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Jefferson schools 'reorganize', at least 500 jobs eliminated
METAIRIE – About 500 Jefferson Parish School Board employees are receiving notice this week that their jobs have been eliminated as the system reorganizes. Three hundred teachers and 200 administra...
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Man, allegedly drunk, celebrating birthday drives into oncoming car, kills five
SLAUGHTER – A man celebrating his 30th birthday allegedly killed five people while driving drunk Wednesday night. Police said Brett Gerald, 30, of Greensburg drove his pickup head-on into an on-com...
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Driver dies in interstate access ramp collision
SHREVEPORT – A man was killed when his pickup crashed into an 18-wheeler on an interstate access ramp Wednesday. Police said Phillip Chamberlain, 69, of Bossier City died when his truck collided wi...
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Rouses plans third Lafayette location
LAFAYETTE – Rouses Markets, which operates 37 stores in Louisiana and South Mississippi, is opening a third unit in Lafayette Parish. The Thibodaux-based firm holds a contract on 11 acres near the ...
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Possible Shunick clue turns out to be sunken log, search for ULL coed continues
WHISKEY BAY – Law enforcement officers rushed to the Whiskey Bay area again Wednesday night after sonar equipment appeared to detect something that might be a potential clue in the disappearance of...
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Allegedly drunk driver reportedly tells troopers she was also texting
MONROE – The driver of an SUV veering constantly off the road before State Police pulled the vehicle over had an explanation. Officers said when Veronica Terefenko, 28, of Monroe stumbled out of t...
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Two teenage ruffians, evidently poor shots, allegedly trade fire in Opelousas gun fight, miss each other
OPELOUSAS – Two men are uninjured after police say they fired nearly 25 shots at each other during a gun fight. The incident took place Sunday afternoon. Police say Keenan Charles, 17, and Andrew ...
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Two kidnap-rape suspects put in pre-trial diversion, third pleads to battery
VILLE PLATTE – One of three men accused of kidnapping a woman from a Eunice night spot, raping her and dumping her in an Evangeline Parish ditch has pleaded guilty to beating her up and the other t...
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Projects in Acadia, Vermilion, Tangipahoa among those getting watershed funds
BATON ROUGE -- The Natural Resources Conservation Service will spend about has about $1 million on four Louisiana watershed projects to improve water quality. The Conservation Service is joining wi...
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Woman, unbelted, dies when her SUV strikes trees
PROVENCAL - A woman not wearing her seat belt was killed when she drover off a road and hit several trees. State Police said Ruby Murray, 75, of Anacoco was driving a SUV when it left La. 117 near ...
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ATV hits brick mailbox, rider thrown, killed
FERRIDAY - A Ferriday man died when the ATV he was riding on a public road struck a brick mailbox. State Police said Matthew Evans, 24, was not wearing a helmet when thrown from the ATV following ...
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Basile teen charged second time with illegally killing gator
OAKDALE – A Basile teenager has been arrested a second time in five months on charges of killing an alligator during closed season. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Enforcement...
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