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Seat belt enforcement bolstered during Click It or Ticket campaign
BATON ROUGE – Law enforcement agencies across Louisiana are participating in “Click It or Ticket,” a high-profile campaign to save lives and reduce injuries from highway crashes by getting more mot...
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Seven charged in night hunting bust
COUSHATTA – Seven men are charged with night hunting violations after an alleged illegal sweep across part of Red River Parish. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Enforcement Div...
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Duck hunters distracted as opening day approaches
Pardon the distraction of Louisiana duck hunters today and Friday. Their western zone season opens on Saturday and they are as nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs. They have almost pe...
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VP Council tells mayor to invoke curfew again if crime rate jumps
VILLE PLATTE – The City Council adopted an ordinance that gives the mayor authorization “to call for a temporary curfew -- up to 30 days with an extension of 30 days with a vote of the council” if...
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Teacher-coach accused of having sex with student
PINEVILLE – Former all-state Pine Prairie pitcher and coach and current Pineville High teacher and coach Tim Rodriguez is charged with two counts of prohibited sexual conduct between an educator a...
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Vernon man allegedly left cell phone video recorder on, filmed women in bathroom
LEESVILLE – An Anacoco man is charged with leaving a cell phone video recorder on in a bathroom used by women visiting his house. Sheriff Sam Craft said Steven Boyd Smith, 40, was jailed after an ...
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Boy dies when Pilot smashed by 18-wheeler near Kaplan
KAPLAN – A 12-year-old boy from Lafayette was killed Tuesday when the driver of the vehicle he was in may have turned into the path of an 18-wheeler heading south on La. 35. The boy was a passenger...
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Man allegedly confesses to 1994 Mamou rape
MAMOU – A rape which happened here 17 years ago has allegedly been confessed to by an Opelousas man. According to Det. Marie Pottery, Lawrence W. LaFleur, 49, is in the town jail and has confessed ...
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Woman attacks cheating boyfriend with mop, held on domestic violence charge
MONROE – A woman was arrested Monday after attacking her philandering boyfriend with a metal mop handle. Anntionette Roberson, 29, of Monroe, was arrested on aggravated battery domestic violence fo...
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Crash kills Franklin man walking in road, two-year-old also injured
CENTERVILLE - A Franklin man walking on La. 318 with two children was killed when struck by a car Monday night. According to investigating troopers, shortly after 8 p.m. 39-year-old Aaron Burgess o...
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Youngster falls from Capitol steps ledge 25 feet to ground, both legs broken
BATON ROUGE- Andrew Illes, 9, fell off a ledge while trying to take a picture on a school field trip to the Capitol on Nov. 4. The boy's father, Adrian Illes, says his son and two other students w...
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Probe concludes wildlife agent accidentally shot and killed himself
ST. FRANCISVILLE – A Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agent working a night hunting complaint accidently shot and killed himself with his shotgun,investigators conclude. The body of Sgt. Paul St...
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