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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...
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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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Kaleb White and family.
8-year-old's alert response gets baby sister to hospital on time
KAPLAN — Kaleb White is in many ways a typical 8-year-old boy. He enjoys playing outside and swimming in his pool and complaining that the recent rain has kept him from doing those things. He also ...
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Two teens cling to life following fatal I-20 collision
SHREVEPORT – Two teenage boys injured when a car enroute to a lake get-together cross the Interstate 20 median and hit two others remain in Shreveport hospitals. Two teen girls -- Arien Manshack, 1...
Jul 10, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 36 36 recommendations | email to a friend
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Lavergne
Chief declines to say what evidence indicates missing coed Shunick is dead
LAFAYETTE – Police Chief Jim Craft declined to say what evidence exists that missing coed Mickey Shunick is dead. Brandon Scott Lavergne, 33, an offshore worker, was arrested Thursday and charged ...
Jul 06, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 45 45 recommendations | email to a friend
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Mother charged with cruelty after baby found overturned in swing
BALL – A woman whose chidl was found overturned in a swing after people nearby heard it crying for an extended amount of time is charged with cruelty to a juvenile. Rapides deputies charged Ashley ...
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Clues from bike scene lead police to alleged Shunick killer
SWORDS – Clues collected from her bicycle, found submerged in the Whiskey Bay area eventually led police to the accused killer of Mickey Shunick. Law enforcement sources assert that that evidence l...
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Commission okays tentative dates for three duck-hunting zones
BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission tentatively approved proposed duck hunting dates for the 2012-2013 season at their July 2 meeting. The dates were presented by the Lou...
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LSU researches develop Gulf Coast storm surge database
BATON ROUGE – Storm surges, which occur as sea water is pushed up against a shoreline by hurricane winds, are often the greatest threat to life and property from a hurricane. The Gulf of Mexico coa...
Jul 05, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 29 29 recommendations | email to a friend
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State scrambling to cover $859 million Medicaid loss
BATON ROUGE – The Dept. of Health is scrambling to adjust to the unexpected loss of $859 million in Medicaid funds for health serves for the poor and uninsured. The cuts were unmentioned in press r...
Jul 03, 2012 | 2 2 comments | 35 35 recommendations | email to a friend
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