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Truck passing in no-pass curve hits another head-on, passenger killed
LOCKPORT – A woman was killed Saturday night when a truck tired to pass in a no-passing zone on LA. 1. State Police said Rebecca Cooper, 24, of Raceland was a passenger in a pickup truck struck hea...
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Ville Platte settles curfew suit by ACLU, will pay $17,000 in fees and costs
NEW ORLEANS – The City of Ville Platte will pay about $17,000 in legal fees and costs as part of an agreement with the American Civil Liberties Union to end the ACLU suit against a pedestrians-only...
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Elementary band teacher allegedly showed R-movies to class

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Two more charged in Lafayette court system bribes probel
LAFAYETTE – Federal prosecutors have charged two more people in an ongoing investigation of bribes for favorable treatment in the Lafayette court system, including an assistant district attorney. G...
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Kentwood chief booked in missing money case
By Cathy Chapman LSN KENTWOOD – Police Chief Greg Newton was charged Wednesday with malfeasance in office and obstruction of justice through tampering with evidence. Newton has been under investig...
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Two die when trapped in car after it leaves interstate highrise, flips in canal
PONCHATOULA -- Investigation continues in the death of two people whose vehicle overturned in a canal, trapping them inside. State Police said the Sundayt evening accident happened near the north-b...
Jan 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 20 20 recommendations | email to a friend
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Driver charged after his ar leaves interstate, hits tree, kills passenger
SLIDELL -- A man was killed when a car ran off Interstate 12 during a heavy rain and hit a tree near here early Tuesday. The crash happed about 3 a.m. about a half mile east of the Northshore Blvd....
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Truck rolls over, log hurtles into cab, misses driver
“His seatbelt saved him,” said one Kentwood Volunteer Fireman at the scene of an overturned 18-wheeler A Magnolia, Miss. man escaped serious injury when the log truck he was driving left the highwa...
Jan 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 23 23 recommendations | email to a friend
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Driver swerves on wet road to avoid wire spool, hits building, killed
ABBEVILLE – One person is dead and another injured after an accident Thursday afternoon in Gross Isle. David Hilton, 22 and a 2009 Erath High graduate, died. Hilton was not restrained. A passenger...
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Lavergne moves to set aside guilty plea, judge sends papework back to his Angola office
If confessed killer Brandon Scott Lavergne is going to be a jailhouse lawyer he has to follow proper court procedure. Because the admitted killer of Mickey Shunick and Lisa Pate did not file the ri...
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Move over Swamp People, here come Edwin and Trina
NEW ORLEANS – Move over Swamp People, Pawn Stars and Duck Dynasty members, here come\s Edwin and Trina. A reality series, “The Governor’s Wife,” will premier next month on A&E Network. The show fea...
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Bridge-blocking Chihuahua gets a new home, name
MORGAN CITY -- The Chihuahua who stopped traffic on the La. 182 bridge into Berwick has been adopted into a family of rescues. He now makes his home in Stephensville under the name Freddy Krueger....
Jan 04, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 26 26 recommendations | email to a friend
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