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REVOLTING! Accused pleads to child porn charges, some involving infants
LAFAYETTE--United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced Monday that Ray Hatton III, 30, of Lafayette, pleaded guilty Tuesday before U. S. District Judge Richard T. Haik, to possessing child...
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Size of storm may be just as important as hurricane's strength
MORGAN CITY — When preparing for a hurricane or tropical storm, the size of the storm may be just as important as the category, officials from the National Weather Service and National Oceanic and ...
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Line still open to fishing piers
FORKED ISLAND – The four piers along La. 82, south of Forked Island, still have life for now. The Vermilion Parish Police Jury has yet to figure out what to do with them. The piers, more than 25 ye...
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Driver who avoided golf cart driven by teen girl over blood alcohol limit, dies
BOURG -- A Montegut man died Saturday afternoon from injuries he sustained in a crash on May 5 when his vehicle struck a tree limb after avoiding a golf cart in the road. State Police said their in...
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Monroe board picks new school super
MONROE -- The Monroe City School Board on Thursday picked Neville High School Principal Brent Vidrine as its next superintendent. The board voted 5-1-1 in favor of Vidrine. The finalists were Vidr...
May 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
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Mall restricts teenagers' access
ALEXANDRIA –Officials announced a new policy this week banning unsupervised youths from Alexandria Mall on Friday and Saturday nights. Under the new guidelines, anyone under the age of 18 must be a...
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Gay, former defensive back, booked in bar brouhaha
BATON ROUGE – Former New Orleans Saints and LSU defensive back Randall Gay was arrested early Thursday after he allegedly pushed two employees at a Baton Rouge bar and refused to leave the premises...
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Deaths Elsewhere
Catholic educator LAFAYETTE – Services for Catholic educator Sister Bernardine Breaux, MHS will be Saturday. She died May 6 at age 98. She spent 60 years in Education Ministry for the Sisters of th...
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Erath wildfowl carver a world champion
ERATH – Grant LeBlanc is a “World Champion” Wildfowl Carver. He earned that title after two of his wood-carving ducks captured first place in the intermediate division of the 43rd Annual Ward World...
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Texas man dies when big rig overturns in Sabine
MANY – A Texas man died when his truck overturned in a collision on La. 191 Thursday. State troopers said Tyron Galloway, 39, of Pineland, Texas was driving a 2004 Freightliner that crossed the cen...
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Sales tax collection bills pending in Legislature
By John Maginnis & Jeremy Alford LaPolitics.com With the U.S. Senate approving legislation Monday to allow states to collect sales taxes on Internet purchases, attention turns to the Louisiana L...
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Car runs off I-49, hits trees, burns, driver dies
FOREST HILL – A Pineville woman was killed when her car ran off I-49 east of here. has died in a Rapides Parish traffic accident. State police said Tuesday morning’s accident happened south of Loui...
May 08, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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