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Eagles, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers highlight Jazz Festival lineup
NEW ORLEANS – First-time headlines Tom Petty & the Heart Breakers and the Eagles will perform at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival April 27-May 6. Also performing at the nation’s premier out...
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Jeffery Lee Guillory gets second life sentence
BATON ROUGE ‑ Jeffery Lee Guillory, suspected of killing several women, got a life sentence Wednesday for strangling a woman her in 2002. The state tied Guillory to the death of Renee Newman using ...
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AgCenter releases two rice varieties - one high yield, the other better lodging resistance
AUSTIN, Texas – The LSU AgCenter announced the release of two new rice varieties on Dec. 8 during the USA Rice Federation Outlook Conference. LSU AgCenter rice breeder Steve Linscombe announced a...
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Hearing set on Evangeline bid for school unitary status
The Evangeline Parish School Board could be applying for unitary status in its desegregation case at the beginning of the new year, according to Superintendent Toni Hamlin, who discussed a recent v...
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Jindal picks Eunice man for wildlife post, reappoints Brousard
Gov. Bobby Jindal on Tuesday appointed Pat Manuel of Eunice to an at-large position on the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission. The appointment is for six years. Manuel will succeed vice chairman Pa...
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LSU introducing new commencement gowns
Some 1,726 potential graduates will be recognized during LSU's 276th commencement exercises on Friday, Dec. 16. This number includes about 1,355 bachelor's degrees, 259 master's and professional de...
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State to School Board: fix finances or we will
The Department of Education delivered a plain-vanilla message to the St. Landry School Board Monday -- get your financial house in order or we will. Deputy Secretary Beth Scioneaux, speaking at the...
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Mom allegedly sends inmate son Hostess with the mostest
A Eunice man in jail allegedly received a very special care package from his mother, and now faces an additional charge because of it. Eunice radio log records indicate inmate Phillip Lafleur, 18, ...
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Court affirms cold-case rape conviction, life sentence
The Third Circuit Court of Appeal has upheld the life sentence of a man who raped a 10-year-old left in an Opelousas motel room by her mother. James Stubblefield was sentenced in April 2011 for th...
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Ramp work will cause some delay on I-49 at Opelousas
The following ramps* on I-49 in St. Landry Parish will be closed for striping, weather permitting. 12-14-11 Northbound US167 On Ramp 6:00am-3:00pm 12-14-11 Northbound La 103 in Washington On and O...
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Sunset to hire part-time officer to help with evening traffic snarl
SUNSET – Town officials decided Thursday night to hire a part-time safety officer to control traffic at Darby & La. 182 every afternoon. Traffic backs up bumper to bumper from the intersection eas...
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Tanks and cavalry, Louisiana Maneuvers. U.S. Army photo.
Thousands set for Leesville military parade
FORT POLK, La. -- Leesville is hosting the largest military parade Saturday in this part of the country since 1943, when thousands of soldiers who had participated in the Louisiana maneuvers were h...
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