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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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Suspect allegedly admits LSU bomb threat
BATON ROUGE – LSU Police, with the assistance of multiple other Law Enforcement agencies, have made an arrest in the bomb threat directed toward the LSU campus. Shortly before 12 a.m. today, Wil...
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La. College Law School dean resigns
PINEVILLE – The dean of Louisiana College’s as-yet-unopened law school has resigned to accept another position. The Shreveport-based law school is supposed to open next fall. J. Michael Johnson, an...
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Late-nighters keep guzzling in Vermilion as jury works on bar-closing loophole
ABBEVILLE – The Vermilion Parish Police Jury thought by just changing the times to stop rural bars from selling alcohol in Vermilion Parish from 4 a.m. to 2 a.m., it would get impaired drivers off ...
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Passenger killed when pickup runs stopsign, hits car she was riding in
ZACHARY – A woman was killed Tuesday afternoon when the car she was riding in was struck by a pickup truck whose driver ran a stop sign. State Police said the accident happened about 3:30 p.m. at L...
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Alexandria council agrees to Hotel Bentley rescue plan
ALEXANDRIA – The City Council has approved an ordinance permitting agreement between the city and a development to salvage the historic Hotel Bentley. The agreement permits businessman Mike Jenkins...
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'Inattentive' truck driver hits disabled vehicle on interstate shoulder, infant killed
ROBERT – An apparently inattentive Diamondhead, Miss. man has been charged with negligent homicide in an accident that killed an infant in a disabled van at the I-12 Robert exit near LA 445. Troope...
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Woman pleads guility in Medicare wheelchair scam
LAFAYETTE _–A Rayne woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal health care fraud. Dorothy Cole, 59, owned a company that provided such items as power wheelchairs and scooters to Medicare recipients. S...
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Agents book eight teal hunters who can't count
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division agents cited eight men for allegedly possessing over the limit of migratory game birds on Catahoula Lake in LaSalle Parish on Sep...
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Alleged wife killer described as 'evil'
Robert Heard, a killer described by one who knows him as just plain evil, has allegedly killed again, this time stabbing his wife to death at their Eunice home. Police say he stabbed Demetra Doyle ...
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Junior high band director child in child porn case
DERIDDER – State Police say a junior high school band director distributed child pornography. Robert McNamee, 65, was charged after an Operation Child Watch investigation led to investigators findi...
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Teen passenger killed when van crosses centerline, strikes car head-on
DOYLINE – A teenager was killed Sunday when the van he was a passenger in hit another vehicle head-on. State Police said Matthew Kirkheart, 15, died in the collision on La. 164 about 4:30 p.m. Josh...
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