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Strother, Chabert family head Political Hall of Fame list
WINNFIELD – A political consultant and a family of politicians lead the 2013 group of Louisiana Political Hall of Fame inductees. They will be inducted at the Hall here on Feb. 9. Raymond Strother ...
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Trailer comes loose, killes passing motorist
PRAIRIEVILLE -- A Texas man was killed when a trailer came loose from another vehicle and crashed into his vehicle on Interstate 10. State Police said the accident happened Friday afternoon near th...
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Boustany gets 5th term
LAFAYETTE – Charles Boustany will begin his fifth term as a conservative Republican congressman in January, and Jeff Landry’s first term as one will end the same day. Boustany won Saturday’s run-of...
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Off-duty deputy dies when unit leaves LA 1 during rainstorm, hits several trees
NATCHITOCHES PARISH – An off-duty sheriff’s deputy was killed when his patrol car left Highway 1 and struck several trees Sunday afternoon. State Police said the accident happened on La. 1 south of...
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Planned January layoffs delayed at LSU hospitals
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Nearly all 1,500 state employee layoffs scheduled for January at LSU hospitals across south Louisiana have been put on hold, as university leaders continue negotiating with priva...
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Louisiana briefs
Montegut woman killed in crash with stolen car HOUMA — State police say a 70-year-old Montegut woman was killed in a head-on crash with a stolen car. Troopers say 32-year-old Gregory Poindexter o...
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Guilty plea in New Orleans bribery scheme
NEW ORLEANS — A businessman pleaded guilty Wednesday to plotting to bribe an unidentified former New Orleans public official in a case that appears to be linked to a federal probe of former Mayor R...
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Cat Island bird habitat steadily eroding
CAT ISLAND (AP) — Time has not been kind to Cat Island, two small spits of land in Plaquemines Parish that have served for years as bird nesting destinations. Cat Island is the name for two separat...
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Louisiana news briefs
Abbeville infant’s death ruled homicide ABBEVILLE — The death of a 3-month-old Abbeville girl has been ruled a homicide. Lt. David Hardy, chief of investigations for the Abbeville Police Departmen...
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Xavier University grappling with cuts due to $5M deficit
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Xavier University is instituting salary and hiring freezes, non-faculty layoffs and a 10 percent cut in the university’s contributions to employees’ health-insurance premiums as ...
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LSU Cheerleaders Alex Chiasson, Abby Pirkle and Bryce Tramonte decorate snowflakes at “Holiday on Campus” at the LSU University Recreation Center Nov. 27. LSU Manship News Service/Emily Bell
LSU students participate in ‘Giving Tuesday’
By Emily Bell LSU Manship News Service BATON ROUGE — Several Baton Rouge and campus organizations and individuals donated time and resources for the LSU Staff Senate’s 23rd annual “Holiday on Campu...
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Louisiana gives $135 million entice plant
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration has pledged a more than $135 million incentive package to South African energy company Sasol Ltd. to build a multibillion-dollar complex i...
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