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Jurors discuss enforcing parish permit ordinance
CROWLEY – In an agenda filled with routine actions, members of the Acadia Parish Police Jury Tuesday night focused much of their attention on enforcing the parish’s permitting ordinance and the poi...
Sep 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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IRF seeks convertibles
CROWLEY – The International Rice Festival needs your help for its parades this year. The International Rice Festival is looking for convertible automobiles for the children’s parade and the grand p...
Sep 10, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 29 29 recommendations | email to a friend
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Thursday morning fatality attended by local and parish authorities, ground medical personnel, and Air-Med.
Mid-morning fatality
A fatal car-motorcycle crash Thursday morning was reported on Quarterpole Road just east of Rayne. More information will be released as it becomes available.
Sep 06, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 17 17 recommendations | email to a friend
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Good news for August from CCCC
CROWLEY - When the freezer at the Crowley Christian Care Center (CCCC) went on the blink, Deacon Rodless Leleux, a believer in the promise, “Ask and ye shall receive,” did just that - he asked. Aft...
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Mosquitoes, speed bumps on Jurors’ minds
Mosquito control and the installation of speed bumps on parish roads led much of the discussion during Tuesday night’s committee meetings of the Acadia Parish Police Jury. Noting he had received “a...
Sep 05, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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Firemen's fais-do-do benefit set Saturday
The Rayne Volunteer Fire Department will hold its annual Fais Do Do this Saturday, Sept. 8, at the Rayne Civic Center. The doors open at 12 noon and the first band, Cajun Heat will perform from 1...
Sep 04, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Unrestrained Driver Dies in Single Vehicle Cras
ST. MARY- Last night, Troopers assigned to Louisiana State Police Troop I investigated a single vehicle fatal crash on LA Highway 87 near Websterville which claimed the life of a New Iberia man. Ac...
Aug 30, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Power outage numbers grow as Isaac creeps into Louisiana
The latest power outage numbers, as of noon, are as follows: Cleco - 53,611 total customers (Acadia Parish - 7, Avoyelles Parish - 147, Evangeline Parish - 543, Grant Parish - 314, Iberia Parish - ...
Aug 29, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Amy and Cliff Chism along with their friend Kyle Landwehr were on there way to Scott when they decided to stop at the ice machine on North Parkerson Ave. to fill their ice chest in preparation for Hurricane Isaac. Unfortunately, they found the machine to be empty.
Isaac takes his time along La. coast; slowly weakening
ACADIA PARISH - Well let’s try this again. Hurricane Isaac seems to taking it’s time moving inland in Louisiana and slowly teased the Gulf Coast as it slowly moved in a west northwest fashion. In f...
Aug 29, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Over 500,000 without power in Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS – As Louisiana enters over 12 hours of Isaac's wrath, power outages continue to spring up in the state, particularly in the southeastern part of the state. According to Entergy's latest...
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Questions surround Vermilion Parish death
VERMILION PARISH – In Vermilion Parish, residents have spent the better part of the last two days preparing for Hurricane Isaac's landfall. Now they must spend time mourning. According to Sheriff M...
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24-year-old Crowley women abducted
GUEYDAN - The Gueydan Police Department with the assistance of the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Department and Louisiana State Police are in the process of investigating a hit-and-run accident along ...
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