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Kentwood chief booked in missing money case
By Cathy Chapman LSN KENTWOOD – Police Chief Greg Newton was charged Wednesday with malfeasance in office and obstruction of justice through tampering with evidence. Newton has been under investig...
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Cajun, Zydeco headlines will play famed dancehall's re-opening
LSN Breaux Bridge – La Poussiere, the venerable Cajun dancehall damaged in last week’s tornado, is not only coming back but coming back soon. Owner-operator Lawrence Patin said a “welcome home” ev...
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Man allegedly tries luring four girls into his vehicle
AMITE-- Quick action by four young girls and the Amite Police Department on Saturday, Jan. 12, thwarted an alleged attempted kidnapping in the heart of downtown Amite. Police Chief Jerry Trabona r...
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Two die when trapped in car after it leaves interstate highrise, flips in canal
PONCHATOULA -- Investigation continues in the death of two people whose vehicle overturned in a canal, trapping them inside. State Police said the Sundayt evening accident happened near the north-b...
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Driver charged after his ar leaves interstate, hits tree, kills passenger
SLIDELL -- A man was killed when a car ran off Interstate 12 during a heavy rain and hit a tree near here early Tuesday. The crash happed about 3 a.m. about a half mile east of the Northshore Blvd....
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Truck rolls over, log hurtles into cab, misses driver
“His seatbelt saved him,” said one Kentwood Volunteer Fireman at the scene of an overturned 18-wheeler A Magnolia, Miss. man escaped serious injury when the log truck he was driving left the highwa...
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Driver swerves on wet road to avoid wire spool, hits building, killed
ABBEVILLE – One person is dead and another injured after an accident Thursday afternoon in Gross Isle. David Hilton, 22 and a 2009 Erath High graduate, died. Hilton was not restrained. A passenger...
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Lavergne moves to set aside guilty plea, judge sends papework back to his Angola office
If confessed killer Brandon Scott Lavergne is going to be a jailhouse lawyer he has to follow proper court procedure. Because the admitted killer of Mickey Shunick and Lisa Pate did not file the ri...
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Move over Swamp People, here come Edwin and Trina
NEW ORLEANS – Move over Swamp People, Pawn Stars and Duck Dynasty members, here come\s Edwin and Trina. A reality series, “The Governor’s Wife,” will premier next month on A&E Network. The show fea...
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Bridge-blocking Chihuahua gets a new home, name
MORGAN CITY -- The Chihuahua who stopped traffic on the La. 182 bridge into Berwick has been adopted into a family of rescues. He now makes his home in Stephensville under the name Freddy Krueger....
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Transocean will pay $1.4 billion to settle Deepwater Horizon probe by Justice Dept.
NEW ORLEANS – The Associated Press reports that the Justice Department has reached a $1.4 billion settlement with Transocean Ltd., the owner of the drilling rig that sank after an explosion killed ...
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Jeff Davis Bancshares buys Mamou bank for $20.9 million
Jeff Davis Bancshares, the financial holding company of Jeff Davis Bank & Trust Co. of Jennings, has completed its acquisition of Mamou-based Guaranty Bank in a cash transaction valued at $20.9 mil...
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