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Man tries to steal copper at substation, electrocuted
HOUMA – A Houman man died when electrocuted trying to steal copper wire from an electric utility substation. Terrebone sheriff's deputies said Timothy Lewis, 34, broke through a fence at the distri...
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In the wee, small hours of the morning ... K-9 nabs fleeing naked peeper
WALKER – A man roaming a neighborhood naked, breaking into some homes and peeping into others, then riding a stolen lawn mower to his get away truck, faces several charges. Jason Clayton, 35, of De...
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Winn sheriff under federal drug indictment, state also investigating his office
SHREVEPORT – Sheriff A.D. “Bodie” Little is among 11 suspects in an alleged drug-trafficking scheme indicted by a federal grand jury in Shreveport, accused of organizing the distribution of more th...
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Quartet allegedly cooking in Mamou, but it wasn't gumbo
MAMOU – Something was cooking at an 8th Street house and police allege it wasn’t gumbo. Four people were arrested Monday after authorities, acting on a tip, raided the residence at 229 8th and alle...
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Judge Richard T. Haik shows Eunice City Council members and members of the public an architectural depiction of the proposed improvements to City Lake, to be paid for by the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Foundation from train derailment settlement funds.
You get a line, I'll get a pole and we'll go to the new fishing hole -- $1.1 million to makeover Eunice City Lake
Every cloud has a silver lining, and good things can even come out of catastrophies, Judge Richard T. Haik told Eunice elected officials and audience members Tuesday evening as he presented a $1.1 ...
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2 Eunice men held in home invasion, theft; third sought
Two Eunice men are in custody and a third is sought in the invasion of a St. Landry Parish home and subsequent theft of guns, jewelry and a safe, and a truck to carry it in. Deputies said the unide...
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Help sought in stolen truck probe
St. Landry Crime Stoppers needs help finding two men and a stolen truck. On July 9, Eunice police were called to Manuel's used car lot at 1242 West Laurel Avenue to investigate a stolen truck. A wh...
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Suspected molester, 17, had pipe bombs at residence
MORGAN CITY – Louisiana State Police detonated three explosive devices at an Allison Street residence in Morgan City on Friday after they, along with local authorities, encountered the devices whil...
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Three more booked in alleged Medicaid swindle
BATON ROUGE – Three Winnsboro women, all former employees of Cookies Helping Hand Inc. in Rayville, have been arrested and charged with defrauding the state’s Medicaid program, Attorney General Bu...
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St. Landry School Board payroll expense drops in proposed budget
The St. Landry Parish School Board’s payroll expenses are expected to drop about 4.2 percent in the current fiscal year as the system shifts spending to accommodate a drop in revenue and a rise in ...
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Pineville mayor's vehicle strikes, kills pedestrian
PINEVILLE – A sport utility vehicle driven by Pineville Mayor Clarence Fields struck and killed a pedestrian in Pineville. State Police said Fields was driving west on La. 28 around 9 p.m. Sunday n...
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Jury convicts in rape of elderly Lawtell woman; life in prison awaits miscreant
A Lawtell man who broke into a sleeping elderly woman’s home, demanded money and sexually assaulted her will spend the rest of his life in prison. The Attorney General’s Office said Monday that Bri...
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