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St. Landry School Board budget balances, with teeny bit to spare
If you make $500 week and your budget is similar to the St. Landry Parish School Board’s for the current fiscal year, you have $1 a week for unplanned expenses after all your bills are paid. That’s...
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Officials identify skeleton found in Abbeville chimney
ABBEVILLE – The remains found two months ago in a chimney in the Bank of Abbeville have been identified. The Abbeville Police Department Tuesday morning released the name of the skeleton remains. T...
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Miller. Photos by David Simpson
Liberty to host Blake Miller, Howard Noel, Jr.
This Saturday, July 30, 2011, the weekly "Rendez-vous des Cajuns" Music Show will present a performance by BLAKE J. MILLER & the Vermilion Playboys, followed by HOWARD NOEL, JR. & Cajun Boogie....e...
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Fleeing man decides cemetery no place to hide at midnight
It may sound like a scene from a horror movie, but Eunice Police say a Lake Charles man who allegedly fled through a cemetery during a traffic stop ended up with an injured ankle, but no ghostly en...
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Boating deaths statewide way up from last year
GRETNA – A boater-safety campaign has been launched by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office after fatal boat wrecks a month apart and already exceeding last year’s number of boat-related deaths. T...
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Jefferies
Mother charged with breaking infant's arm 8 hours before going to hospital
OPELOUSAS – A woman is charged with cruelty to a juvenile after alleged breaking one of her five-month-old’s arms and waiting eight hours to get it treatment. Sheriff Bobby Guidroz said deputies we...
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Calling all 'Swamp People' -- new cast sought
The History Channel is looking for the next "Swamp People" cast. The show's producers are looking for alligator hunters with at least 50 tags who are licensed to hunt in Louisiana. They're also c...
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La. Guard has newest emergency response force package
PINEVILLE – Louisiana has a new National Guard resource for immediate emergency mass casualty response that will significantly increase disaster reaction for local, state and federal agencies. T...
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Huddling during Fire and Police Civil Service Board meeting are members, from left, Jan Ward, Fire Capt. Keith Vidrine and Police Lt. Donnie Thibodeaux.
Board cuts officer's pay loss for failure to log complaint
The Fire and Police Civil Service Board cut a communication officer’s loss of pay in half for admitted violation of policy after concluding she was not the only person at fault. Angelique LeBoeuf a...
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Man charged with rape, carnal knowledge of teen runaway
IOWA – A Lake Charles man is charged with rape and carnal knowledge after allegedly harboring a runaway and forcing himself on her. Iowa police recovered the 16-year-old girl who alleged told them ...
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Bivens
Would-be bandits shoot resisting woman with nail-loaded flare gun
BAKER – Two men who allegedly shot a woman with a nail-loaded flare gun after she refused to give up her purse face several charges. The robbery attempt occurred near Walmart on Plank Road in Baker...
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Landry
Abbeville teen allegedly pumps four shots into man after fight, flees, captured
ABBEVILLE – A man who allegedly fired four shots into his victim Thursday night i charged with attempted first degree murder. Police said Quincy Landry, 19, and his victim were in a fight after wh...
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