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Woman stabs, kills intruder; his alleged accomplice held
AMITE – Tangipahoa Parish sheriff’s deputies say a man who allegedly broke into a home and assaulted the owner died after a woman in the home stabbed him several times with a kitchen knife. Deputie...
Aug 23, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 24 24 recommendations | email to a friend
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Darryl Hebert, senior legal counsel for Hancock Bank, holds a recent newspaper article on an instance of elder financial abuse in Louisiana.
Bank legal counsel reports increase in elder financial abuse
Darryl Hebert, senior legal counsel for Hancock Bank, told Eunice Kiwanians that one of the least-talked about forms of elder abuse, financial abuse, is becoming increasingly more prevalent. Accor...
Aug 22, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 35 35 recommendations | email to a friend
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Luke Huval, Cameron Dupuy and Zachary Fuselier
Teen musicians highlight Liberty show Aug. 27
Saturday, August 27, 2011, the weekly "Rendez-vous des Cajuns" Music Show presents a "14 and Under" Family Edition show with the JAMBALAYA CAJUN BAND and special guests CAMERON DUPUY (age 13), ZACH...
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Rayne teen killed when off road bike goes airborne, crashes in bean field
RAYNE -- A teenager reported missing after leaving home Saturday night was found dead Sunday after an apparent accident. Acadia Parish authorities said Jason Blake Petitjean, 16, was found in a soy...
Aug 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 37 37 recommendations | email to a friend
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Gerald Cox checks the master control of the 600-ton air conditioning system at LSUE. Cox has 16 years’ experience with the school’s cooling and heating program.
Punch list shrinking as LSUE prepares for Fall opening
Finishing touches are being done as Louisiana State University Eunice faculty and staff prepare for the 2011-12 academic year which begins Monday. Perhaps as many as 3,200 students will enroll, acc...
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Elliot Venable receives frog souvenirs to distribute at the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Penn. later this week following his visit with Mayor Jim Petitjean.
Rayne teen living Little League World Series dream
RAYNE – Elliott Venable be on the mound or at shortstop when Louisiana’s Little League Challenger team takes Indiana in an exhibition game at the Little League World Series. He and 17 teammates are...
Aug 19, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 37 37 recommendations | email to a friend
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Crowley man shot to death
CROWLEY – A man was shot to death during an incident here shortly after 1 a.m. Friday. Brian Keith LaFleur, 30, of Crowley died as a result of bullet wounds, according to Acadia Sheriff Wayne Melan...
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Alleged mule stopped carrying 14 pounds of coke near Welsh
WELSH – A driver allegedly following another too close on I-10 had more than 14 pounds of cocaine in his car, State Police said. Troopers stopped John Flores, 35, of San Antonio early Friday when t...
Aug 19, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 39 39 recommendations | email to a friend
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Kenner woman 'shocked' by Crowley animal shelter as she retrieves her pets
CROWLEY - Rosemarie Harmon, 61 of Kenner, was traveling with her three aging pets - two dogs and one cat -when she was involved in a car wreck which resulted in her vehicle being impounded, her bei...
Aug 17, 2011 | 7 7 comments | 31 31 recommendations | email to a friend
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Rumback
Four charged with sex crimes against 6-year-old; two charged earlier with crimes on 3-year-old
OPELOUSAS – A couple and two men are charged with sex offenses against a 6-year-old. Two of the suspects were previously charged with sex offenses involving a 3-year-old. Police said Sheila Rumbac...
Aug 17, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 34 34 recommendations | email to a friend
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Woman allegedly attacked, pelted with rocks by trio of men, including her brother
Several men were arrested and charged with fighting after a trio of young men allegedly attacked a young woman; one of them being the victim’s brother. Eunice Police received a call shortly after 7...
Aug 17, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 25 25 recommendations | email to a friend
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Paula Romero shows some of her daughter, Mitchell’s, 4-H awards that she had amassed over the years. Romero also wanted to point out the bubbles that she and Mitchell, who had just graduated from Northside Christian School, had painted on the wall which was reflective of her personality. Mitchell was killed as a result of injuries suffered when she was struck by a drunk driver.
Teen killed by alleged drunk driver was serving as designated driver herself
By Howell Dennis LSN CROWLEY - Nicholas Romero, Sr. recalls something that had become part of his daughter’s routine every time she was out with her friends at night. “Every night she’d be out she...
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