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Rapides board extends superintendent search until May, declines to reveal applicants
ALEXANDRIA – The Rapides Parish School Board, without a superintendent since August has voted to take applications for the post until May. Gary Jones left on Sept. 1 to take a state job after the b...
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LBC okays La. College's direct appeal to churches for capital campaign funds
WEST MONROE -- The Louisiana Baptist Convention has approved Louisiana College asking for money directly from LBC churches for its capital improvements program. In October, the LBC executive board ...
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LIke many other cities, Monroe official facing sewer system deficit, reluctant to change
MONROE – Its auditor has told the city council it needs to raise sewer rates, a need cited in many other Louisiana cities but one elected officials are reluctant to carry out. Tuesday night, the co...
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Crappell
Stolen funds included money from student memorial fund
BERWICK — Of the $77,347 in restitution paid by former school secretary and town councilwoman Penny T. Crappell a week ago, $2,259 went to a student memorial fund from which she stole. Crappell ple...
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Shirley
Clinton women face racketeering charges in alleged Main Street scam
CLINTON – Two women have been charged with rackteering after an investigation into the Clinton Main Street Program. Arrested were Clinton Main Street program manager Carol M. Shirley, 66, and an of...
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Former pastor pleads to child sex charges, gets 8 must-serve years
MARKSVILLE – A former pastor pleaded guilty on one count of indecent behavior of a juvenile and has been sentenced to eight years in prison with no benefit of probation, parole or suspension of se...
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Trio charged with leaving baby, dog in car while they shop at Walmart
KENNER – A trio of shoppers who left an infant and dog locked in a car while they shopped at Walmart are on bond awaiting a court appearance. A window of the vehicle was partially down with the 10-...
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Woman pleads, faces 25 years for death of her step-daughter, 5
BOSSIER CITY – An Elm Grove woman pleaded guilty Monday to killer her five-year-old stepdaughter last year. She could get up to 25 years in prison for the manslaughter plea. Sentencing is scheduled...
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Teens' killer gets life with no parole
TALLULAH – The man who killed two teenage women here last summer was sentenced Monday to life in prison with no parole. Walter Walker was convicted of two counts of second-degree murder. He killed ...
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Luck, police work led to bust of hydro-marijuana farm
ERATH - The Erath Police Department got the surprise of the year when they walked into the Norred home on Broussard Street and learned a husband and wife were running a sophisticated hydrophonic ma...
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Coke dealer gets 27 years; his son six
SHREVEPORT – A coke dealer has a 27-year sentence and his son a six-year one. US Attorney Stephanie A. Finley said Darien L. Reliford of Shreveport was sentenced on Friday, November 9, 2012, to 327...
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Allegedly drunk driver hits, kills motorcyclist
By Cathy Chapman LSN KENTWOOD – What started as a peaceful ride with friends turned tragic Saturday morning when ae motorcyclist was killed just west of here. According to witnesses, Elmus “E.H.” ...
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