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LSU introducing new commencement gowns
Some 1,726 potential graduates will be recognized during LSU's 276th commencement exercises on Friday, Dec. 16. This number includes about 1,355 bachelor's degrees, 259 master's and professional de...
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State to School Board: fix finances or we will
The Department of Education delivered a plain-vanilla message to the St. Landry School Board Monday -- get your financial house in order or we will. Deputy Secretary Beth Scioneaux, speaking at the...
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Mom allegedly sends inmate son Hostess with the mostest
A Eunice man in jail allegedly received a very special care package from his mother, and now faces an additional charge because of it. Eunice radio log records indicate inmate Phillip Lafleur, 18, ...
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Court affirms cold-case rape conviction, life sentence
The Third Circuit Court of Appeal has upheld the life sentence of a man who raped a 10-year-old left in an Opelousas motel room by her mother. James Stubblefield was sentenced in April 2011 for th...
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Ramp work will cause some delay on I-49 at Opelousas
The following ramps* on I-49 in St. Landry Parish will be closed for striping, weather permitting. 12-14-11 Northbound US167 On Ramp 6:00am-3:00pm 12-14-11 Northbound La 103 in Washington On and O...
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Sunset to hire part-time officer to help with evening traffic snarl
SUNSET – Town officials decided Thursday night to hire a part-time safety officer to control traffic at Darby & La. 182 every afternoon. Traffic backs up bumper to bumper from the intersection eas...
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Tanks and cavalry, Louisiana Maneuvers. U.S. Army photo.
Thousands set for Leesville military parade
FORT POLK, La. -- Leesville is hosting the largest military parade Saturday in this part of the country since 1943, when thousands of soldiers who had participated in the Louisiana maneuvers were h...
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Woman killed on way to see daughter involved in earlier accident
MARKSVILLE – The Dupont resident who was killed in an I-49 wreck Thursday morning was rushing on her way to see about another daughter who was in a wreck earlier in the day. "We have learned the r...
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Dale Brown. CBS image.
Dale Brown to sign books Saturday
Coach Dale Brown, the former longtime men’s head basketball coach at LSU, will be at Barnes & Noble in Lafayette Saturday from noon to 2 p.m. to sign his new book, Getting Over the 4 Hurdles of Lif...
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Dupont woman dies in Opelousas crash
Eva Rabalais of Dupont was killed when her SUV rolled several times after a collision Thursday morning at Opelousas. Opelousas Police Chief Perry Gallow said the accident happened about 8:30 a.m. a...
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President Roosevelt asks Congress for a declaration of war, Dec. 8, 1941. LIFE photo.
70 years ago, U.S. declared war after Pearl Harbor attack
Seventy years ago today, FDR asked Congress to declare war on Japan for an attack that the nation had heard about but not yet seen the results of. On Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941, “a date which will live ...
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Abbeville cuts two city holidays, freezes hiring
ABBEVILLE – Falling revenue and rising costs prompted to the City Council on Tuesday night to free hiring and drop two paid city holidays among other budget revisions. About $400,000 in expenses in...
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