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Opelousas mother, boyfriend charged with 2-year-old's murder
An Opelousas woman and her boyfriend are charged with the first degree murder of her two-year-old son. The Opelousas Police Department arrested Latricia Hunt and Dominique Jackson after a coroner’...
Mar 23, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 23 23 recommendations | email to a friend
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Citizens more likely to open wallets for bricks & mortar, survey shows
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana citizens are more likely to support taxes when the revenue generated goes to state infrastructure, according to results from the Louisiana Survey, which is conducted on an a...
Mar 22, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
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Key retirement legislators share business group's largesse
By Tom Aswell Capitol News Service BATON ROUGE – A baker’s dozen of legislators key to cooking up changes in retirement plans for state employees have more than $182,000 in their ovens from key pl...
Mar 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 24 24 recommendations | email to a friend
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Lafayette Rhythm Devils Randy Vidrine and Yvette Landry
Rhythm Devils, Sweet Lala's on Libery bill
Saturday, MARCH 24, 2012, the weekly Rendez-vous des Cajuns" Music Show will present performances by the Cajun Band LAFAYETTE RHYTHM DEVILS and the Creole Trio MARY JANE BROUSSARD & THE SWEET LALA'...
Mar 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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CFA on-line campaign raising funds for Acadiana flood victims
LAFAYETTE – South central Louisiana has been threatened by rising waters in Acadia, Lafayette, St. Landry and St. Martin parishes with almost 1,400 homes and families affected in addition to damage...
Mar 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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Church Point housing officials plead to taking almost 200 grand
LAFAYETTE - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that Sarah Robert, former executive director of the Church Point Housing Authority (CPHA) and her accomplice, Arthur Felix, pleaded...
Mar 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Former youth minister gets 40 years after pleading to forcible rape counts
ALEXANDRIA – A former church youth minister was sentenced to 40 years after pleading guilty Monday to four counts of forcible rape of boys whose families were church members. Angelo “Doobie” Golatt...
Mar 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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Pickup leaves road, overturns in Cane River, one killed, driver charged
NATCHITOCHES – State Police have charged a man with vehicular homicide after he overturned his pickup in Cane River, killing one of his passengers. Police said Cody L. Crittenden, 26, drove off Fis...
Mar 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Survey finds residents generally unhappy with Louisiana K-12 education
BATON ROUGE – The LSU Public Policy Research Lab, or PPRL, supported by the Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs, has released the first section of their annual Louisiana Survey, focusing on re...
Mar 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
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3rd Circuit reverses crawfish-insecticide ruling, sends back to district court for trial
A suit over alleged damages occurring after an insecticide was used on rice seed planted in what were also crawfish ponds has been sent back to district court in Opelousas. The Third Circuit Cour o...
Mar 19, 2012 | 2 2 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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L-4-10 is smitten and wildlife world watches
Older male whooping it up, courting younger female
ABBEVILLE – The most-watched couple in Vermilion Parish are L-4-10 and L-7-11, birds of a feather who seemingly are flocking together. The two whooping cranes, who look to be in love, now know wha...
Mar 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Fruge heads Lafayette branch bank
Eunice native Andre Fruge, who is Louisiana Capital President and CEO, has been named president of Business First Bank’s branch in Lafayette. He is the son of Anne Fruge and the late Dr. Bernard “B...
Mar 17, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 20 20 recommendations | email to a friend
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