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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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Vehicle runs up under 18-wheeler on I-10, driver killed
JENNINGS – A Lake Charles man died when he drove his vehicle under an 18-wheeler trailer on I-10. The early morning accident Saturday happened near U.S. Highway 165 east of Iowa. Joshua Payne,27, ...
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Pedestrian checking his mailbox struck, killed by passing car
HESSMER – A man was killed after being hit by a car while walking across Highway 115. He was apparently checking his mailbox on the other side of the street from his home, something neighbors said...
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16 pounds of pot found after driver runs off I-20 twice
MONROE – Two men whose vehicle twice ran off I-20 Friday were jailed after state troopers found more than 16 pounds of marijuana in the vehicle. After being stopped, the driver, Chandler Moore, 21,...
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Five die in fiery I10 wrong-way crash
LaPLACE - Five people were killed Friday morning when a driver going the wrong way crashed into another vehicle on Interstate 10 outside New Orleans. Louisiana State Trooper Nick Manale says a driv...
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