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Georgia men plead to million-dollar id theft/fraud scheme
LAFAYETTE – United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that Derrick Nathaniel Hartfield, 45, of Smyrna, Ga., and Rico Carty Clemons, 47, of Riverdale, Ga., pleaded guilty Monday before U....
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Pay raise bills for assessors, clerks, judges pending
By John Maginnis & Jeremy Alford LaPOLITICS.com Proposed salary bumps for assessors, clerks and judges are all positioned to move forward in the remaining three weeks of the regular session. Toge...
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Motorcycle runs into back of truck slowing in road, cyclist killed
BREAUX BRIDGE – A motorcycle ran into the back of a pickup truck slowing down to retrieve something that had fallen from the truck bed. State Police said the collision occured about 9 a.m. Monday o...
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7 KILLED Judge resentences driver, result same, about 30 years in prison
ST. FRANCISVILLE – On Tuesday, 20th District Judge William Carmichael resentenced a Greensburg man convicted of seven counts of vehicular homicide. In March, Carmichael sentenced Brett Gerald to 1...
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REVOLTING! Accused pleads to child porn charges, some involving infants
LAFAYETTE--United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced Monday that Ray Hatton III, 30, of Lafayette, pleaded guilty Tuesday before U. S. District Judge Richard T. Haik, to possessing child...
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Size of storm may be just as important as hurricane's strength
MORGAN CITY — When preparing for a hurricane or tropical storm, the size of the storm may be just as important as the category, officials from the National Weather Service and National Oceanic and ...
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Line still open to fishing piers
FORKED ISLAND – The four piers along La. 82, south of Forked Island, still have life for now. The Vermilion Parish Police Jury has yet to figure out what to do with them. The piers, more than 25 ye...
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Driver who avoided golf cart driven by teen girl over blood alcohol limit, dies
BOURG -- A Montegut man died Saturday afternoon from injuries he sustained in a crash on May 5 when his vehicle struck a tree limb after avoiding a golf cart in the road. State Police said their in...
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Monroe board picks new school super
MONROE -- The Monroe City School Board on Thursday picked Neville High School Principal Brent Vidrine as its next superintendent. The board voted 5-1-1 in favor of Vidrine. The finalists were Vidr...
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Mall restricts teenagers' access
ALEXANDRIA –Officials announced a new policy this week banning unsupervised youths from Alexandria Mall on Friday and Saturday nights. Under the new guidelines, anyone under the age of 18 must be a...
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Gay, former defensive back, booked in bar brouhaha
BATON ROUGE – Former New Orleans Saints and LSU defensive back Randall Gay was arrested early Thursday after he allegedly pushed two employees at a Baton Rouge bar and refused to leave the premises...
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Deaths Elsewhere
Catholic educator LAFAYETTE – Services for Catholic educator Sister Bernardine Breaux, MHS will be Saturday. She died May 6 at age 98. She spent 60 years in Education Ministry for the Sisters of th...
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