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7 KILLED Judge resentences driver, result same, about 30 years in prison
ST. FRANCISVILLE – On Tuesday, 20th District Judge William Carmichael resentenced a Greensburg man convicted of seven counts of vehicular homicide. In March, Carmichael sentenced Brett Gerald to 1...
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REVOLTING! Accused pleads to child porn charges, some involving infants
LAFAYETTE--United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced Monday that Ray Hatton III, 30, of Lafayette, pleaded guilty Tuesday before U. S. District Judge Richard T. Haik, to possessing child...
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Size of storm may be just as important as hurricane's strength
MORGAN CITY — When preparing for a hurricane or tropical storm, the size of the storm may be just as important as the category, officials from the National Weather Service and National Oceanic and ...
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14 charged in bizarre jail videos
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Indictments were filed Friday against 14 inmates in connection with videos showing prisoners brazenly using drugs, drinking beer and flashing a loaded gun in the New Orleans jail...
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Lafourche, Terrebonne join ozone program
HOUMA (AP) — Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes are joining in a regional effort to curb ozone pollution as the federal government is poised to enact stricter air-quality standards that could put pa...
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Police: Man, 19, sought in N.O. parade shootings
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans police and federal authorities were searching early today for a young man who is suspected of opening fire at a Mother’s Day parade in New Orleans, wounding 19. Polic...
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Audit: $42M in layoff costs for LSU privatization
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal’s push to privatize all but one of the LSU-run hospitals across south Louisiana will cost the state an estimated $42 million to make the layoffs, according to a...
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Levee meant to contain sinkhole water breaches BAYOU CORNE — Water continues to pour into a massive Assumption Parish sinkhole after five holes opened in the levee surrounding it. Assumption Pari...
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Paul, Jindal visit early voting states
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Republican Sen. Rand Paul opened his presidential exploration tour Friday with a splashy set of speaking engagements in Iowa designed to broaden his tea party brand into s...
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Mother’s Day gunfire wounds 19 in N.O.
NEW ORLEANS — Video released early Monday by New Orleans police shows a possible suspect in the Mother’s Day gunfire that wounded 19 people during a neighborhood parade. The grainy surveillance vid...
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Deadline to file Louisiana taxes is Wednesday
BATON ROUGE (AP) — The deadline for filing 2012 Louisiana individual income tax returns is Wednesday. The state Department of Revenue says filing can be made electronically and more information is ...
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Line still open to fishing piers
FORKED ISLAND – The four piers along La. 82, south of Forked Island, still have life for now. The Vermilion Parish Police Jury has yet to figure out what to do with them. The piers, more than 25 ye...
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