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City gets $198,000 for natural gas billing error
Florida Gas has paid the city almost $198,000 for natural gas billing discrepancies over the past six months. Until earlier this summer, it had been thought that differences between the amount of g...
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Grammy-nominated Pine Leaf Boys at Liberty on Oct. 1
Saturday, October 1, 2011, the weekly "Rendez-vous des Cajuns" Music Show presents the Grammy nominated Cajun band THE PINE LEAF BOYS...emcee for the evening will be RAY LANDRY. The "Rendez-vous d...
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Child porn, rape suspect pleads to lesser count
CROWLEY – A man initially accused of forcible rape and child pornography will be sentenced next month on a lesser charge. John Franklin Breaux, 32, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of attempted ...
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Car's driver indicted in fatal train-car crash
The driver of a car struck by a train at a Eunice crossing this summer has been indicted on a charge of vehicular homicide. Larry Junius Gallien, 40, 2308 Hodges Street, Lake Charles, is charged in...
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Former Archbishop Hannan dies
NEW ORLEANS – Former Archbishop Philip Matthew Hannan, who gave the eulogy for President John F. Kennedy and later served more than three decades as the head of the New Orleans Roman Catholic Archd...
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Teen killer-rapist gets life, plus 90 years
CROWLEY - Kevin Francis, who was convicted first degree murder, first degree attempted murder and forcible rape was sentenced to the maximum allowable on all three charges by Judge Edward Rubin on ...
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Don't like it? Then leave, ex-Marine tells disgruntled citizens after flag burned
ALEXANDRIA – If you don’t like, leave it, says Charles “Chuck” Mayeux about anyone who isn’t happy in the U.S.A. He was among the victims of a spree in which several American flags were burned. Ah...
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Edwards makes emotional return to Crowley
CROWLEY - For the first time since his release from federal prison, former La. Governor Edwin Edwards and his glamorous wife Trina made a public appearance in the town where he began his political ...
Sep 27, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 35 35 recommendations | email to a friend
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Eunice man arrested on child porn, solicitation of a minor and sexual battery of juvenile charges
A Eunice man has been charged with child pornography and computer aided solicitation of a minor by the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office. He also faces a charge of sexual battery following an inv...
Sep 26, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 57 57 recommendations | email to a friend
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Glynis Fournerat gets 5 years each count; ex-husband faces charge, suit involving bar fight
Glynis Fournerat, who attempted to hire an undercover deputy to kill her now ex-husband and his girlfriend, has been sentenced to five years in prison on each count. Meanwhile, the ex-husband, Loga...
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Clifton Lemelle, Sr. (tan shirt) and other members of the Concerned Black Men and Women of St. Landry Parish leave after entry to the entire group is barred by Eunice Police.
Principal denies black citizens' group entry to Eunice High, offer to meet with only some rejected
A black citizen’s group was met by Eunice Police and turned away at the doors of Eunice High School Thursday morning, rejecting offers by the principal to meet with a representative at that time, o...
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Many residents allowed back in Lincoln 32-car derailment area
RUSTON – Residents returned to their homes early Wednesday in the vicinity of Sunday’s KCS train derailment. No injuries were reported in the derailment on U.S. 80 near the Lincoln-Ouachita Parish ...
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