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New Miss Louisiana already preparing for Miss America pageant
MONROE – Miss Louisiana 2012 will take a year off from Louisiana Tech to travel the state and prepare for the Miss America pageant in January. Lauren Vizza, 22, represented her school in winning th...
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Trapper Joe allegedly punches girlfriend, tries to burn her
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Trapper Joe allegedly tried to burn his girlfriend with a cigarette and hit her with his fist. Trapper -- in real life Noces Joseph LaFont, Jr. -- is one of the stars of T...
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Lafayette, La. Tech entries win first night of Miss Louisiana judging
MONROE – Competition in the Miss Louisiana pageant continues Friday night with the second round of preliminaries. On Thursday, Miss Lafayette Mallory Cox, a pianist, won the talent portion and Miss...
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Lake Ponchartrain Basin restoration pact extension clears Senate committee
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator David Vitter announced Thursday that he secured a reauthorization of his Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Act that passed out of the Senate Environment and Public Wor...
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Accused killer's girlfriend says she talked to him about robbing VP nail shop
VILLE PLATTE – Accused murderer Dannie Lafleur’s girlfriend testified Wednesday she talked to him about robbing the shop he is charged with robbing and killing the owner of. Jeannie Malee Fontenot...
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Monroe superintendent says 50-100 teacher layoffs necessary
MONROE – The Monroe City School Board as several budget choices and none of them are pleasant. The plans presented by Superintendent Kathleen Harris could result in 50 to 100 teachers being cut nex...
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Extra fruit, veggies driving school meal expenses up, Vermilion considering price change
ABBEVILLE – The parish schools’ Child Nutrition Supervisor Mary Jumonville has approached the Vermilion Parish School Board about increasing the cost of school lunches by 20 cents per student becau...
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Convoy collision kills rig driver
SHREVEPORT – Eighteen-wheelers convoying on U.S. 79 collided with another Tuesday, killing its driver. Deputies said a truck in a convoy of northbound Frac Tech Solutions rigs ran into the rear of ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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