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Permit issued for first Avoyelles Marine Shale well
MARKSVILLE – The first permit for a Tuscaloosa Marine Shale oil well in Avoyelles was issued Monday by the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources. The well, known as the Dupuy Land Company No. 1...
Jun 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 17 17 recommendations | email to a friend
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Remorseless man gets life for kicking another to death
CROWLEY - A defiant, remorseless Robert James Thomas was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the beating death of August Carter outside of a Church Point bar in May 20...
Jun 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 17 17 recommendations | email to a friend
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Cankton couple charged after child allegedly beaten with extension cord
CANKTON – A woman and her boyfriend are charged with cruelty to her 10-year-old son after he was allegedly beaten about the upper body with an extension cord. On Thursday, the St. Landry Parish S...
Jun 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 26 26 recommendations | email to a friend
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Teen trio sentencedi n gravesites vandalism case
JENNINGS – Three teenagers have been ordered to pay $16,000 each in restitution for damaging dozens of gravesites in three area cemeteries. Sebastian Abshire, 19; Dacota Miguez, 17; and Joselyn Mi...
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Former Chicago Bear Ortego receiver faces misdemeanor teen sex charge
CROWLEY - Former Chicago Bear Super Bowl team member and McNeese University All-American Keith Ortego faces a misdemeanor sex charge involving a teenager. Ortego, an assistant football coach at Cr...
Jun 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 34 34 recommendations | email to a friend
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Dismembered dancer may have been lured by after-hours party cash
AMITE – Mississippi authorities believe Jaren Lockhart was lured from her Bourbon Street dancer job to an after-hours party by the promise of extra income, then killed. Other dancers at the club to...
Jun 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 24 24 recommendations | email to a friend
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An aerial applicator buzzes by during annual Rice Field Day. Photo by Bruce Schultz.
New fungicide helping with rice sheath blight; blast another story
CROWLEY – Farmers midway through their rice-growing season heard advice June 13 from LSU AgCenter experts at the Acadia Parish field day on precautions to be considered to protect this year’s crop....
Jun 14, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
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Woman of interest in stripper-torso case declines transfer from La. jail to Mississippi
AMITE -- Margaret Sanchez, a person of interest in the dismemberment of a Tickfaw-area woman whose torso was found in the Bay of St. Louis, has not signed extradition papers that would transfer her...
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Sunset suspect nabbed after allegedly getting marijuana by mail
SUNSET – A man who allegedly received his dope by mail has been arrested by St. Landry's Narcotics Enforcement Team. Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz said Edward Dale Breen was booked on multiple charges a...
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New Orleans minister set to become SBC's first black president
NEW ORLEANS – The Rev. Fred Luter, Jr. is expected to become the first black president of the Southern Baptist Convention when convention delegates voted next week here. The SB is the nation’s larg...
Jun 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 26 26 recommendations | email to a friend
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Parents charged in adult son's alleged juvenile sex crimes
ALEXANDRIA – A Rapides Parish couple allegedly allowed their adult son to have sex with a juvenile in their home. Deputies alleged that Gregory Whitley, 26, had a relationship with a minor for abo...
Jun 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 21 21 recommendations | email to a friend
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Three charged with hydroponic marijuana system
BALL – Three people have been charged after State Police found more than 100 marijuana plants they were growing here. Arrested were Sidney Wheeler, 32; Timothy Green, 27; and Abigail Jeffress, 25....
Jun 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 29 29 recommendations | email to a friend
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