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Six seeking Vermillion school super's post
ABBEVILLE – There are six people who would like to be Vermilion Parish’s next school superintendent. Four of the six are already employed with the Vermilion Parish School Board, while one is employ...
Mar 07, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 17 17 recommendations | email to a friend
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18-wheeler hits motorcycle in Whiskey Bay back-up, Oregon biker killed
WHISKEY BAY – A motorcyclist was killed in a multiple-vehicle accident that resulted during congestion after a dog got loose on I-10 near the Whiskey Bay Bridge Thursday evening. Phillip Rizzo, 64,...
Mar 02, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 21 21 recommendations | email to a friend
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Forest Service closes Kisatchie to deer-hunting dogs
USDA Forest Service officials announced today the decision to prohibit the use of dogs to hunt deer on the Kisatchie National Forest in Louisiana. The decision will be implemented during the 2012-2...
Mar 01, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 22 22 recommendations | email to a friend
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Alleged victim asks DA to drop rape case, it's dimissed
Two months after James Barnwell was deemed mentally competent to stand trial on a rape charge the case was dismissed at the request of the alleged victim. This information was previously unavailabl...
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Judge denies bond in Opelousas double-murder case
Judge Donald Hebert has denied bond for a man accused of killing two others and attempting to hide the killings by burning a house down. He set $20,000 bond for a woman accused of accessory after t...
Feb 29, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
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St. Landry school system prepares for Reduction in Force
A revised reduction-in-force policy updates one that’s two decades old, eliminating some subjective steps in determining who loses their job as the St. Landry Parish school system moves to live wit...
Feb 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
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Mistrial declared when attorney realizes he once represented client's alleged victim
The state will have to start over again in the jury trial of Walter B. Savoie, Jr., accused of stabbing a man in Sunset and subsequently telling a policeman he was going to kill him. A six-person j...
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$450,000 bail for woman accused to trying to drown her kids
A Sunset woman accused to trying to drown her three children can have no contact with them away from the Office of Child Services if she’s able to make $450,000 bail. Hailey Schramm, 31, told 27th ...
Feb 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
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Jindal has seven DWI measures in legislative proposals
BATON ROUGE – Governor Bobby Jindal announced seven legislative proposals to crack down on DWIs that have been be approved by the DWI-Vehicular Homicide Task Force. These bills will be proposed as ...
Feb 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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Henderson mayor says his city by the Basin no I-10 speed trap
HENDERSON – In 2009, the Louisiana Legislature passed a law requiring municipalities writing speeding tickets on interstate highways to give the state all revenue from tickets issued for driving le...
Feb 24, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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Gas plant explosion forces evacuations
Residents within one mile of the CDM Max natural gas refinery plant southwest of Eunice were evacuated after an explosion early Friday afternoon. The plant is at 4905 Fournerat Road. A number of fi...
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Facebook "friends" creates new delay in accused rapist's trial
A Eunice man’s trial on charges of multiple rapes that allegedly occurred over three years and ended with his August 2009 arrest has been delayed again by new wrinkle in the halls of justice. Step...
Feb 24, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 22 22 recommendations | email to a friend
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