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Armed bandits hit VP Subway, flee with cash
VILLE PLATTE – Police are searching for two armed robbers who held up a Subway shop on Monday night. They said two black men entered the eatery shortly before 9 p.m. and ordered employees to get o...
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St. Landry, other systems implement uniform grading scale
Beginning this school year, an “A” in Eunice is based on the same classroom average as an “A” in Farmerville, and all points in between. Under dictate of the Legislature all public school systems ...
Aug 11, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 39 39 recommendations | email to a friend
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State joins new national campaign against scoffers who drink and drive
Louisiana has joined the national "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" campaign designed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to reduce the number of people killed in alcohol-related t...
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No bull - ex-employee fined, gets suspended sentence for diverting bank money to his cattle operation
AMITE – A former bank employee who stole to help finance his cattle ranching has pleaded no contest to a charge of felony theft in connection with the diversion of funds that should have gone to pe...
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Feathers won't fly in Vermilion schools, nor will exotic tinting
By Shaun Hearen LSN ABBEVILLE – Having “a feather in your cap” is a good thing, just do not have one in your hair if you go to school in Vermilion Parish. Feather hair extensions have been a...
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Registrar and Director of Admissions Jason Sampler assists Madison Ashmore of Oakdale during recent freshmen orientation.
New registrar greets students, faculty as LSUE preps for fall classes
While many students may never meet new Louisiana State University Eunice Registrar and Director of Admissions Jason Sampler, they’ll have his imprint on their records. A student’s college life star...
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Prep Cajun cowboys take ropes, saddles -- and gumbo -- to national championship rodeo
VILLE PLATTE – Louisiana’s unique cuisine has become a popular part of the world’s largest rodeo event that attracts about 1,500 contestants annually. Four teenagers from Ville Platte and Mamou att...
Aug 10, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
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Davis
Audit alleges yet another case of Housing Authority sticky fingers
ALEXANDRIA – A state audit alleges that another Housing Authority official, this time in Alexandria, helped herself to the federal funds gravy train. A legislative audit released Monday asserts tha...
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Tiffany Rutledge
"Meat thieves" allegedly attempted to steal $600 worth of meat and crawfish from Walmart
Perhaps they just had a craving for crawfish and a hankering for some fresh meat, but two women are now facing felony theft charges after Eunice Police allege the duo tried to help themselves at Wa...
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Marc Dupuy, Jr., Edwin Edwards and Raymond Laborde during Tuesday visit in Marksville.
Edwards renews old friendships in visit to Marksville
MARKSVILLE – The city's most famous native son came home Tuesday. Former governor Edwin Edwards arrived in his native Marksville about 3:15 p.m. for his first trip to Avoyelles since his release f...
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Redlich
Alleged Basile slasher arrested in new case
A Basile man awaiting trial for attempted second degree murder was arrested Monday on new charges, posted bond and was released, according to Acadia Parish records. Devin Redlich, 25, was charged w...
Aug 09, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 41 41 recommendations | email to a friend
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Clementine Hunter with some of her works in a Look magazine photo of 1953.
Guilty plea brings Clementine Hunter fraud case to end, sentencing next
NEW ORLEANS -- A man who worked for a New Orleans art dealer pleaded guilty Monday to fraud for his role in a plot to sell forged paintings he claimed to be the work of Clementine Hunter, a renown...
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