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Bids being taken for 29 gator hunting opportunities
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is accepting bids for 29 gator hunting opportunities on 13 Wildlife Management Areas and two Army Corps of Engineers properties. Bids for alligato...
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Three blacks accused of beating white family could face hate crime penalties
By Erin Foster LSN EAST BATON ROUGE – Three black suspects accused of attacking and beating a white family on Mother’s Day could be facing additional charges as police and the FBI determine whethe...
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Georgia men plead to million-dollar id theft/fraud scheme
LAFAYETTE – United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that Derrick Nathaniel Hartfield, 45, of Smyrna, Ga., and Rico Carty Clemons, 47, of Riverdale, Ga., pleaded guilty Monday before U....
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Sen. Bret Allain, R-Franklin
Allain’s Citizens rate bill rejected
BATON ROUGE, La. — Lawmakers in the House rejected a proposal Tuesday that sought legislative review of large rate increases for customers of Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort. The House ...
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Louisiana news briefs
Holes plugged in sinkhole’s berm BAYOU CORNE — Texas Brine Co. contractors have plugged the final two breaches in a containment berm around the Assumption Parish sinkhole after heavy rain and high...
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Louisiana news briefs
Breaux Bridge man dies in wreck ST. MARTINVILLE — Louisiana state police say a motorcycle rider has been killed in a two vehicle crash on La. 31 in St. Martin Parish. The accident happened Monday ...
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Motorcycle runs into back of truck slowing in road, cyclist killed
BREAUX BRIDGE – A motorcycle ran into the back of a pickup truck slowing down to retrieve something that had fallen from the truck bed. State Police said the collision occured about 9 a.m. Monday o...
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7 KILLED Judge resentences driver, result same, about 30 years in prison
ST. FRANCISVILLE – On Tuesday, 20th District Judge William Carmichael resentenced a Greensburg man convicted of seven counts of vehicular homicide. In March, Carmichael sentenced Brett Gerald to 1...
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REVOLTING! Accused pleads to child porn charges, some involving infants
LAFAYETTE--United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced Monday that Ray Hatton III, 30, of Lafayette, pleaded guilty Tuesday before U. S. District Judge Richard T. Haik, to possessing child...
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Size of storm may be just as important as hurricane's strength
MORGAN CITY — When preparing for a hurricane or tropical storm, the size of the storm may be just as important as the category, officials from the National Weather Service and National Oceanic and ...
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14 charged in bizarre jail videos
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Indictments were filed Friday against 14 inmates in connection with videos showing prisoners brazenly using drugs, drinking beer and flashing a loaded gun in the New Orleans jail...
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Lafourche, Terrebonne join ozone program
HOUMA (AP) — Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes are joining in a regional effort to curb ozone pollution as the federal government is poised to enact stricter air-quality standards that could put pa...
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