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No happy new year for some after 22 pounds of marijuana seized
BREAUX BRIDGE – A Breaux Bridge man apparently planning a happy new year is behind bars after being arrested for allegedly having 22 pounds of marijuana in his possession. Officials said Joshua Sol...
Dec 27, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 42 42 recommendations | email to a friend
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Man allegedly stabs sister to death before she crashes vehicle into tree
CLINTON – A man is charged with stabbing his sister to death before the vehicle she was driving crashed into a tree on Christmas night. State Police allege that Justin Holmes, 21, of Clinton was ri...
Dec 27, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 36 36 recommendations | email to a friend
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Panel recommends two-year pay raise plan for judges
BATON ROUGE — A pay review panel recommends raising district judge pay by $3,000 next year and another $3,000 in 2013, taking their pay to $142,523. It said the increases would bring the Louisiana ...
Dec 26, 2011 | 1 1 comments | 34 34 recommendations | email to a friend
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Louisiana College at work on deficiencies noted in association review
PINEVILLE – Louisiana College officials say they are already at work on deficiencies noted in a Southern Association of Colleges and Schools report. The organization said the Baptist college needs ...
Dec 25, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 39 39 recommendations | email to a friend
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LSU taps Byerly for grad school dean post
BATON ROUGE – Gary Byerly, current associate dean in the LSU College of Science and professor in the college’s Department of Geology & Geophysics, has been named dean of the LSU Graduate School, e...
Dec 23, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 33 33 recommendations | email to a friend
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Bicentennial stamp a swamp scene
BATON ROUGE – A photo shot at sunset at Flat Lake near Morgan City will be the Louisiana Bicentennial Stamp. The U.S. Postal Service chose the image by noted outdoor photographer C.C. Lockwood. Th...
Dec 23, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 38 38 recommendations | email to a friend
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Thieves steal Christmas bikes from Salvation Army, community responds in big way
ALEXANDRIA – Residents donated more than 100 bicycles and $10,000 to the Salvation Army after thieves stole about 10 bikes of 30 and toys from a service center. The bikes, toys and clothing were ...
Dec 23, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 36 36 recommendations | email to a friend
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Mother bear shot several times, dumped in river, later beheaded by trophy seeker
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Enforcement Division agents are seeking leads for an illegally killed black bear that was found floating in the Mississippi River in Pointe Cou...
Dec 22, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 34 34 recommendations | email to a friend
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New Ibera 'sportmsn' sentenced for killing black bear for its pelt
A New Iberia man was sentenced in Federal Western District Court in Lafayette on Wednesday for illegally killing a Louisiana black bear. Federal Judge Patrick J. Hanna sentenced Cory R. Ronsonet, ...
Dec 22, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 31 31 recommendations | email to a friend
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Court affirms $6 million award in infant's death from wrong Tylenol
The Third Circuit Court of Appeal has affirmed a jury’s award of $3 million each to the parents of an infant who died after being given the wrong strenght Tylenol. Eric and Christina Hutto of St. L...
Dec 22, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 35 35 recommendations | email to a friend
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Despite drought, flood, farmers overall had a good year
In a year marked by drought and floods, Louisiana farmers still managed to have a good year in 2011. Dry weather allowed for easy and efficient harvests of most crops, and overall yields were respe...
Dec 22, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 27 27 recommendations | email to a friend
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Tatoo artists charged with juvenile tongue piercings without parental consent
SHREVEPORT – Two tatoo artists are charged with piercing the tongues of two juvenile girls without the girls’ parents’ consent. Police alleged that Nicholas Bernard Gobert, 24, of Shreveport, gave ...
Dec 22, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 31 31 recommendations | email to a friend
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