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Elected president of Louisiana Chapter of National FBI Graduates CROWLEY - When speaking with Chief Deputy Keith Latiola with the Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office, one would be amazed that a man wh...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Rayne, LA - Funeral services will be held at Gossen Funeral Home Chapel, , May 17, 2013 at 10:00 am for Don Louis Leblanc, 92 who died Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at Lafayette General Medical Center...
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Rayne--Funeral Services will be held at 12:00 pm on Monday, May 13, 2013 at Duhon Funeral Home in Rayne for Julia Ann Dupuis, 63, who passed away on Saturday, May 11, 2013 at her residence in Churc...
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Rayne, LA - Graveside services will be held at Leger Cemetery at 9:00 A.M. Monday, May 13, 2013 for Sadie Marie Istre, 80, who died Saturday, May 11, 2013.
Surviving are two sons, Carl Istre an...
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Pioneer plumber
BATON ROUGE – Services for Paul Hlllard, Sr., the first African American to be certified by the City of Baton Rouge and the State of Louisiana as a master plumber, will be Saturday....
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Funeral services are pending for Dr. Richard James who died May 16, 2013 in Columbia, MS.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Geesey-Ferguson Funeral Home.
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RAYNE - Officers with the City of Rayne Police Department arrested Gary Berry of Biloxi, MS for Possession of Stolen Things valued over $500 and an outstanding warrant from Biloxi Police Department...
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The City of Rayne Police Department executed a search warrant at the residence of Nathaniel Laughlin, who is 27 years old, located at 702 Chappuis Street, Rayne LA on May 4, 2013. Officers located ...
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RAYNE - Officers with the City of Rayne Police Department arrested Nicolas Barron of Rayne for Simple Burglary and Possession of Stolen Goods.
Chief Carroll Stelly advised that on the night of May...
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The City of Rayne Police Department arrested Donovan Phillips, 19, for Resisting and Officer and Illegal Possession of a Stolen Firearm.
Chief Carroll Stelly advised that on April 29, 2013, Rayne ...
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Defendant receives 40 years in prison and lifetime supervised release
Alexandria, La.: United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that
Oscar Stamper, age 61, of Natchitoches, La., ...
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LAFAYETTE- Today, detectives with Louisiana State Police were requested by the Lafayette City Marshal to investigate a shooting involving one of their agencies deputy marshals.
The initial invest...
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It's hard to believe that today marks the tenth anniversary of the death of Mary Alice Fontenot, the newspaperwoman, teacher, and storyteller who knew and was known by practically everyone in Acad...
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Cinqo de Mayo, the fifth of May, commemorates the Mexican army's defeat of French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, It was a huge victory for the Mexicans who were outnumbered two to ...
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Midway between Jeanerette and Baldwin on Hwy. 182, part of an old smokestack rises forlornly above the cane fields. It once stood above what some historians say was the finest sugar factory in Lou...
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In October 1788, César Archinard, Edward Murphy, and François Brunet were sent to the Bayou Chicot community by Nicolas Forstall, commandant of the Poste des Opelousas, to investigate the sudden de...
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Father William Teurlngs labored for 62 years in southwest Louisiana and was a giant in the early history of the Lafayette diocese.
A Dutchman, he came to Louisiana in 1895 to become assistant pasto...
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Feuding at home brought many Italians to Louisiana in the middle 1850s. A good number of them used ties to the old country to establish themselves in food distribution businesses, first in New Orl...
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Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 6 and a very busy ballot awaits taxpayers. With early voting underway, we remind everyone that there are nine state constitutional amendments on the ballot and one loc...
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You have seen and heard the candidates running for president. After a year or more of listening to all the rhetoric it is time to make a decision. Whether you are a Democrat or Republican, you shou...
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These are excerpts from the editorial in which we recommended Rep. Boustany in the 2008 election. Little has changed other than that his dedication to all the people in the Seventh District has rei...
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Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 6 and a very busy ballot awaits taxpayers. With early voting underway, we remind everyone that there are nine state constitutional amendments on the ballot and one loc...
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You like going to the corner drugstore when you need to pick up a few things - aspirin, cough medicine for the kids, shampoo, household items and your prescriptions - all in one stop. You might eve...
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Vote for Constitutional Amendment #1 . A vote for Constitutional Amendment #1 will protect TOPS funding by redirecting annual Tobacco Settlement proceeds from the Millennium Trust to its col...
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To say this week has been one of the stranger ones I’ve experienced during my six years is....well, for lack of a lesser used word, an understatement.
To begin with Easter Sunday was very nice. I k...
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There are a lot of folks confused about the recent report on the unemployment rate. Some have the audacity to suggest that the numbers have been rigged by the federal government at 7.8 percent (...
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Compare the free enterprise system with socialism. Capitalism, the free enterprise system and individual initiative made this country the greatest in the world where thousands, no millions strive t...
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A friend of mine sent the following letter to me from a professional engineer reportedly written to his employees.
It is rather lengthy but I believe it expresses the views of every business ...
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Happy Easter Acadia Parish!
It seems I say this every year but it bears repeating that today isn’t about rabbits, eggs, candy or barbecues. Today marks the date that Christians around the world ce...
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When I was around 13-years-old, the most popular video game in the history of the world at that time was called Asteroids (showing my age, right?). My parents would drop my buddies and me off at th...
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