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Chicot, other park pools set to open
Several Louisiana State Parks will be opening their swimming pools for the summer in just a few weeks. The pools are scheduled to open Memorial Day weekend. Officials will then close the pools for...
May 17, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 30 30 recommendations | email to a friend
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Evangeline school deseg case officially put closed
VILLE PLATTE – It’s official, Evangeline Parish Schools are fully desegregated after nearly half a century. Nearly 48 years after the initial suit was filed, Evangeline Parish was in Federal Court...
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Three .45 caliber wounds a dead giveaway, wife charged
JONESBORO – Police investigating a reported suicide discovered the victim had three wounds and charged his wife with murder. Teresa Jones reported Sunday night that her husband Alan had committed s...
May 16, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 27 27 recommendations | email to a friend
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Zachary man faces almost 1,000 piracy counts; 12-year-old booked on drug charges
ZACHARY – A 12-year-old faces drug charges after allegedly being found in possession of cocaine and diazepam. The boy, police said, was a passenger in a car stopped for another reason. Gary Sloate,...
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Rice farmers cheer EPA fungicide approval
CROWLEY – Louisiana farmers let out a collective sigh of relief as word spread recently that federal officials had approved release of a new fungicide for rice. The U.S. Environmental Protection A...
May 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 26 26 recommendations | email to a friend
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La. participating in national dove hunter survey
BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries urges hunters to participate in an upcoming survey that will ask dove hunters from across the U.S. to share their experiences and op...
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Swamp People cast member dies after fall in boat
PIERRE PART -- A cast member of the reality TV show "Swamp People" has died. Assumption Parish Sheriff Mike Waguespack says Mitchell Guist was pronounced dead at a hospital Monday. He had falle...
May 14, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 27 27 recommendations | email to a friend
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House budget changes further imperil higher ed, health care, officials assert
BATON ROUGE – The Jindal administration says the House version of next year’s budget will do great harm to health care and higher education. Republicans in the House disagree, saying the $268 milli...
May 14, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 24 24 recommendations | email to a friend
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Grassy Lake yields a sunken treasure
BELLE RIVER – Not long ago, Rhett Pipsair of Pierre Part, son of Joe and Laura Nell Pipsair of Belle River, stopped by his parents house on Levee Highway to show off a real treasure. The younger Pi...
May 11, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 29 29 recommendations | email to a friend
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Rural roads funding bill heads to Jindal
BATON ROUGE -- Borrowed money would be used to upgrade rural roads in the state under a plan approved by the Legislature on Wednesday. Gov. Bobby Jindal supports the $325 million borrowing to fund ...
May 10, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 28 28 recommendations | email to a friend
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Crowley council eyes how to monitor underage drinking at Rice Festival
CROWLEY – The city is apparently going to take steps to do something about underage drinking at the annual Rice Festival. At Tuesday night’s City Council meeting, officials discussed the Police Dep...
May 09, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 24 24 recommendations | email to a friend
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Tangipahoa petro leasing bringing in more dollars as demand grows
AMITE--The number of oil leases in Tangipahoa Parish during the first four months of 2012 has nearly matched the 564 in the parish for all of 2011, said Tangipahoa Parish Clerk of Court Julian Dufr...
May 08, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 30 30 recommendations | email to a friend
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