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Judge denies bond in Opelousas double-murder case
Judge Donald Hebert has denied bond for a man accused of killing two others and attempting to hide the killings by burning a house down. He set $20,000 bond for a woman accused of accessory after t...
Feb 29, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
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St. Landry school system prepares for Reduction in Force
A revised reduction-in-force policy updates one that’s two decades old, eliminating some subjective steps in determining who loses their job as the St. Landry Parish school system moves to live wit...
Feb 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
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Mistrial declared when attorney realizes he once represented client's alleged victim
The state will have to start over again in the jury trial of Walter B. Savoie, Jr., accused of stabbing a man in Sunset and subsequently telling a policeman he was going to kill him. A six-person j...
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$450,000 bail for woman accused to trying to drown her kids
A Sunset woman accused to trying to drown her three children can have no contact with them away from the Office of Child Services if she’s able to make $450,000 bail. Hailey Schramm, 31, told 27th ...
Feb 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
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Jindal has seven DWI measures in legislative proposals
BATON ROUGE – Governor Bobby Jindal announced seven legislative proposals to crack down on DWIs that have been be approved by the DWI-Vehicular Homicide Task Force. These bills will be proposed as ...
Feb 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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Henderson mayor says his city by the Basin no I-10 speed trap
HENDERSON – In 2009, the Louisiana Legislature passed a law requiring municipalities writing speeding tickets on interstate highways to give the state all revenue from tickets issued for driving le...
Feb 24, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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Gas plant explosion forces evacuations
Residents within one mile of the CDM Max natural gas refinery plant southwest of Eunice were evacuated after an explosion early Friday afternoon. The plant is at 4905 Fournerat Road. A number of fi...
Feb 24, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 17 17 recommendations | email to a friend
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Facebook "friends" creates new delay in accused rapist's trial
A Eunice man’s trial on charges of multiple rapes that allegedly occurred over three years and ended with his August 2009 arrest has been delayed again by new wrinkle in the halls of justice. Step...
Feb 24, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 22 22 recommendations | email to a friend
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Teen struggling to overcome shooting's effects succumbs to them
CROWLEY – Chyna Young’s inspiring struggle to overcome paralysis caused when she was shot four times by a former boyfriend is over. She died Wednesday of complications from her injuries. Chyna Youn...
Feb 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 31 31 recommendations | email to a friend
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Natchitoches man held in Melville bank robbery, two others sought
MELVILLE – A Natchitoches man is charged with robbing a bank here and two others are being sought. Police said Tyrone D. Byers was apprehended in Amarillo, Texas on Feb. 16 after a high-speed chase...
Feb 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 30 30 recommendations | email to a friend
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Former group home worker charged with molesting juvenile
BAKER – Baker Police have arrested a woman for allegedly molesting a juvenile boy at group home, said Baker Police Chief Mike Knaps. Detectives arrested Cynthia Haynes, 43, of 2116 Davenport Avenu...
Feb 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 27 27 recommendations | email to a friend
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Alleged crawfish swindle allegedly nets $120,000
OPELOUSAS – A man faces more than 100 counts from alleged crawfish swindle. Police said Wendell Mason, 44, of Opelousas was arrested on 58 counts of theft and 53 counts of felony theft. He is alleg...
Feb 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 27 27 recommendations | email to a friend
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