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THREE MILLION DOLLARS in grant money is accepted by representatives of St. Martin Parish nonprofits (from left) Angela O. Fusilier, Matilda Perry and Sharleen Jeanbaptiste of Liberty Heights Community Center, Katie Kirkpatrick and Tim Kirkpatrick of Our Savior’s Church and Hope Center), Michael Dubone of Liberty Heights Community Center, Community Foundation of Acadiana CEO Raymond Hebert, Glen Perrodin of Liberty Heights Community Center, St. Martin Parish School Superintendent Richard Lavergne, Jody West of St. Martin Parish School-Based Health Center, Bernard Pierre of Liberty Heights Community Center, St. Martin Parish President Guy Cormier, and state Sen. Fred Mills Jr.
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Lafayette – Community Foundation of Acadiana (CFA) in partnership with Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA) granted almost $3 million to 18 nonprofits throughout Acadiana to benefit communities...
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BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission (LWFC) adopted notices of intent for the 2013-14 hunting season and the 2012-13 Wildlife Management Areas (WMA) General Rules and Regul...
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ABBEVILLE – Applications will be accepted Feb. 12-March 5 for superintendent of the Vermilion Parish School Board. Supt. Randy Schexnayder has announced he will retired in August of next year. The...
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CROWLEY – A teenager accused of first-degree murder took the state’s offer of accessory after the fact, pleading no contest and getting 33 months at hard labor rather than risk life in prison. Ove...
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MONROE – A landmark Monroe restaurant - The Chateau - will close in March. The eatery has operated on Louisville Avenue for more than 45 years. Victor Cascio sold the restaurant to Monroe develo...
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As of this writing, no one within the judicial bureaucracy has responded to last week’s column noting that persons accused of sex crimes get special treatment in St. Landry Parish. Minutiae about ...
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PINEVILLE - Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary Bruce D. Greenstein and Pineville Mayor Clarence Fields announced Wednesday a two-phased plan to vacate the current Central State Hospital ...
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Lafayette – Funeral services were held on Thursday, February 2, 2012, at a 1 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial in St. Genevieve Catholic Church for John Allen Sanders Sr., 78, who died on Tuesday, Jan...
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Baptist camps manager RUSTON – Services will be Feb. 11 for retired Southern Baptist camp manager Joe Backus. He died Feb. 1 at age 82. He helped organize Acadian Baptist Center in Eunice and w...
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Former prosecutor RUSTON – Services for former prosecutor as well as defense lawyer James Lewis will be Saturday. He died Jan. 29. He was a former Marine Corps captain, taught business law at U...
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Parks – A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at 10 a.m. on Thursday, February 2, 2012, at St. Joseph Catholic Church for Alfred Joseph Potier, 73, who passed away on Tuesday, January 31, 2012...
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Hospital exec CUMMINGS, Ga. – Services for Warren Simonds, former president of the La. Hospital Association, will be Feb. 11. He died Jan. 25 at age 84. He was administrator of Baton Rouge (La....
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Long-time attorney LAFAYETTE – Services for attorney Keith Borne will be Wednesday. He died Jan. 29 at age 57. He practiced with several firms before founding Borne & Wilkes in 1994. He also ow...
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February 1, 2012 Clovis Sylvester, 32, Breaux Bridge; three counts failure to appear warrants. St. Martin Sheriff's Office. RoyDell Batiste, 32, St. Martinville; aggravated battery, violation of ...
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January 31, 2012 Amy Sickles, 25, Breaux Bridge; issuing worthless checks. St. Martin Sheriff's Office. Jeremie Sure, 27, Duson; failure to appear. St. Martin Sheriff's Office. Charles Alexander...
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January 30, 2012 David Johnson, 50, St. Martinville; failure to appear. St. Martin Sheriff's Office. Shane Broussard, 40, Arnaudville; failure to appear. St. Martin Sheriff's Office. Brandon Jon...
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January 29, 2012 Ryan Francis, 22, Breaux Bridge; failure to appear warrant. St. Martin Sheriff's Office. Tomeika Porter, 32, St. Martinville; failure to appear warrant. St. Martin Sheriff's Offi...
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January 28, 2012 Andres Chevalier, 45, Breaux Bridge; unauthorized use of a moveable. St. Martin Sheriff's Office. Damon Amest, 33, Breaux Bridge; speeding, flight from an officer, no drivers lic...
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January 26, 2012 Timothy Woodard, 49, Breaux Bridge; three counts failure to appear. St. Martin Sheriff's Office. Bonita Ramphenthal, 62, Breaux Bridge; issuing worthless checks. St. Martin Sheri...
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Louisiana French music began to get a wide national audience in the 1970s after masters of the craft like Bois Sec Ardoin and Canray Fontenot, the Balfa Brothers, Nathan Abshire, and others were in...
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Revisionist historians have been telling us since the Revolution that American history began in the 13 "original" Atlantic colonies and that hardy, English-speaking pioneers pushing across the moun...
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Jean Lafitte was probably the most famous French speaker at the Battle of New Orleans, fought 197 years ago today. But there were some others — mostly former Napoleonic soldiers — who fought well a...
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A boy would likely be laughed out of the first grade today -- or certainly need a nickname -- if he was named the same as his great-grandpa, but it was once the fashion for Acadian families to give...
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The "little red church," on Hwy. 182 between Opelousas and Sunset has no pastor and no Sunday services but still has a large congregation that meets once each year. It's history dates to the year...
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War leaves lasting legacies, sometimes in places and ways that we least expect. That was the story behind the headline in October 1951 about a wedding in Vermilion Parish involving a World War II v...
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The 144 members of the Legislature didn’t exactly enjoy the recent Special Session on redistricting. As noted in previous columns, redrawing districts to correspond to population changes enumerate...
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When people in Washington start creating fancy new phrases, instead of using plain English, you know they are doing something they don’t want us to understand.
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HIGH WATER COMING. . .
As I write this late Sunday, it appears very likely that the Corps of Engineers will order the opening of the Morganza Spillway later during the week in order to reduce the ...
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As the impending Obamacare boondoggle winds its way through the regulatory process, hundreds of union groups, lobbyist infested industries and dozens of state governments are asking for waivers to ...
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When push comes to shove, most politicians can’t help themselves -- they value their positions more than the citizenry’s general well being. Such is the unfolding story of congressional reapportio...
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Political End Runs
The Constitution of the United States begins with the words “We the people.” But neither the Constitution nor “we the people” will mean anything if politicians and judges...
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September 10, 2011 Thermaine Carter, 26, Breaux Bridge; resisting an officer, disturbing the peace, misrepresentation during booking. St. Martin Sheriff's Office. Jared Mello, 35, Duson; possessi...
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Gabriel Fuselier de la Claire was the first commander of the Poste des Attakapas, now St. Martinville, and later became commandant at the Poste des Opelousas also. He was a rich and powerful man i...
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By Mike Reitz President and CEO, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana This year’s mid-term elections produced a new set of winners and losers, and with the dramatic shift in power that occurr...
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My three-year-old can be counted on to behave like a brat whenever we are in the mall or in a restaurant. He seems to know I will not punish him there in front of other people. How should I handle ...
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