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Elderly man dies in Eunice house fire
A Friday morning fire claimed the life of an elderly man and set a Third Street house ablaze. At 7:27 a.m., the Eunice Fire Department responded to a report of a fire at 711 N. Third Street. Firefi...
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Former Techsters coach, assistant die in Okla. State plane crash
RUSTON – Former Louisiana Tech and current Oklahoma State women's basketball coach Kurt Budke and former Techsters assistant Miranda Serna died in a plane crash Thursday night along with two others...
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Judge says evidence valid against alleged child killer
MANSFIELD - Information from the telephone of a man who allegedly posed a girl to lure a young boy to his cab before killing him can be used at trial. Dist. Judge Robert Burgess ruled Wednesday aga...
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Kaplan man, daughter just keep running
KAPLAN — It is said that life is a marathon, not a sprint. That can be taken almost literally for Boyd and Olivia Girouard. The father and daughter from Kaplan have run a combined 19 marathons. An...
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Trustee given ride to apartment where he kicks in door, allegedly stabs man
VILLE PLATTE – A Ville Platte jail trustee, assigned to a city employee while on a work detail, was driven to an apartment where he ended up stabbing a man, according to Ville Platte Police Chief N...
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Tornado lifts Kentwood house off its foundation
KENTWOOD -- Severe weather, including suspected tornadoes, swept through parts of Louisiana and Mississippi early Wednesday, causing some structural damage, officials said. Dawson Primes, the Emerg...
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Burp, state's kids still too fat, smoke too much, don't exercise
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The percentage of obese people in Louisiana has nearly doubled since 1999, and two-thirds of the state's schoolchildren get less than 20 minutes of vigorous activity a day, offic...
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Teen on dirt bike killed on city street
ALEXANDRIA -- A teenager riding a dirt bike on a city street was killed Monday afternoon when he collided with an SUV. Police did not immediately release the 14-year-old's name or the name of the T...
Nov 15, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 26 26 recommendations | email to a friend
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Man shoots movement in brush, kills another hunter
JONESVILLE – Investigation continues in the case of a man killed while hunting on Catahoula Wildlife Refuge. State police say Rod Gordo, 63, of Jonesville was moving in brush shortly before 6 a.m. ...
Nov 14, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 37 37 recommendations | email to a friend
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Liberty hosting 12th annual tribute to Hank Williams, Sr.
Saturday, NOVEMBER 19, 2011, the weekly "Rendez-vous des Cajuns" Music Show will not be performed at the Liberty Theater. Instead, the Liberty Theater will host the 12th annual "TRIBUTE TO HANK W...
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Woman killed when Hummer pulls into path near Leesville
LEESVILLE -- An Alexandria woman was killed when an Oklahoma man tried to cross La. 28 Saturday night and was struck by her car. State Police said the accident happened about 8 p.m. at La. 28 and L...
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New home on the bayou on accidental lottery million-dollar winner's agenda
BATON ROUGE -- "I went to bed a nutria and woke up a mink!" exclaimed a surprised Robert Thibodaux Sr. after learning he held a $1 million-winning Powerball ticket from the Oct. 29 drawing. The 70-...
Nov 10, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 34 34 recommendations | email to a friend
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