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SUV overturns, hits pole, two killed
ST. MARY PARISH -- Late Tuesday night, Troopers with Louisiana State Police Troop I investigated a single-vehicle crash on La. 182 at Sun Road, which killed two men. According to investigating tro...
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Blanco says Jindal's tax reform ignores more important issues
LAFAYETTE – Former Gov. Kathleen Blanco thinks the state should be more concerned about stopping the evisceration of higher education and health care funding than shifting its revenue structure fro...
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Cal State president choice for LSU post
BATON ROUGE – A search committee has recommended that LSU’s next system president and main campus chancellor should be F. King Alexander, president of California State University Long Beach. The c...
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Inmate who pleaded guilty as teen to killing parents, brother seeking re-sentencing
EUNICE – Chad L. Young, serving life in prison for the murder of his parents and a brother in Eunice, is undergoing psychiatric evaluation prior to seeking to have his sentence reconsidered. Young ...
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Unbelted passenger dies when Jeep hits tree
ROBERT--An overnight crash on Interstate 12 in Tangipahoa Parish on Saturday killed a 74-year-old Hammond resident and resulted in minor to moderate injuries to three additional passengers. The si...
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Car careening into living room a startling wake-up call
MAURICE — Steven and Tammy Marlin were sleeping soundly, only to be awakened to the sound of what a neighbor thought was thunder. “My husband thought it was a tornado,” Tammy Marlin said. “I though...
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Pit ban doesn't save puppy; Mamou council issues reminder
MAMOU – An ordinance prohibiting possession of pit bulls or pit bull-mix dogs didn’t do a puppy much good last week. According to Councilman Charles Reed, the puppy was killed by one of the banned ...
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CWO Henderson
Franklin CWO dies in Afghan chopper crash
Chief Warrant Officer Bryan J. Henderson, 27, of Franklin Parish died in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan on Monday, one of five killed in accident. Henderson was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 3...
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Exec says natural gas can produce more energy independence
MORGAN CITY — North America could be energy independent by the end of the decade if the continent uses more natural gas in areas such as transportation, said Charles Goodson, chairman, CEO and pres...
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PSC chairman says La. doesn't need help managing energy efficiency
AMITE -- Louisiana does not need a $30 million Quick Start program promoting energy efficiency that would be managed by third-party groups, some of them special interests like the Sierra Club, said...
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Vehicle hits pole, flips, driver dies
ZACHARY – East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to an early morning crash Wednesday that claimed the life of a Zachary man. About 6:35 a.m. on March 13, deputies say that Zachary Pau...
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Morgan City Port considering foreign free trade zone
MORGAN CITY — The Port of Morgan City is considering applying to establish a foreign free trade zone at the port. The Morgan City Harbor and Terminal District discussed the possibility and weighed...
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