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Chad Broussard
Eunice man allegedly beat, dumped, then abducted fiancée
A Eunice man is in jail after police allege he beat and abducted his fiancée Saturday morning. According to police reports, authorities received a call at 5:26 a.m. of a woman having been beaten an...
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Jindal says Perry's the best choice
BATON ROUGE – Gov. Bobby Jindal on Monday night endorsed Rick Perry for president. Jindal announced his support for the Texas governor ahead of Monday night’s GOP presidential debate in Tampa, Fla...
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School Board association fires exec director over alleged theft coverup
BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana School Board Association has fired its executive director as a probe of the alleged cover up of theft by another employee continues. Nolton Senegal, Sr., executive direc...
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What's that white cloud in your house? Vangy deputies bust two allegedly cooking meth at home
VILLE PLATTE – A new investigative program helped Evangeline Sheriff's deputies shut down an alleged meth lab. Investigators followed up on leads developed from a new investigative program utilize...
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Vangy deputies seize 'legal weed' in house search
VILLE PLATTE – Investigators with the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Department conducted an investigation Sept. 8 and seized approximately 500 grams of “legal weed” after receiving information from C...
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From left, Public Defender Ed Lopez, Marla Giglio, Barry Giglio and attorney Donald Foret at Pig Stand news conference.
Pig Stand owners ready to rebuild reputation after grand jury rejects child-sex charges
VILLE PLATTE – A couple that owns a popular eatery here wants to rebuild their reputation and their business after being cleared by a grand jury of heinous charges. Barry and Marla Giglio, owners o...
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Auditor tells library board to gets its bookkeeping in order
Its auditor advises the Opelousas-Eunice Public Library board that it needs to get its in-house accounting in order. The board’s annual audit was made more difficult than necessary, according to CP...
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Fugitive Poets, Joe Simon on Liberty playbill
Saturday, September 17, 2011, the weekly "Rendez-vous des Cajuns" Music Show presents performances by THE FUGITIVE POETS, a group of singer/songwriters with the look of a classic Bluegrass band but...
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Guard unit deploys to Afghanistan
PINEVILLE -- Marking the tenth anniversary of 9/11, the Louisiana National Guard, family and friends bid farewell to approximately 170 soldiers of the 1086th Transportation Company during a deploym...
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Phyllis Gail Rozas Talbot, in a photo taken at her son's wedding, spring 2001.
Remembering Chataignier native killed in terrorist attacks 10 years ago
When the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks tragically cut short the lives of 2,977 people, Chataignier native Phyllis Rozas Talbot was among their number. She was born Phyllis Gail Rozas, the only d...
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Gerald "Papoose" Matt is arrested outside an Aymond Street trailer house Friday.
Home invasion suspect who vowed not to be taken is after hideout standoff
Eunice police and St. Landry Parish deputies late Friday morning apprehended a fugitive who had vowed to do whatever was necessary to avoid returning to prison. He changed his mind after being subj...
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St. Landry board fills to administrative posts, hears black employment complaint
The St. Landry Parish School Board appointed two black administrators at its September meeting on Thursday, then heard a complaint about shortcomings in its hiring of black faculty and staff member...
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