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Fiscal administrator named for Jonesboro
JONESBORO – Dist. Judge Jimmy Teat on Tuesday appointed a fiscal administrator for the town of Jonesboro, which plans to appeal his action. William Ryder is a CPA who worked for the Louisiana Legi...
Jul 26, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 23 23 recommendations | email to a friend
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Alleged rapist allegedly threatened victim with ax
OPELOUSAS – An Opelousas man is accused of snatching a woman pedestrian in and taking her to a remote area where he raped her while threatening her life with an ax. Police said the victim indicated...
Jul 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
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Suspect in dancer's death, dismemberment remains in Tangi jail
AMITE — A judge says there’s reason enough to keep a suspect in the death and dismemberment of a New Orleans dancer in jail here. Margaret Sanchez, 28, of Kenner, is charged with harboring a sex of...
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Mother, boyfriend charged in toddler's death
OPELOUSAS – A St. Landry grand jury has indicted a mother and boyfriend in the murder of the woman's two-year-old son. Latricia Hunt, 20, is charged with second-degree cruelty to a juvenile, and D...
Jul 23, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 29 29 recommendations | email to a friend
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Two charged with shocking for fish
WINNSBORO – Two men allegedly using a shocking device to take game fish face state charges. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Enforcement Division agents cited the two men for a...
Jul 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 45 45 recommendations | email to a friend
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Search begins for new UL System president
BATON ROUGE – The Executive Committee of the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System met in Baton Rouge on Thursday to initiate a nationwide search for the eighth UL System Pres...
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Site of gas pipeline explosion.
Gas line blows in Intracoastal City, no one hurt
INTRACOASTAL CITY - The explosion could be heard as far away as 12 miles when a 14-inch gas pipe line ruptured and exploded Wednesday morning in Intracoastal City. The pipe line, owned by PSI MidS...
Jul 18, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 24 24 recommendations | email to a friend
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Woman who blamed 'voices' gets 40 years in motel manager's stabbing death
AMITE – A woman who said she listed to voices in her head before killing a motel manager will spend 40 years in prison. Dist. Judge Ray Chutz sentenced Joyce Myers, 36, on Tuesday. She pleaded guil...
Jul 18, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 31 31 recommendations | email to a friend
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From left: Independence Chief Dennis Crocker and Anthony Perrozzo. The chief’s screen saver shows the holocaust of the crash. Photo by Mark Mathes.
Independence firemen reminded daily of Kenner Pan Am crash
INDEPENDENCE -- Those in the fire service are family, friends and neighbors. Thirty years ago, Dennis Crocker was in his first year at the Kenner Fire Department. Neighbor Anthony Perrozzo had just...
Jul 18, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 28 28 recommendations | email to a friend
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Hands Up!' 'Can't, I'm holding gun, weed in sagging pants' pockets
THIBODAUX – Maybe it was the weight of things in his pants that caused them to sag enough to get a policeman’s attention. A 16-year-old was walking in the middle of the road with his pants drooping...
Jul 17, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 43 43 recommendations | email to a friend
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Graves tip false lead in Shunick case
SWORDS – A tip that led authorities to a possible grave site here Thursday morning turned out to be a false lead in the search for Mickey Shunik. Investigators and search dogs were sent to the scen...
Jul 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 34 34 recommendations | email to a friend
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Camera view of Whiskey Bay area east of Lafayette.
Eyewitness? Camera footage? What links Lavergne to site where Shunick's bicycle found?
WHISKEY BAY – St. Martin Parish residents continue to speculate about how investigators were allegedly able to place accused murder Brandon Laverngne in and around the location where Mickey Shunick...
Jul 11, 2012 | 2 2 comments | 33 33 recommendations | email to a friend
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