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Harris
Habitual felon gets mandatory life sentence
ABBEVILLE – A man whose Vermilion Parish criminal record dats to the early 1990s has been sentenced to life in prison as an habitual offender. Judge Durwood Conque sentenced Derrick Harris, age 44,...
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Driver distraction suspected in fatal motorcycle crash, negilgent homicide charged
HAMMOND -- A motorcycle driver died Monday when a vehicle pulled into his path on La. 443. State Police said Christopher Kelley, 22, of Walker was southbound when an Escalade driven by Linda Atkins...
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Explosion rips chemical lab in Slaughter
By Tabatha Alcina and Stacy Gill LSN Twisted metal remains after an early morning explosion demolished Monolyte Labs in Slaughter early Monday. Several people in the vicinity were evacuated after ...
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Wiltz
Fired CAA director not SMILEing, says dismissal illegal vendetta
BREAUX BRIDGE – Alvin Wiltz of Breaux Bridge has been fired as executive director of the St. Martin-Iberia-Lafayette Community Action Agency, or SMILE. In a letter to board members obtained by Tech...
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Louisiana news briefs
Man dies in East Feliciana Parish crash SLAUGHTER — State police say a 33-year-old Baton Rouge man died after the vehicle in which he was riding crashed into a pickup on La. 67 in East Feliciana P...
Nov 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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State budget shortfall at $963 milliion
BATON ROUGE, La. — Lawmakers were told Friday that Louisiana’s budget shortfall for next year is $963 million, in their first detailed glimpse of the problems they’ll face in crafting the state’s n...
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Unbelted driver dies when car hit head-on by veering pickup
CARENCRO – The sound of a grinding head-on collision echoed across the morning stillness Sunday. State Police said a Shreveport man was killed when his car was hit head-on on the Canton Highway jus...
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Vent wells burning gas from Assumption sinkhole
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Officials say they've begun burning methane trapped in a water aquifer around a giant sinkhole in Assumption Parish. Burning the gas could help stabilize the salt dome, whic...
Nov 17, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Dolphins found shot, slashed, stabbed with tool
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — Authorities are investigating several attacks on dolphins in the northern Gulf of Mexico after some were found with gunshot wounds, cuts and missing jaws.
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Ag chief to borrow $7M to take control of sugar mill
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain will borrow up to $7 million to take control of a defunct sugar cane mill in southwest Louisiana that was built with state tax dollars and on...
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Jindal among GOP leaders jockeying for 2016
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Louisiana’s Bobby Jindal is urging the Republican Party to rethink its pitch to voters. Bob McDonnell of Virginia says Republicans should look to outsiders to fix partisan gridlock...
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States reveal choices on health law
WASHINGTON (AP) — After two years of political battles and a Supreme Court case, many if not most states are expected to tell the federal government Friday if they’re willing carry out a key part o...
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