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Traffic stop leads to discovery of 34 pounds of weed, arrest of three
BROUSSARD – State Police booked three persons, including a juvenile, after seizing 34 pounds of marijuana following a traffic stop Wednesday. Troopers stopped a pickup truck on U.S. 90 in early aft...
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VP man dies in head-on crash
DURALDE – A vehicle hit a transport truck head-on Wednesday afternoon, killing the driver of the wayward vehicle. State Police said the crash happened on La. 103 west of La. 13. According to invest...
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BESE follows governor's lead, appoints White ed superintendent
The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education selected John White as Louisiana's new State Superintendent of Education. "John's done a great job for the Recovery School District and he's going to...
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Alario makes Senate committee assignments
BATON ROUGE – Senate President John Alario on Wednesday announced the following new committee assignments for the beginning of the 2012-2016 Louisiana Senate. Senate Finance Committee District...
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Man tell cops that ain't Goldilocks sleeping naked in his house
A Eunice man might have felt like he stepped into a nursery tale when he awoke Sunday morning to find a strange man sleeping in an empty room in his house. Eunice Police received a call around 6:3...
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Four held in homemade bomb-tossing spree
Four men were arrested Sunday night after allegedly going on a homemade bomb-throwing spree around Eunice. According to radio logs, Eunice Police received a report at 9:47 p.m. of suspects throwing...
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Slower going on I-10 East at night for month or so
Lafayette – The right lane of the I-10 Atchafalaya Basin Bridge will be closed in short sections in the eastbound direction from Jan. 10 until Feb. 10 between the hours of 7 p.m. and 6 a.m., said M...
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Two on ATV killed in collision with pickup
HARRISONBURG – Two men on an ATV died when it struck a pickup truck Sunday morning State police said William McKenzie, 42, of Wisner was driving the ATV on Old Columbia Road near La. 124 when it hi...
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Motorcycle hits embankment, Opelousas driver killed
OPELOUSAS – State Police say an Opelousas man died Thursday night when his motorcycle left LA 104 near Minny Road. According to investigating troopers, about 6 p.m. Chadwick Soileau, 32, was drivi...
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Eagle killer fined in federal court
MONROE – A West Monroe man was sentenced on Jan. 3 for violating the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act in the Federal Western District Court of Louisiana in Monroe. U.S. Magistrate Judge Karen ...
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Carp, herbicide to be used in Indian Creek hydrilla project
WOODWORTH – The Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries proposes putting about 3,000 weed-eating carp in Indian Creek Reservoir in an attempt to control vegetation choking the lake popular with campers, bo...
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Would-be cowboy sent home after taking naked stroll
EUNICE – Maybe Willie Nelson had something when he advised mothers not to let sons grow up to be cowboys. An apparent would-be buckaroo took things to the extreme in Eunice on New Year's Eve, when ...
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