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I-10 Chase Leads to Drug Arrest
A Church Point native is behind bars following a police pursuit on I-10. Jennings police say Damien Jones refused to pull over for a traffic stop and led them on a chase into Acadia Parish. Police...
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Lafayette Regional Airport Has Second-Best July on Record
Lafayette Regional Airport says activity at the airport in July was the second-best on record for the month. Airport officials say a total of over 41,000 passengers boarded flights or deplaned at the...
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Cox and Northside High School Pay It Forward
Last week, Cox Communications donated twenty school supply filled backpacks to Northside High School to help students with the new school year. The Northside "Gear Up" student ambassadors, in turn,...
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Suspect in Crowley Animal Cruelty Case Identified
Crowley police have identified the man accused of killing over 10-25 dogs over an extended period of time. Michael Edwards is charged with five counts of obstruction of justice, three counts of...
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Vermilion Parish Deputies Take Suspected Drug Dealers Off the Street
The Vermilion Parish Sheriff's Office says they received information about drugs being sold on East Oak Street in Abbeville. Agents scattered in all directions, predicting what escape route the...
View ArticleResidents face fines for overgrown property
COVINGTON, La. (AP) - Residents who live in the unincorporated areas of St. Tammany Parish and fail to mow the grass on their lots could face a penalty of $300 and a possible property lien. The...
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Breivik won't appeal Norway massacre sentence
OSLO, Norway (AP) - Accepting a sentence that could keep him imprisoned for life, Anders Behring Breivik regretted not killing more people in a bomb and gun massacre that left 77 people dead....
View ArticleHalliburton announces creation of 160 new jobs at site
Today Governor Bobby Jindal and Halliburton Senior Vice President Marc Edwards dedicated Halliburton's Lafayette Completion Tools Manufacturing Facility. Halliburton expects to create 160 new, direct...
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Atchafalaya Basin Bridge Lane Closures
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) announced today that the I-10 Atchafalaya Basin Bridge, in St. Martin Parish, will be reduced to one lane in the eastbound and...
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Randy Travis cited for simple assault in Texas
PLANO, Texas (AP) - Police in suburban Dallas say they're citing country star Randy Travis for simple assault after he got involved in a couple's argument. Plano police Officer David Tilley said...
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2012-13 Dove Season Opening Day Shooting Hours Clarification
Attention Dove hunters: The 2012-13 Louisiana Hunting Regulations booklet contains an incorrect date referencing shooting hours for doves.The shooting hours note on page 28 of the printed booklet...
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Death of girl left in SUV ruled accidental
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - The Caddo Parish Coroner's Office says the death of a 6-month-old girl found in a locked SUV in an employee parking lot of LSU Hospital has been ruled accidental. Coroner Todd...
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Gunman kills 1 at Empire State Building, 9 wounded
NEW YORK (AP) - A laid-off women's accessories designer shot a former coworker to death in front of the Empire State Building, causing a chaotic showdown with police Friday in front of one of the...
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Court: Gov't can fund embryonic stem cell research
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court on Friday refused to order the Obama administration to stop funding embryonic stem cell research, despite complaints the work relies on destroyed human...
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Lance Armstrong banned for life, career vacated
The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency erased 14 years of Lance Armstrong's career Friday - including his record seven Tour de France titles - and banned him for life from the sport that made him a hero to...
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Police Searching for Alleged Drug Thief
Eunice police are searching for a man they say stole medicine from Wal-Mart. Investigators say Chad Alleman tried to pay for the drugs with somebody else's check. When the cashier asked for another...
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Downtown Houma to see stars this weekend
HOUMA, La. (AP) - The crew for a new movie, "The Butler," starring Oprah Winfrey, Forest Whitaker, Jane Fonda, Robin Williams and Cuba Gooding Jr., will be filming several shots of the area's historic...
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Lake Charles man accused of home invasion and false imprisonment
A Lake Charles man is behind bars and accused of home invasion and false imprisonment.On August 23, at 9:00 pm, the Lake Charles Police Department received a call in the 2000 block of Susan Street in...
View ArticleErath schools fight water with water
Vermilion Parish Superintendent Randy Schexnayder says hurricanes Rita and Ike uncovered a weakness at Erath Middle and High School."The school had about two and a half to three feet of water."The...
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Weekly claims for unemployment insurance rise
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - First-time claims for unemployment insurance in Louisiana for the week ending Aug. 18, increased from the previous week's total. The state labor department figures released...
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