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Bering sees $95 million potential in Jeff Davis workover
JENNINGS – Bering Exploration of Houston said Friday that it has moved a workover rig in on to its N. Edna Prospect in Jefferson Davis Parish. Bering has reentered the existing wellbore and comple...
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Truck passing in no-pass curve hits another head-on, passenger killed
LOCKPORT – A woman was killed Saturday night when a truck tired to pass in a no-passing zone on LA. 1. State Police said Rebecca Cooper, 24, of Raceland was a passenger in a pickup truck struck hea...
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Ville Platte settles curfew suit by ACLU, will pay $17,000 in fees and costs
NEW ORLEANS – The City of Ville Platte will pay about $17,000 in legal fees and costs as part of an agreement with the American Civil Liberties Union to end the ACLU suit against a pedestrians-only...
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Elementary band teacher allegedly showed R-movies to class

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Two more charged in Lafayette court system bribes probel
LAFAYETTE – Federal prosecutors have charged two more people in an ongoing investigation of bribes for favorable treatment in the Lafayette court system, including an assistant district attorney. G...
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Kentwood chief booked in missing money case
By Cathy Chapman LSN KENTWOOD – Police Chief Greg Newton was charged Wednesday with malfeasance in office and obstruction of justice through tampering with evidence. Newton has been under investig...
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Cajun, Zydeco headlines will play famed dancehall's re-opening
LSN Breaux Bridge – La Poussiere, the venerable Cajun dancehall damaged in last week’s tornado, is not only coming back but coming back soon. Owner-operator Lawrence Patin said a “welcome home” ev...
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Man allegedly tries luring four girls into his vehicle
AMITE-- Quick action by four young girls and the Amite Police Department on Saturday, Jan. 12, thwarted an alleged attempted kidnapping in the heart of downtown Amite. Police Chief Jerry Trabona r...
Jan 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 22 22 recommendations | email to a friend
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Two die when trapped in car after it leaves interstate highrise, flips in canal
PONCHATOULA -- Investigation continues in the death of two people whose vehicle overturned in a canal, trapping them inside. State Police said the Sundayt evening accident happened near the north-b...
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Driver charged after his ar leaves interstate, hits tree, kills passenger
SLIDELL -- A man was killed when a car ran off Interstate 12 during a heavy rain and hit a tree near here early Tuesday. The crash happed about 3 a.m. about a half mile east of the Northshore Blvd....
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Truck rolls over, log hurtles into cab, misses driver
“His seatbelt saved him,” said one Kentwood Volunteer Fireman at the scene of an overturned 18-wheeler A Magnolia, Miss. man escaped serious injury when the log truck he was driving left the highwa...
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Driver swerves on wet road to avoid wire spool, hits building, killed
ABBEVILLE – One person is dead and another injured after an accident Thursday afternoon in Gross Isle. David Hilton, 22 and a 2009 Erath High graduate, died. Hilton was not restrained. A passenger...
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