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Police searching for driver who fled after his truck flipped, killing two passengers
OPELOUSAS – Police are searching for an Hispanic driver who fled after his vehilce flipped Saturday afternoon, killing two passengers. The accident happened on I-49 at milepost 42 in northern St. ...
May 30, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 34 34 recommendations | email to a friend
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New rice lines showing promising results, farmers told; water weevils a concern in some fields
MAMOU – New Clearfield lines of rice are being tested that show promising results, LSU AgCenter rice breeders told Evangeline Parish farmers at a field day May 24. Some lines have produced yields ...
May 27, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 23 23 recommendations | email to a friend
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Sale to narcotics agent leads to alleged dealer bust
A Eunice man allegedly sold crack cocaine to the wrong customer, resulting in his arrest on several charges. Police Chief Ronald Dies said Friday that narcotics detectives bought crack from Steven ...
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Deseg lawyer's tab final piece in St. Landry school budget puzzle
One difficult piece is all that remains to completing the St. Landry Parish School Board budget puzzle for the next fiscal year. Supt. Michael Nassif intends to propose at the June 2 board meeting ...
May 27, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 26 26 recommendations | email to a friend
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Evangeline School Board trims budget, more likely ahead
VILLE PLATTE – The Evangeline Parish School Board became the latest school system to whack spending, when it approved a list of budget cuts during a special meeting Wednesday, May 25, to offset a $...
May 27, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
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3rd Circuit upholds $15 million award in St. Landry gas explosion, notes victims will suffer all their lives
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a St. Landry jury’s $15 million verdict in a case of an explosion that occurred when an Opelousas man turned the natural gas on at his house after it w...
May 26, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 35 35 recommendations | email to a friend
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As river flow drops, Corps closing Morganza gates
Based on reduced flows in the Mississippi River at Red River Landing, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, has begun closing bays at the Morganza Floodway. One bay had closed Tu...
May 26, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 36 36 recommendations | email to a friend
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Investigation continues in motorcycle-vehicle crash
Investigation continues into an accident that left a Eunice motorcycle seriously injured. According to reports, Gregory Young, 50, was riding his cycle south on La. 13 South when he hit from behind...
May 25, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
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Probe continues into teen alcohol-related crash
Investigation continues into the question of where three Evangeline Parish teenagers got the beer that led to a serious accident in Eunice on Monday night. A car driven by an allegedly drunk teenag...
May 25, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
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Faircloth: burning victim
Fatal teen burning case sent to Juvenile Court
DEVILLE – A Juvenile Court hearing was held Tuesday for a 15-year-old charged with negligent homicide after setting another teenager on fire. Jared Faircloth, 16, died May 18, three days after bei...
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Rankin: 2009 drive-by murder victim
Four in family convicted in Lake Charles teen's incidental murder
LAKE CHARLES – Sentencing will be July 20 for four family members convicted in the shooting death of a teenager in the wrong place at the wrong time. Alexus Rankins, 14, was walking home from a mal...
May 25, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 25 25 recommendations | email to a friend
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Travel writers, with an eye out for flood-fleeing bears, find Henderson Lake fascinating site
HENDERSON – The Atchafalaya River community of Butte La Rose fell under mandatory evacuation this week but Henderson Lake and the businesses along the West Atchafalaya Protection Levee remain open ...
May 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 21 21 recommendations | email to a friend
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