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Drivers in I10 accident that killed two women, five children blaming each other
BATON ROUGE – The drivers involved in an alleged road-rage-related crash that killed a former Eunice woman and her three children, as well as another woman, are blaming each other. David Ryan Leger...
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ULL business school labeled outstanding by Princeton Review
University of Louisiana Lafayette's B.I. Moody III College of Business Administration has an outstanding business school, according to The Princeton Review. The education services company features ...
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Snake breeder gets jail term, co-defendent wife remains at large
OBERLIN – An Oakdale snake-breeder has been sentenced to a year in jail but his wife and co-defendent continues to give the law the slip. David Beauchemin was given two years in jail with one year...
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Acadia sex offender charged with eight-year rape of family member
CHURCH POINT – A registered sex offender has been arrested on additional rape charges involving a juvenile. Stoney Lapointe, 48, was arrested Friday on one count of aggravated rape. According to C...
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Alleged bank robber climbs across razor wire, escapes
PINE PRAIRIE – Alleged bank robber Brian Keith Soileau remains at large after escaping from the state correctional facility here. He was arrested for allegedly robbing Citizens Bank in Pine Prairie...
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Thomas David
Liberty bill includes T'Monde and Acadien Cajun Band
Saturday, October 22, 2011, the weekly "Rendez-vous des Cajuns" Music Show will feature a performance by , T ' MONDE with Drew Simon and Thomas David of the Pine Leaf Boys, joined by Megan Brown an...
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Two Opelousas juveniles charged in horse thefts, animal cruelty
Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., said Livestock Brand Commission Inspectors and the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested two Opelousas juveniles Oct. 10-11 for live...
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Motorcycle rider killed when bike hits 18-wheeler's trailer blocking roadway
St. Martin Parish - Sunday night, Louisiana State Police Troop I investigated a two-vehicle fatal crash on US 90 east of LA 92. The crash claimed the life of a New Iberia man. According to investi...
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At large suspect currently being sought by numerous law enforcement agencies outside of Kentwood
Kaumba McGee, 36, is currently on the loose from Washington Parish Sheriff's Office near Highway 38 East in Kentwood (river bridge). According to TPSO, a traffic stop was initiated on the suspect f...
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Court says $1.6 million enough in actor's mother's injury case
LAFAYETTE – The Third Circuit Court of Appeal says the mother of an aspiring actor and child actress is not entitled to more than the $1.6 million a Crowley jury awarded her for claims from a 2004...
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Rice Milling champions named - C&K Link, Loewer Bros. lead list
CROWLEY – An entry of Cheniere long grain rice submitted by C & K Link of Acadia Parish, and an entry of CL261 medium grain rice submitted by F & W Farms of Acadia Parish, were selected as overall ...
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3rd Circuit reverses dismissal, sends malpractice suit back to St. Landry
LAFAYETTE – The Third Circuit Court of Appeal, in an unusual ruling, concludes the St. Landry trial court abused is discretionary authority in dismissing a malpractice claim after an expectant moth...
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