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Sanity not yet an issue in case of beheaded child, judge says
THIBODAUX -- The obvious remains unsaid in the case of a man who allegedly beheaded his son. Psychiatrists cannot yet consider whether a 30-year-old Thibodaux man was sane when authorities say he d...
Oct 03, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 22 22 recommendations | email to a friend
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LSU Eunice enrollment drops as economy forces some students off campus and back to work
Enrollment for the fall 2011 semester at Louisiana State University Eunice was down over the fall of 2010, according to final regular fall semester enrollment figures released by the university’s r...
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Wildlife agent murdered near St. Francisville was checking on night hunting complaint
Officials say a 47-year-old Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries agent was found dead in woods along the Mississippi River after he was shot in the chest in the early morning hours. The b...
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City gets $198,000 for natural gas billing error
Florida Gas has paid the city almost $198,000 for natural gas billing discrepancies over the past six months. Until earlier this summer, it had been thought that differences between the amount of g...
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Grammy-nominated Pine Leaf Boys at Liberty on Oct. 1
Saturday, October 1, 2011, the weekly "Rendez-vous des Cajuns" Music Show presents the Grammy nominated Cajun band THE PINE LEAF BOYS...emcee for the evening will be RAY LANDRY. The "Rendez-vous d...
Sep 29, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 37 37 recommendations | email to a friend
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Child porn, rape suspect pleads to lesser count
CROWLEY – A man initially accused of forcible rape and child pornography will be sentenced next month on a lesser charge. John Franklin Breaux, 32, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of attempted ...
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Car's driver indicted in fatal train-car crash
The driver of a car struck by a train at a Eunice crossing this summer has been indicted on a charge of vehicular homicide. Larry Junius Gallien, 40, 2308 Hodges Street, Lake Charles, is charged in...
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Former Archbishop Hannan dies
NEW ORLEANS – Former Archbishop Philip Matthew Hannan, who gave the eulogy for President John F. Kennedy and later served more than three decades as the head of the New Orleans Roman Catholic Archd...
Sep 29, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 27 27 recommendations | email to a friend
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Teen killer-rapist gets life, plus 90 years
CROWLEY - Kevin Francis, who was convicted first degree murder, first degree attempted murder and forcible rape was sentenced to the maximum allowable on all three charges by Judge Edward Rubin on ...
Sep 29, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 26 26 recommendations | email to a friend
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Don't like it? Then leave, ex-Marine tells disgruntled citizens after flag burned
ALEXANDRIA – If you don’t like, leave it, says Charles “Chuck” Mayeux about anyone who isn’t happy in the U.S.A. He was among the victims of a spree in which several American flags were burned. Ah...
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Edwards makes emotional return to Crowley
CROWLEY - For the first time since his release from federal prison, former La. Governor Edwin Edwards and his glamorous wife Trina made a public appearance in the town where he began his political ...
Sep 27, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 35 35 recommendations | email to a friend
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Eunice man arrested on child porn, solicitation of a minor and sexual battery of juvenile charges
A Eunice man has been charged with child pornography and computer aided solicitation of a minor by the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office. He also faces a charge of sexual battery following an inv...
Sep 26, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 57 57 recommendations | email to a friend
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