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Moss Bluff buck scores 226 Boone and Crockett, but won't go in record book
MOSS BLUFF – Jacey Broussard’s husband may not let her put her deer mount on the wall beside his. She says she’s not sure her husband will let her put it up next to his 9-pointer, “because it’s goi...
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Natchitoches mayor says three terms enough
NATCHITOCHES – Wayne McCullen says 12 yeras is enough and he'll not seek a fourth term as mayor next year. McCullen, 64, was first elected mayor in 2000, succeeding long-time mayor Joe Sampite. Mc...
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Cell phone flasher held after alleged middle school incident
AMITE – A Greensberg man is charged with indecent behavior with a juvenile after an alleged digital flashing incident at West Side Middle School. According to Amite police, Jamie Hawthorne, 35, wa...
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Saltwater flow threatens Vermilion crop-crawfish acreage, help promised
BATON ROUGE - Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) Chairman Garret Graves and Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP) Interim Director Pat Santos ...
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Driver not using headlights dies in collision with pick-up
GRAY – A driver operating his vehicles without headlights on died when it collided with another. State Police said the Lafourche Parish accident happened about 6 p.m. Friday on Bayou Blue Bypass Ro...
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Man charged with incest, rape involving as many as five juveniles
ST. MARTINVILLE - A suspect is charged with incest and rape of up to five juveniles. Robbie Frith, 54, of St. Martinville was booked into the St. Martin Parish Correctional Center on charges of agg...
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Unbelted teen killed when Jeep hits culvert, overturns
MCNARY – A Glenmora teenager died early Saturday when his Jeep overturned here. State Police said Richard B. Kellogg, 19, lost control of his Jeep Wrangler about 2:30 a.m. and it hit a culvert alon...
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Spilled cucumbers snarl holiday interstate travelers
GROSS TETE – An accident which spilled thousands of cucumbers on the highway snarled traffic for 30 miles on Interstate 10 Sunday. On the heaviest traffic day of the year, travelers were delayed af...
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Louisiana National Guardsman Sgt. 1st Class Shawn Kell hugs her daughter, Shelby, with her husband, John, and daughter, Austyn, during a return-home celebration of the 415th Military Intelligence Battalion at the Gillis W. Long Center in Carville, La., Nov. 23, 2011. The battalion was deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom to conduct counterintelligence operations throughout Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Master Sgt. Toby M. Valadie, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office/Released
Guard unit returns from year-long Afghan duty
By Staff Sgt. Denis B. Ricou Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office BATON ROUGE – Approximately 120 Louisiana National Guard Soldiers from the 415th Military Intelligence Battalion return...
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Frey
Mountain-hopping in Papua a far cry from Mowata rice fields
EUNICE – Farming is in Patrick Frey’s genes, but evangelism is in his spirit. Consequently, the Mowata native left the farm and answered the calling and is now serving God for New Tribes Mission i...
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La. leaps in Forbes 'best states' list
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana vaulted 14 positions in the latest Forbes ranking of “Best States For Business,” capping a year in which the state climbed to its highest-ever business climate ranking by ev...
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Judges uphold citizen right to make DUI arrest, perp stays in prison
NEW ORLEANS – An appeals court says private citizens can arrest other motorists suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI). The ruling came Tuesday in a case from Westwego. On Dec. 3...
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