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Man accused of lewd acts with a grandchild arrested at airport
PORT BARRE – A man accused of child molestation was nabbed Thursday as he prepared to board an airplane in Lafayette. Police said Richard Spears is accused for engaging in lewd acts with one of his...
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Body of driver recovered from Bayou Teche
LEONVILLE – State Police suspect impairment as a factor in the case of a man who drove into Bayou Teche on Wednesday night. Joseph Charles, Jr., 36, of Opelousas ran a stop sign at La. 103 and Chur...
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Her disguise, and her gun, got bank employees' attention
KINDER – Authorities continue their search for a woman who robbed a bank here Monday, though she won't look like she did in the bank lobby. On Monday, at approximately 12:20 p.m., the Iberia Bank l...
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Woman sitting in road after being in accident struck, killed vehicle
IBERIA PARISH - A woman sitting in the highway after an earlier accident was struck and killed early Wednesday on U.S. 90. State Police said Moneshia Eligwe, 24, of Jeanerette died in the accident ...
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Jindal cuts ribbon on new state Veterans Cemetery, announces two legislative initiatives
LEESVILLE – Governor Bobby Jindal spoke at a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday for the new Central Louisiana Veterans Cemetery in Leesville where he announced two proposals he will pursue in the up...
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No butts about it - Acadia jury bans smoking on courthouse grounds
CROWLEY – The Acadia Parish Police Jury has had enough of butts at the courthouse. The jury on Tuesday night voted to ban, as early as March 1, smoking anywhere on the Courthouse Circle. The issue ...
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Victim rights trump public's - St. Landry judges restrict sex-crime case info
St. Landry Parish judges have ordered very limited access to criminal files involving sex crime charges, barring the general public from information and documents generally available in all other c...
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Marksville couple celebrates 81 years of wedded bliss
Louisiana Family Forum (LFF) congratulates Norman,101, and Norma,98, Burmah of Marksville, La., for their spectacular 81 years of marriage and recognizes them as the 2012 Louisiana’s Longest ‘Known...
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750 horses pushing new heavy-duty airboat
PARKS – Ken’s Airboats, Inc., of St. Martinville, has been busy testing and fine-tuning a new double-wide, double-motor airboat for power line and utility line applications in the expansive marsh, ...
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Alleged bank robber nabbed while changing clothers after get-away
EUNICE – Eunice police arrested a Crowley man Monday morning after he allegedly held up Guaranty Bank at the corner of 3rd & Park. Walter Freeman was apprehended in a building across the street fro...
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Alleged Walmart nutria may have day in court
ABBEVILLE – “Norman’ may have his day in court. Case records indicated that a jury is going to have to decide if Rebecca T. White saw a nutria, allegedly referred to as Norman by employees, in Abbe...
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Edwin Edwards to highlight homeless shelter fund-raising event
CROWLEY – An evening with former Gov. Edwin Edwards will launch a homeless shelter’s fund-raising campaign this year. Edwards will be mingle with guests at a cocktail reception in Le Grande Hall a...
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