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Jury selection begins for teen accused of killing his parents
MONROE – Jury selection is under way for trial of a teenager accused of killing his parents late one night, then going to school the next day. Dalton Fletcher, 16, allegedly shot his parents last ...
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Basile man booked on gator violation
A Basile man has been cited for an alleged violation of the closed alligator season. On Monday, the state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said that it received an anonymous tip that four allig...
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Marksville officer held on two rape counts
MARKSVILLE – A Marksville police officer has been arrested in Rapides Parish on two counts of aggravated rape. He has been placed on leave without pay from the Marksville Police Department pending ...
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Dronet sisters pass a good time on their front porch.
Sisters waited 60 years to build their house the way they wanted it
KAPLAN - Home ownership is one of life’s major decisions, and building one’s own home can be an extensive undertaking. Two Kaplan sisters took their time in deciding to build - 60 years to be exac...
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Man trapped in overturned vehicle killed when second SUV hits it
OPELOUSAS – A Sunset man died early Sunday when he could not get out of an overturned vehicle before it was struck by an on-coming SUV. According to State Police, Steven Francis, 32, was pronounce...
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"Little Tommy" McNabb
Unbelted driver, a Marine veteran, partially ejected, killed when truck hits tree
BUNKIE – A former Marine and Iraqi Freedom veteran died when ejected from his pickup truck Saturday morning. State Police said Thomas McNabb, 32, of Bunkie was driving on La. 1176 east of La. 115 ...
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New trial date for trio of accused rapists
VILLE PLATTE – Trials have been rescheduled for three men accused of kidnapping a woman from a Eunice nightclub, raping her and dumping her in rural Evangeline Parish. The incident occurred in Augu...
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3rd Circuit says former fireman entitled to more pay
The Third Circuit Court has reversed a district court ruling and ordered the City of Eunice to pay a former fireman a disputed sum. The appellate judges ruled that Dwayne Olivier was entitled to be...
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LSP books former Turkey Creek chief on felony theft
Thursday,, Louisiana State Police Region 2 detectives assigned to the Lafayette Field Office arrested former Turkey Creek police chief Robert Moreau man for charges relating to theft. Moreau, 43, r...
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Sentencing set for remaining teen defendant in rape-murder case
CROWLEY – Sentencing is scheduled this month for the remaining teenager charged in a home invasion-rape-murder case. Claude Morrison, Jr., 15 at the time of the crime, pleaded guilty in April 2010 ...
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Mayor to utility customers: Pay up or do without
BASILE – Mayor Berline Boone has had enough of utility customers who don't pay their bills on time and says there'll be no more extensions. In a statement this week, Boone advised customers that th...
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Cold case rape life convictions tossed, sent back to St. Landry
The double life sentence of an Opelousas man for two aggravated rapes has been thrown out because he was unable to confront some witnesses, a constitutional right, in the case. The Third Circuit C...
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