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Board declares financial emergency, closes Adult Ed, leaves 34 teaching posts empty
Seventy-seven retiring St. Landry teachers were honored at a reception on Thursday. Thirty-four of them will not be replaced. That summarizes the school system’s financial predicament. The attritio...
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Mother, grandmother charged with horrendous abuse of two young girls found eating from garbage cans
MOSS BLUFF – The mother and grandmother of two young girls discovered eating food from a trash can have been jailed for a series of alleged cruelties to the sisters. Once the Dept. of Children and ...
Jul 07, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
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Jindal's executive branch hiring freeze includes higher ed, health care, state police
BATON ROUGE – Governor Bobby Jindal on Thursday announced a limited hiring freeze for the Executive Branch. The order prohibits the filling of any new or existing vacancies in executive branch posi...
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Kevin Thomas, left, was reunited with his biological mother, Shelia Richard, center.
Joyous reunion for mother searching for son given up for adoption 35 years ago
Lafayette resident Shelia Richard’s decades-long quest to find the son she was forced to give up for adoption has finally ended, here in Eunice. Richard reported this week that she has been reunite...
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Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal thanks surviving family members of deceased service members prior to signing into law House Bill 143 providing death and disability benefits for any National Guardsmen killed or disabled in the line of duty after 9/11 at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, La., July 5, 2011. House Bill 143 provides $250,000 to the survivor’s beneficiary in the event of death or $100,000 for a one hundred percent disability as determined by the Department of Veterans Affairs. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Master Sgt. Toby M. Valadie, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office/Released)
Jindal signs benefits bill for deceased, disabled Guardsmen, their families
By Sgt. Rebekah Malone Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal signed into law House Bill 143 providing 32 death benefits for the families ...
Jul 06, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
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Inhaling Freon no way to beat the heat
MONROE – A man wasn’t trying to beat the heat when arrested for inhaling Freon gas from air conditioning units. Ouachita Parish deputies jailed Kendall Mier, 35, of Monroe after a complaint that he...
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Edwards sets Marksville appearance, will greet high school classmates
MARKSVILLE – Four-term Louisiana governor Edwin Edwards will be coming home to Avoyelles Parish at the invitation of the Marksville Lions Club, the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe and other parish civic organi...
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Local activists Joe Lawrence and Clifton Lemelle lead protesters during a march held Monday.
Protesters march against police chief, alleged profiling and mistreatment of prisoners; chief says he's not resigning
Despite sweltering noonday heat, over two dozen marchers took to the streets Monday to protest alleged abuses by Eunice Police Chief Ronald Dies and his officers, as well as law enforcement abuses ...
Jul 05, 2011 | 3 3 comments | 34 34 recommendations | email to a friend
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Edwin Edwards prepares for renewed freedom
BATON ROUGE – Former Gov. Edwin Edwards returns to civilian life on Wednesday, freed from house arrest and allowed to go his own way, with only probation restrictions impinging on his freedom. Edwa...
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Chris Miller. Photo by David Simpson
Ray Landry will emcee at Liberty; Bayou Roots on the bill
This Saturday, July 9, 2011, the weely "Rendez-vous des Cajuns" Music Show will present a performance by CHRIS MILLER AND BAYOU ROOTS....emcee for this evening will be RAY LANDRY. The "Rendez-vous ...
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Police say Eunice man attempted to hire hit man to kill two "snitches"
A Eunice man was arrested Saturday after allegedly attempting to hire a hit man to kill two other Eunice men. According to Chief Ronald Dies, Eunice Police were alerted to the situation when they w...
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Liz Cavalier Choate signing autographs at the Erath Fourth of July Festival. In the photo with her are Ella Caillouet (4), Amelia Caillouet (10) and Jeanne LeBlanc (10) (left).
Ms. Liz no longer Troy's 'chooter' but still a famous Swamp Person
ABBEVILLE – Being an official swamp person is changing Liz Cavalier Choate’s life. Choate, who lives in Pecan Island, is a celebrity thanks to the TV show “Swamp People.” Being a celebrity comes wi...
Jun 30, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 39 39 recommendations | email to a friend
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