sold there during November’s record Po...
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Louisiana news briefs
Lafourche voters reject new levee tax THIBODAUX — Lafourche Parish votes have rejected levying a new one-cent sales tax north of the Intracoastal Waterway for flood protection. The North Lafourche...
Dec 10, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Strother, Chabert family head Political Hall of Fame list
WINNFIELD – A political consultant and a family of politicians lead the 2013 group of Louisiana Political Hall of Fame inductees. They will be inducted at the Hall here on Feb. 9. Raymond Strother ...
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Trailer comes loose, killes passing motorist
PRAIRIEVILLE -- A Texas man was killed when a trailer came loose from another vehicle and crashed into his vehicle on Interstate 10. State Police said the accident happened Friday afternoon near th...
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Boustany gets 5th term
LAFAYETTE – Charles Boustany will begin his fifth term as a conservative Republican congressman in January, and Jeff Landry’s first term as one will end the same day. Boustany won Saturday’s run-of...
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Off-duty deputy dies when unit leaves LA 1 during rainstorm, hits several trees
NATCHITOCHES PARISH – An off-duty sheriff’s deputy was killed when his patrol car left Highway 1 and struck several trees Sunday afternoon. State Police said the accident happened on La. 1 south of...
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Planned January layoffs delayed at LSU hospitals
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Nearly all 1,500 state employee layoffs scheduled for January at LSU hospitals across south Louisiana have been put on hold, as university leaders continue negotiating with priva...
Dec 06, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Montegut woman killed in crash with stolen car HOUMA — State police say a 70-year-old Montegut woman was killed in a head-on crash with a stolen car. Troopers say 32-year-old Gregory Poindexter o...
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Guilty plea in New Orleans bribery scheme
NEW ORLEANS — A businessman pleaded guilty Wednesday to plotting to bribe an unidentified former New Orleans public official in a case that appears to be linked to a federal probe of former Mayor R...
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Cat Island bird habitat steadily eroding
CAT ISLAND (AP) — Time has not been kind to Cat Island, two small spits of land in Plaquemines Parish that have served for years as bird nesting destinations. Cat Island is the name for two separat...
Dec 05, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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