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VP council lifts walking curfew
VILLE PLATTE – The City Council voted Tuesday night to lift the walking curfew in October. The vote was over objections of Mayor Jennifer Vidrine who wanted it renewed for 120 days. The ordinance ...
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ATV overturns on highway, its driver killed when struck by oncoming vehicle
OPELOUSAS – An overturned ATV was struck by an approaching vehicle Tuesday night and its rider killed. State Police said Bernell Bernard, 49, of Arnaudville was riding east about 8 p.m. when he ent...
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He remembers stealing TV from church, but not selling it
MONROE – The suspect in the theft of an $1,800 TV from a church wasn’t hard to find. Police said a man purchased the stolen TV on street for $150 from man wearing a leg brace. At services earlier S...
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City fights the bite, begins two-a-day mosquito spraying
Mayor (slap) Rusty (swat) Moody (smack) said at Tuesday night’s City Council meeting the city has launched intensive air raids in its renewed war on mosquitoes. The hoards of hungry buzzers hoverin...
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Nearly 900,000 - one in five - Louisianians have no health insurance
About one in five Louisiana residents has no health insurance, Census Bureau data releasted Tuesday shows, and that percentage in higher in the state’s poorest parishes. Roughly 886,000 in Louisia...
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Eunice man allegedly beat, dumped, then abducted fiancée
A Eunice man is in jail after police allege he beat and abducted his fiancée Saturday morning. According to police reports, authorities received a call at 5:26 a.m. of a woman having been beaten an...
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Jindal says Perry's the best choice
BATON ROUGE – Gov. Bobby Jindal on Monday night endorsed Rick Perry for president. Jindal announced his support for the Texas governor ahead of Monday night’s GOP presidential debate in Tampa, Fla...
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School Board association fires exec director over alleged theft coverup
BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana School Board Association has fired its executive director as a probe of the alleged cover up of theft by another employee continues. Nolton Senegal, Sr., executive direc...
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What's that white cloud in your house? Vangy deputies bust two allegedly cooking meth at home
VILLE PLATTE – A new investigative program helped Evangeline Sheriff's deputies shut down an alleged meth lab. Investigators followed up on leads developed from a new investigative program utilize...
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Vangy deputies seize 'legal weed' in house search
VILLE PLATTE – Investigators with the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Department conducted an investigation Sept. 8 and seized approximately 500 grams of “legal weed” after receiving information from C...
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From left, Public Defender Ed Lopez, Marla Giglio, Barry Giglio and attorney Donald Foret at Pig Stand news conference.
Pig Stand owners ready to rebuild reputation after grand jury rejects child-sex charges
VILLE PLATTE – A couple that owns a popular eatery here wants to rebuild their reputation and their business after being cleared by a grand jury of heinous charges. Barry and Marla Giglio, owners o...
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Auditor tells library board to gets its bookkeeping in order
Its auditor advises the Opelousas-Eunice Public Library board that it needs to get its in-house accounting in order. The board’s annual audit was made more difficult than necessary, according to CP...
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