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Lafourche council to aid Chabert THIBODAUX — The Lafourche Parish Council has agreed to contribute $1 million help prevent cuts at the state charity hospital in Houma. The money approved Tuesday wi...
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Phone calls to cost less at Louisiana prisons and jails
BATON ROUGE (AP) — The price tag for inmates to call home from Louisiana’s prisons and local jails will drop over the next couple of years, under a proposal approved Wednesday by the Public Service...
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BP rig supervisors seek trial delay NEW ORLEANS — Two BP rig supervisors have asked a federal judge to postpone their trial on manslaughter charges in the April 2010 deaths of 11 workers. Their t...
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Citizens weighing options to close budget gap
BATON ROUGE — Louisiana’s state-run property insurer of last resort is considering ways to close its multimillion-dollar budget gap, and either option would lead to increased costs to homeowners co...
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Louisiana-licensed casinos win $192.9M in Nov.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana’s state-licensed casinos took in $192.9 million from gamblers in November, up from October’s total of nearly $185 million, and a strong improvement from the $175.3 mill...
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Man's body recovered near Lanan Bridge on Toledo Bend
TOLEDO BEND -- Investigation continues in the death of a Natchitoches Parish whose body was recovered Monday from Toledo Bend Reservoir. Justin Wilson, 22, of Provencal, went missing during a stor...
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Man charged with using another's deer stand without permission
WEST MONROE – Using a man’s deer stand without permission is not only impolite but could also be a crime, and Ouachita deputies arrested a man Monday afternoon accused of being in someone else’s de...
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Former McNeese, NFL player accused of attempted murder after shooting alleged home invader
VINTON – Former McNeese State University football star and NFL player Stephen Starring is accused of shooting a man. Police Chief Ricky Fox said Starring, 51, is suspected of shooting Dillon Worth,...
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Top Jindal aides use personal email to craft media strategy
BATON ROUGE, La. — Top officials in Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration used personal email accounts to craft a media strategy for imposing hundreds of millions of dollars in Medicaid cuts...
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Global study of student scores is mixed for U.S. WASHINGTON — Students in the U.S. perform better than the global average, but still lag behind many of their peers in Asia and Europe, an internatio...
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Four, including former department head, suspects in LSU Eiunice theft case
By Todd C. Elliott todd.elliott@eunicetoday.com Four former LSU Eunice employees, including a department head, will be charged on multiple accounts of theft and forgery. 15th Judicial District Att...
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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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