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Police seek driver who struck, killed bicycle rider
VILLE PLATTE – Police are looking for a driver whose vehicle struck a bicycle rider about 3 a.m. Sunday, killing him. The vehicle fled the scene. Edwin Griffin, 50, was riding his bike in front of ...
Sep 19, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 36 36 recommendations | email to a friend
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Six charged in raid on alleged Desoto Parish brothel
FRIERSON – Three women from outside the U.S. and three men are charged with operating a brothel in this DeSoto Parish community. Police said the operation, which reportedly catered to natural gas p...
Sep 16, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 47 47 recommendations | email to a friend
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U-turning motorcylist hit, killed
WINNFIELD – A motorcylist attempting a u-turn was killed on U.S. 84 Tuesday night. State police said Jonathan Taylor, 21, was eastbound east of the city about 6:30 p.m. when his motorcycle collided...
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VP council lifts walking curfew
VILLE PLATTE – The City Council voted Tuesday night to lift the walking curfew in October. The vote was over objections of Mayor Jennifer Vidrine who wanted it renewed for 120 days. The ordinance ...
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ATV overturns on highway, its driver killed when struck by oncoming vehicle
OPELOUSAS – An overturned ATV was struck by an approaching vehicle Tuesday night and its rider killed. State Police said Bernell Bernard, 49, of Arnaudville was riding east about 8 p.m. when he ent...
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He remembers stealing TV from church, but not selling it
MONROE – The suspect in the theft of an $1,800 TV from a church wasn’t hard to find. Police said a man purchased the stolen TV on street for $150 from man wearing a leg brace. At services earlier S...
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City fights the bite, begins two-a-day mosquito spraying
Mayor (slap) Rusty (swat) Moody (smack) said at Tuesday night’s City Council meeting the city has launched intensive air raids in its renewed war on mosquitoes. The hoards of hungry buzzers hoverin...
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Nearly 900,000 - one in five - Louisianians have no health insurance
About one in five Louisiana residents has no health insurance, Census Bureau data releasted Tuesday shows, and that percentage in higher in the state’s poorest parishes. Roughly 886,000 in Louisia...
Sep 14, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 29 29 recommendations | email to a friend
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Eunice man allegedly beat, dumped, then abducted fiancée
A Eunice man is in jail after police allege he beat and abducted his fiancée Saturday morning. According to police reports, authorities received a call at 5:26 a.m. of a woman having been beaten an...
Sep 13, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 27 27 recommendations | email to a friend
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Jindal says Perry's the best choice
BATON ROUGE – Gov. Bobby Jindal on Monday night endorsed Rick Perry for president. Jindal announced his support for the Texas governor ahead of Monday night’s GOP presidential debate in Tampa, Fla...
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School Board association fires exec director over alleged theft coverup
BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana School Board Association has fired its executive director as a probe of the alleged cover up of theft by another employee continues. Nolton Senegal, Sr., executive direc...
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What's that white cloud in your house? Vangy deputies bust two allegedly cooking meth at home
VILLE PLATTE – A new investigative program helped Evangeline Sheriff's deputies shut down an alleged meth lab. Investigators followed up on leads developed from a new investigative program utilize...
Sep 12, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 37 37 recommendations | email to a friend
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