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Attorney charged with false tax filings claiming $9 million in refunds
WEST MONROE – Attorney Francis C. Broussard, 53, was arrested Tuesday on charges of filing false tax returns that claimed $9 million in refunds. According to U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley, the ...
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FBI probes extortion claim in St. Landry School Supt. vote
The FBI’s investigation of charges that two St. Landry Parish School Board members attempted to sell their support in the superintendent election has stalled without date that vote. Unidentified so...
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Co-Op buildings burn in Abbeville
ABBEVILLE – Investigation continues into the largest fire in years in this city. The Vermilion Parish Farmers Co-Op buildings burned throughout Friday night and into Saturday morning. The buildings...
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Driver ejected, killed after van rolls over; impairment suspected
GREENSBURG – A man suspected of driving drunk was killed when ejected after his van left La. 43 Sunday night. According to State Police, Lee Womack, 67, failed to make a curve, ran off the road, sp...
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Weldon Russell, Realtor, leased his historic “blue house” in Amite to 2 Guns producers for 10 weeks. Photo by Mark Mathes.
Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg 'bank robbery' left pleny of money behind in Amite
AMITE -- When Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg robbed the bank in the action thriller 2 Guns, they left plenty of dough behind in Amite. Starting with a quarter million dollars just in leases to...
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A reunion of victims and first responders
Family reunites with Acadian Ambulance crew that responded to near-fatal motorcycle crash
ST. MARTINVILLE – Thanks to appropriate riding gear and the help of Acadian Ambulance medics, a father and daughter survived a near-fatal motorcycle crash in St. Martinville, La. Dennis Primeaux,...
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Feds waste no time indicting LSU bomb-threat suspect
BATON ROUGE -- The Baton Rouge man believed to be behind the bomb threat that led to the massive evacuation of the LSU campus earlier this week was indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday. U.S. A...
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Alleged would-be bomber too bombed to book
By Todd C. Elliott todd.elliott@eunicetoday.com An alleged bomb threat by an extremely bombed man landed him in the Eunice City Jail. Police arrested a Mississippi man on Tuesday for disturbing th...
Sep 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 32 32 recommendations | email to a friend
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Police hope case against alleged dealer sticks this time
Dexter Freeman’s alleged occupation hasn’t changed in the year since he was last arrested. Police on Sept. 17 charged Freeman, 24, of 340 Ulysses with two counts of distribution of Schedule II narc...
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Lallie Kemp patients getting notice to start looking elsewhere for treatment
INDEPENDENCE – Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center has begun notifying patients of the closure of its Ophthalmology Clinic and Podiatry Clinic and the possible closure of oncology services at the h...
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Pecan crop takes major Isaac hit, but price bump thought not likely
Louisiana pecan crop estimates for 2012 ranged from 13 million to 13.5 million pounds before Hurricane Isaac struck, according to industry experts. But a statewide loss of 15 percent would reduce...
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Tuscaloosa drilling surge seen in 2013
MARKSVILLE – It has been over a year now now since oil companies began gobbling up leases in the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale in Avoyelles, and already three wells are under way. Some industry experts e...
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