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Corps: Some problems in post-Katrina levee
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - An Army Corps of Engineers report has found debris buried in a levee built after Hurricane Katrina. The levee protects the densely populated suburban West Bank neighborhoods across...
View ArticleRace Against The Clock 24 Hour Blood Drive
United Blood Services of Acadiana is hosting a 24 hour blood drive. The drive is from 7 am Thursday, July 12th until 7am July 13, 2012. The RACE is to build up the blood supply in the Acadiana area....
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Apache Corporation ribbon cutting ceremony
Apache Corporation held a ribbon cutting ceremony on July 12, 2012 at its new compressed natural gas filling station. This is a milestone event in advancing the Lafayette Chamber's goal of expanding...
View ArticleSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs the Musical
The Opelousas Little Theatre presents Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs the musical production. The show will take place at the Delta Grand in Opelousas, LA. The show plays from July 12th-15th,...
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Report: Penn St. officials concealed sex abuse to avoid bad publicity
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - An internal investigation into the child sex abuse scandal that rocked Penn State concludes that top school officials, including longtime football coach Joe Paterno, hushed up...
View ArticleAnother border drug tunnel found
SAN DIEGO (AP) - U.S. authorities say an incomplete tunnel designed to smuggle drugs into the United States has been found in Tijuana, Mexico. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Lauren...
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La. considering ways to boost debt collection
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - State officials are looking at ways to beef up efforts to collect hundreds of millions of dollars in debts owed to agencies across Louisiana government. Louisiana doesn't have...
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Congressman Landry asks UL Lafayette president to remove new LGBT minor
Congressman Jeff Landry, R-New Iberia, is asking UL Lafayette President Dr. Joseph Savoie to drop the new minor in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender studies. The university is the first in the...
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It's not lunacy: Not-a-planet Pluto boasts 5 moons
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Pluto may have been kicked out of the planet club, but it has gained yet another companion.Scientists announced Wednesday the discovery of the smallest moon yet around the icy orb,...
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Suit blames Ala. coach Saban's daughter for fight
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - The daughter of University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban is being sued by a sorority sister who claims the two got into a fight over a Facebook post after a night of...
View ArticleSenate defeat likely of business tax cut bills
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate was poised Thursday to reject rival Democratic and Republican plans for cutting taxes on businesses as neither party was ready to give ground in their election-year...
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Recap on early morning search for Mickey Shunick
Three mounds were reported about a mile and a half away from Lavergne's home. Investigators determined none of the sites were graves. St. Landry Parish Sheriff Guidroz says the area is no longer...
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St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office arrest report
This is the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office arrest report for July 12, 2012.Carolyn Doucet, age 49, 1523 Rideau Road, Palmetto, La., bench warrant.Nathan Jamal Robert, age 24, 178 Jeremy Road,...
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Minor injuries after tree falls on truck
A driver who was trapped after a tree fell on his truck has been rescued. The man has minor injuries. The tree fell on the truck in the 100 block of N. St. Antoine St., just north of Cameron St. in...
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Beat the Heat: Puppy Pool Party
There will be a puppy pool party on July 28th from 11-2pm in Lafayette. There will be a snowball sale, puppy popsicles, doggie pools (kids can swim too), doggie adoptions and a doggie swimsuit contest...
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More than 20 pounds of pot seized in Calcasieu Parish
During a traffic stop, Wednesday, the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office found 20.5 pounds of marijuana wrapped in cellophane. The driver, Brendon K. Preston, 27, of Marrero refused to allow...
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Part of man's nose bitten off in fight
Two Scott men have been arrested and charged with battery following an incident early Sunday morning at a truck stop located on Frontage Road near the Duson exit.According to Acadia Parish Sheriff...
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First-time freshman enrollment jumps at UL Lafayette
LAFAYETTE - Freshman summer enrollment is up by 60 percent at UL Lafayette, compared to last summer. Dr. DeWayne Bowie, UL Lafayette's vice president for enrollment management, attributes the higher...
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Blanchard named acting director of NIRC
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette announced this week that Dr. James Blanchard has been named acting director of the New Iberia Research Center. Blanchard has 28 years of primate medicine and...
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Suspected Arsonist Arrested
A Lafayette man is in jail and accused of burning a vacant home in his own neighborhood in March 2011. Anthony Taylor, 26, is charged with two counts of simple arson. Investigators say Taylor set...
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