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Lakota crew chief Louisiana National Guardsman Sgt. John Biswell conducts routine maintenance on the newly fielded UH-72A Lakota helicopter in Haiti. The Lakota costs nearly $3,000 less per hour to operate and maintain than the UH-60 Black Hawk. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Aaron LeBlanc.)
La. Guard aviators providing Haition relief first to use Lakota choppers in overseas mission
By Sgt. Aaron LeBlanc Louisiana National Guard, Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Aviators from the Louisiana National Guard led the first overseas humanitarian training relief mission involvin...
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Landry thanks School Board for opportunity at Central Middle.
Board approves new Central Middle principal, discusses but rejects motion to change transfer
The St. Landry Parish School Board appointed a new principal for Central Middle School at its August meeting, then came close to taking personnel actions outside its authority. Ranolviaun Landry wa...
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School Board overpays teachers by almost half million, now weighting options
FRANKLIN PARISH – An accounting mistake resulted in about $450,000 being mistakenly paid to employees by the School Board. A pay supplement was essentially mistakenly doubled for certified teachers...
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Thibodeaux (photos by David Simpson)
'Playboy' night at the Liberty on Aug. 6
This Saturday, August 6, 2011, the weekly "Rendez-vous des Cajuns" Music Show celebrates PLAYBOY NIGHT with performances by GOLDMAN THIBODEAUX & the Lawtell PLAYBOYS, followed by ELLIS VANICOR & th...
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Couple held in Pine Prairie bank robbery
PINE PRAIRIE – A Pine Prairie couple has been arrested in connection with a bank robbery here Wednesday. Brian Keith Soileau and his wife Anna are also being investigated in connection with theft o...
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Bandit shoots Kentwood woman making night deposit
KENTWOOD – An employee from Popeye's Fried Chicken in Kentwood was shot while attempting to make a late night deposit after closing Tuesday, Aug. 2. According to Kentwood Chief of Police Greg Newto...
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LifeCare buys Ruston hospital
RUSTON – North Louisiana Specialty Hospital has been sold to LifeCare Holdings. The Plano, Texas firm says it will retain the 300 employees. The hospital has satellite locations in Farmerville and ...
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Man guilty of killing, sawing up World War II vet
SHREVEPORT – A jury found Eric Mickelson guilty of killing and then chopping into pieces an elderly man. First-degree murder was the verdict Wednesday in the death of Charles Martin, an 86-year-old...
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Motocycle-riding bandit strikes Pine Prairie bank
PINE PRAIRIE – Citizens Bank in Pine Prairie was robbed at gun point at approximately 12 noon Wednesday. Police were on the lookout for a white male wearing a bandana and possibly riding a black pe...
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Man tries to steal copper at substation, electrocuted
HOUMA – A Houman man died when electrocuted trying to steal copper wire from an electric utility substation. Terrebone sheriff's deputies said Timothy Lewis, 34, broke through a fence at the distri...
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In the wee, small hours of the morning ... K-9 nabs fleeing naked peeper
WALKER – A man roaming a neighborhood naked, breaking into some homes and peeping into others, then riding a stolen lawn mower to his get away truck, faces several charges. Jason Clayton, 35, of De...
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Winn sheriff under federal drug indictment, state also investigating his office
SHREVEPORT – Sheriff A.D. “Bodie” Little is among 11 suspects in an alleged drug-trafficking scheme indicted by a federal grand jury in Shreveport, accused of organizing the distribution of more th...
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