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Marcades, aka Rose Cherami, circa 1957
Alleged tip two days before assassination links Eunice and JFK
By Todd C. Elliott todd.elliott@eunicetoday.com Eunice is forever linked to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas -- 49 years ago today. Many America...
Nov 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 46 46 recommendations | email to a friend
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Unemployment rate drops again
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana’s unemployment rate dropped to 6.6 percent for October, down from 7 percent in September, and 7.1 percent for October 2011. Tuesday’s report from the Bureau of Labor Statist...
Nov 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 31 31 recommendations | email to a friend
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Truck crosses center line, its driver killed in collision
ARNAUDVILLE – The driver of a pickup was killed when his truck hit an oncoming vehicle Monday night. State Police said Paul Young, 68, of Opelousas crossed the center line near La. 93 and Bayou Fus...
Nov 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 23 23 recommendations | email to a friend
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Harris
Habitual felon gets mandatory life sentence
ABBEVILLE – A man whose Vermilion Parish criminal record dats to the early 1990s has been sentenced to life in prison as an habitual offender. Judge Durwood Conque sentenced Derrick Harris, age 44,...
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Driver distraction suspected in fatal motorcycle crash, negilgent homicide charged
HAMMOND -- A motorcycle driver died Monday when a vehicle pulled into his path on La. 443. State Police said Christopher Kelley, 22, of Walker was southbound when an Escalade driven by Linda Atkins...
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Explosion rips chemical lab in Slaughter
By Tabatha Alcina and Stacy Gill LSN Twisted metal remains after an early morning explosion demolished Monolyte Labs in Slaughter early Monday. Several people in the vicinity were evacuated after ...
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Fired CAA director not SMILEing, says dismissal illegal vendetta
BREAUX BRIDGE – Alvin Wiltz of Breaux Bridge has been fired as executive director of the St. Martin-Iberia-Lafayette Community Action Agency, or SMILE. In a letter to board members obtained by Tech...
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Unbelted driver dies when car hit head-on by veering pickup
CARENCRO – The sound of a grinding head-on collision echoed across the morning stillness Sunday. State Police said a Shreveport man was killed when his car was hit head-on on the Canton Highway jus...
Nov 19, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 28 28 recommendations | email to a friend
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Avoyelles hunter's gun discharges, kills him
MARKSVILLE – According to Avoyelles Sheriff Doug Anderson, at about 9 p.m. Thursday his office received a call for assistance regarding a hunter who was found dead earlier in the evening on School...
Nov 16, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 33 33 recommendations | email to a friend
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School Board members plead innocent, no trial date set
No trial date has been set for two St. Landry Parish School Board members who pleaded innocent in federal court Thursday to bribery and conspiracy to commit bribery. John Miller and Quincy Richard ...
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BP settles for $4.5 billion, will plead guilty in criminal cases
NEW ORLEANS - Criminal acts by BP which cost the lives of 11 workers, and lies to Congress afterward, will cost the company $4.5 billion. The firm agree to the settlement Thursday and to pleading ...
Nov 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 32 32 recommendations | email to a friend
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This Marine was a minority twice -- black and female
ABBEVILLE – Theresa Harding Holmes stood on Concord Street in downtown Abbeville on Monday in line with 30 other veterans who served their country. It was a special Veteran’s Day Ceremony to honor ...
Nov 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 34 34 recommendations | email to a friend
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