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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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BESE picks "value-added" teacher evaluation system
BATON ROUGE - The state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education is expected to endorse at its Wednesday meeting using value added assessment for evaluating teachers on the basis of student perf...
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Guard command changes on Saturday
PINEVILLE -- After more than four decades of service, Maj. Gen. Bennett C. Landreneau will symbolically hand over command of the Louisiana National Guard during a formal ceremony Saturday at Camp B...
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LSU ranks high in football player graduation rate, Ala. not far behind
BATON ROUGE – Much like its performance on the field, LSU received high rankings in the classroom in a study released Monday, Dec. 5, of the 70 Football Bowl Subdivision schools that will participa...
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Man charged with allegedly killing four deer in one day on Kisatchie
LEESVILLE – A Pitkin man faces charges after allegedly killing four deer on the Kisatchie National Forest. Joseph K. Baggett, 45, was apprehended by La. Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries agents on No...
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Teen faces life term for murdering his parents
BENTON – A Ouachita Parish 16-year-old faces life in prison after being convicted of murdering his parents. A jury convicted Dalton Fletcher on Monday of the September 2010 shooting deaths of the f...
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Driver dies when pickup leaves road, hits trees, overturns
GLENMORA – An unrestrained Glenmora man was killed Saturday morning when his truck left a road east of here, hit several trees and overturned. State Police said Bradley Cathey, 49, was drving at a ...
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Charges dropped against father accused of putting infant son in freezer
LAKE CHARLES – Charges are being dropped against a father accused of putting his nine-day-old son in freezer. Calcasieu Parish prosecutors say they do not have enough evidence in the 2001 case to p...
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