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A Chrysler 300 sits where it came to rest after being struck by a train in Eunice Sunday night. The woman occupying the front passenger seat was killed.
Train hits car sitting on Eunice track; Lake Charles woman killed, two passengers critically injured; driver may have been drunk
A Lake Charles woman was killed and two other people critically injured when the car driven by her husband was hit by a train in Eunice Sunday night. Police said the car was sitting on the track ne...
Jun 19, 2011 | 1 1 comments | 27 27 recommendations | email to a friend
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33-year firefighter and five-year Eunice Chief Wayne Lavergne.
Lavergne, fire chief for five years, retiring
His wife told Wayne Lavergne to put up or shut up. He’s putting up, and will retire from the Eunice fire chief’s job on July 31. He reached full pension retirement status three years ago and has be...
Jun 17, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
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Savoy, bridge-jumping kidnapper, gets 12 years
Mark Savoy will serve 12 years in prison for the second-degree kidnapping of his estranged wife and the flight from police that ensued, ending when he jumped from a bridge in the Atchafalaya Basin....
Jun 16, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 24 24 recommendations | email to a friend
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St. Landry Council still searching for happy trails
The St. Landry Parish Council changed horses Wednesday night, then changed again, leaving the same burr under the saddle. Clearly vexed by the continuing hassle over trail rides -- when, how often,...
Jun 16, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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Avoyelles shoplifting complaint leads to seizure of $500,000 cash and drugs
LSN MARKSVILLE – Over a half million dollars in cash was seized from what began as a shoplifting report involving two sisters. The amount is believed to be largest amount of cash ever handled by an...
Jun 15, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 28 28 recommendations | email to a friend
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Backyard gator
Big dog alerts woman to even bigger gator in Catahoula backyard
ST. MARTINVILLE – Misti Poché was getting ready for work when she heard the family dog, Marley, barking in the back yard. Something was amiss. Marley, a Great Pyrenese, is a big, calm dog that almo...
Jun 13, 2011 | 1 1 comments | 34 34 recommendations | email to a friend
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St. Landry board will follow attorney's advice - whatever it is
The St. Landry Parish School Board voted Thursday to follow its attorney’s advice in further handling of the desegregation matter, whatever that advice might be. The board in closed session heard ...
Jun 03, 2011 | 1 1 comments | 22 22 recommendations | email to a friend
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Turkey hunters will get a split season
BATON ROUGE – Those who gobble that a statewide start to the turkey season penalizes north Louisiana hunters could get the split season they're asking for next year. The Louisiana Department of Wi...
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Civil Service board rescinds three officers' disciplinary actions
Chief Ronald Dies’ version of the Rose Mary Stretch resulted in disciplinary action against three of his officers being reversed. The Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Board convened Wednesda...
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Ill-timed visit to his home leads to officer's dope arrest, he resigns
An unrelated visit to house by his supervisors ended up in a Eunice police officer being charged with drug violations. The officer was booked on a felony drug charge after narcotics detectives alle...
Jun 02, 2011 | 3 3 comments | 37 37 recommendations | email to a friend
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Officer appears for felony lineup on drug charge
A police officer charged with a felony drug count went to district court line up Thursday and apparently posted bond. Details concerning the case to this point are confined to radio log informatio...
Jun 02, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 33 33 recommendations | email to a friend
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Dexter Mayes, 22, charged with second-degree murder.
3rd Circuit affirms conviction in Eunice stabbing death
The 3rd Circuit Court says a man must serve time for stabbing a Eunice man to death. The court on June 1 rejected Dexter Mayes’ appeal that his conviction was incorrect based on the evidence presen...
Jun 01, 2011 | 1 1 comments | 27 27 recommendations | email to a friend
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