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Phone calls to cost less at Louisiana prisons and jails
BATON ROUGE (AP) — The price tag for inmates to call home from Louisiana’s prisons and local jails will drop over the next couple of years, under a proposal approved Wednesday by the Public Service...
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Louisiana news briefs
BP rig supervisors seek trial delay NEW ORLEANS — Two BP rig supervisors have asked a federal judge to postpone their trial on manslaughter charges in the April 2010 deaths of 11 workers. Their t...
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Citizens weighing options to close budget gap
BATON ROUGE — Louisiana’s state-run property insurer of last resort is considering ways to close its multimillion-dollar budget gap, and either option would lead to increased costs to homeowners co...
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Louisiana-licensed casinos win $192.9M in Nov.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana’s state-licensed casinos took in $192.9 million from gamblers in November, up from October’s total of nearly $185 million, and a strong improvement from the $175.3 mill...
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Man's body recovered near Lanan Bridge on Toledo Bend
TOLEDO BEND -- Investigation continues in the death of a Natchitoches Parish whose body was recovered Monday from Toledo Bend Reservoir. Justin Wilson, 22, of Provencal, went missing during a stor...
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Man charged with using another's deer stand without permission
WEST MONROE – Using a man’s deer stand without permission is not only impolite but could also be a crime, and Ouachita deputies arrested a man Monday afternoon accused of being in someone else’s de...
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Former McNeese, NFL player accused of attempted murder after shooting alleged home invader
VINTON – Former McNeese State University football star and NFL player Stephen Starring is accused of shooting a man. Police Chief Ricky Fox said Starring, 51, is suspected of shooting Dillon Worth,...
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Top Jindal aides use personal email to craft media strategy
BATON ROUGE, La. — Top officials in Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration used personal email accounts to craft a media strategy for imposing hundreds of millions of dollars in Medicaid cuts...
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News Briefs
Global study of student scores is mixed for U.S. WASHINGTON — Students in the U.S. perform better than the global average, but still lag behind many of their peers in Asia and Europe, an internatio...
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Four, including former department head, suspects in LSU Eiunice theft case
By Todd C. Elliott todd.elliott@eunicetoday.com Four former LSU Eunice employees, including a department head, will be charged on multiple accounts of theft and forgery. 15th Judicial District Att...
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Prep English teacher resigns over alleged sexting; Ortego case goes into diversion
A veteran Eunice High teacher has resigned in the wake of alleged inappropriate text images sent by her to a male student. Reliable sources independent of each other identify the teacher as Jacquel...
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New Jena plant will put 95 into $73,000 jobs
JENA -- Universal Plant Services, which provides machine services for heavy industry, will be the first tenant at Jena’s industrial park. The firm will put 95 people to work at the LaSalle Parish s...
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