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Allegedly drunk driver's car leaves roadway, unbelted passenger ejected, killed
JEANERETTE -- An allegedly drunk driver will be charged with vehicular homicide in a crash that killed her passenger. The accident happened about 1 a.m. Saturday on La. 182 north of La. 318. State ...
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Man hets 40 years on child porn counts
ALEXANDRIA – Oscar Stamper, 61, of Natchitoches, La., was sentenced to serve 40 years in federal prison for receiving child pornography. In addition to the prison term, Judge Dee Drell also senten...
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Medicaid cut cuts deep into community pharmacies
CROWLEY – If community pharmacies were waiting for things to get better with the Department of Health and Hospital’s (DHH) new plan for Medicaid reimbursement, they probably have realized by now th...
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Residents jittery as search for missing python continues
MONROE – Police searched but were unable Thursday to find a pregnant escapee. The search just off Martin Luther King Drive isn’t for a missing inmate. It’s for a 25-feet-long, yellow-and-white, pre...
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Jurors deadlocked on cop killer's fate
SHREVEPORT – A jury will try again Friday to determine cop killer Christopher Cope’s fate. The 10 women and two men could not reach a unanimous verdict in their penalty deliberations Thursday after...
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Coast Guard CWO gets five years on child porn charges
LAKE CHARLES – A Coast Guard chief warrant officer will serve five years in prison after pleading guilty to child pornography charges. Michael Robert Gleason, 50, of Houston, Texas and formerly of...
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Va. artist's work picked for La. duck stamp
BATON ROUGE – Ron Louque of Charlottesville, Va., captured first place Thursday in the 2013 Louisiana Waterfowl Conservation Stamp competition sponsored by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and ...
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Queen Mary Margaret
Mary Margaret a special Homecoming Queen
By Erin Foster LSN The story of this year’s West Feliciana High Homecoming Queen begins four years ago when a freshman made up his mind to one day escort a particular coed to the homecoming pep ra...
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Speedskating Kaplan native one of top inline skaters
Kaplan native Justin Stelly is one of the nation’s top inline skaters. Not only does he have three international medals, but he was also the second alternate for the 2010 US Olympics’ Speedskating...
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900-inmate prison closes
DEQUINCY – A 900-inmate prison officially closes Thursday. C. Paul Phelps Correctional Center was closed by the state as a budget-cutting measure. It says $11.85 million will be saved over the next...
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US 90 widening opens from Lafayette to Broussard
LAFAYETTE, - A $20 million widening of US 90 has opened in the I-49 South corridor. The high-traffic volume route(50,000 vehicles daily) grew from four to six lanes along the seven miles between Pi...
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Jefferson given probation, community service on bar fight charge
BATON ROUGE – Former LSU quarterback Jordan Jefferson will be on probation for one year and do less than a week of community service in a misdemeanor case stemming from a bar fight last year. He p...
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