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Cold case -- Man arrested in Texas for 1962 death of Louisiana woman
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — A man arrested in a 51-year-old killing is being held in the Calcasieu Parish jail without bond. Authorities arrested 73-year-old William Felix Vail Friday for the October ...
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Man: Stripper, male friend takes his pickup
METAIRIE, La. (AP) — A man told Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputies he rendezvoused with a stripper at a Metairie apartment complex, looking for a "good time." Instead he was robbed following a bla...
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Hospital executive LAKE CHARLES – Services were Saturday for hospital executive Dave Usher. He died May 15 at age 62. He was senior vice president of business development at Lake Charles Memorial ...
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Agents looking for whooping crane's slayer
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division agents and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials are looking for leads regarding a whooping crane that was found...
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HOOKED ON PRIZES; Bi-state fishing contest begins May 25
The CCA Louisiana Statewide Tournament and Angler’s Rodeo (STAR) begins its 19th year of competition on Saturday, May 25. One of the largest, and richest saltwater fishing tournaments in the countr...
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Louisiana news briefs
Jindal’s state salary provides main income in 2012 BATON ROUGE — Gov. Bobby Jindal’s latest financial disclosure report shows his annual nearly $128,000 state salary provided the main source of in...
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ELTON STUNNED! Passenger killed, suspected impaired teen driver, her twin sister critically injured
LAKE CHARLES - A car driven by an Elton teenager suspected of being impaired allegedly ran a stop sign causing a Thursday collision that killed one of her passengers and critically injured the driv...
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River watch continues along Atchafalaya, Mississippi
MORGAN CITY – Hydrologists at the Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center in Slidell say the Atchafalaya River is expected to crest at 6 feet here early next week. That forecast could increase by a...
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GUILTY, NOT GUILTY! Jury convicts former Monroe councilman of racketeering, acquits on extortion
SHREVEPORT — Former Monroe City Councilman Arthur Gilmore will be sentenced Sept. 26 after being convicted in federal court Thursday of racketeering. He was acquitted of extortion. The maximum sent...
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La. local schools owed $30M because of court ruling
BATON ROUGE (AP) — The state owes local school districts $30 million because the Louisiana Supreme Court threw out this year’s public school funding formula, Superintendent of Education John White ...
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Louisiana news briefs
Suspect arrested in Mother’s Day parade shooting NEW ORLEANS — Authorities have arrested the suspect wanted in a Mother’s Day parade shooting that wounded 19 people in New Orleans, police said. Ak...
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Feds indict Desperado's owner, nine others on racketeering conspiracy, drug charges
LAFAYETTE – United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced Thursday that Desperado’s Cabaret owner James “Jim” Panos, 55, of Broussard was indicted on May 8, 2013 in a superseding indictment,...
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