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McNeese sets late Fall registration schedule
Students registering late for the fall 2012 semester at McNeese State University can register online or with their faculty adviser Aug. 13-16. Students must be admitted to the university prior to r...
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Pitkin, LA women sentenced to ten years in prison for drug charge
Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) LAKE CHARLES – United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Kimberly Ann Thompson, age 39, of Pitkin, La., was sentenced Thu...
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Louisiana Department of Insurance announces some Acadia Parish residents to see drop in fire insurance rates
Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon says Acadia Parish homeowners in Fire District 10 (Church Point area) can expect significant rate reductions in their fire insurance premiums, effective August...
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U.S. Coast Guard Officer pleads guilty to child pornography charges
Lake Charles, La.: United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Chief Warrant Officer with the U.S. Coast Guard pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Patricia Minaldi in feder...
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Coy Borel
Man located and charged with theft, contributing to delinquency and felony carnal knowledge
Only hours after local media outlets released photos of the missing 16-year-old girl from Duson Lexy Jones was found by St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Deputies unharmed. Earlier today deputies locat...
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Graduation set for police cadets
Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office announces the graduation of nineteen police cadets from the Acadiana Law Enforcement Training Academy this Friday July 20, 2012 at 6:00 PM. The ceremony will take...
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Ville Platte man sentenced in Federal Court for theft of government property
LAFAYETTE – United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that William E. Marshall, 66, of Ville Platte, La., was sentenced Wednesday to 12 months in prison followed by three years of...
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82nd Airborne Division Association
Acadiana Chapter of the 82nd Airborne Division Association
The Acadiana Chapter is the Louisiana Chapter of the 82nd of the 82nd Airborne Division Association formed during WWII by the paratroopers of the Division prior to the parachute jump into Normandy ...
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American Cancer Society Announces 2012 Spirit of Hope Award Recipients
LAFAYETTE - The American Cancer Society has selected four community leaders as recipients of the 2012 American Cancer Society Spirit of Hope Award. The award recipients will be recognized at the Am...
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Shane Jenkins
Man arrested after stabbing roommate
On Sunday July 15, 2012 at 7:48 PM Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Deputies were called to a home in the 6300 block of West Congress. Responding deputies were alerted that a stabbing had occurred outsi...
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Edward Boudreaux III
Man exposes himself in front of neighbors
On Sunday July 15, 2012, residents in the 100 block of Haven Loop reported seeing a male subject standing inside a home in full view of the window nude and massaging himself. Lafayette Parish Depu...
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Lafayette man arrested for one count of Oral Sexual Battery
On Friday, July 13, 2012, Drew David Maitreme-Compagno (33), 120 block of Rosedale, Lafayette LA was arrested for one count of Oral Sexual Battery. Rayne Police Chief Carroll Stelly stated that Dre...
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