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Police seek driver who struck, killed bicycle rider
VILLE PLATTE – Police are looking for a driver whose vehicle struck a bicycle rider about 3 a.m. Sunday, killing him. The vehicle fled the scene. Edwin Griffin, 50, was riding his bike in front of ...
Sep 19, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 36 36 recommendations | email to a friend
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Rice borer creeps toward Acadiana
The Mexican rice borer continues to expand its territory in Louisiana after migrating from Texas. An adult Mexican rice borer was found recently in a monitoring trap in southeast Beauregard Parish ...
Sep 16, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 32 32 recommendations | email to a friend
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Six charged in raid on alleged Desoto Parish brothel
FRIERSON – Three women from outside the U.S. and three men are charged with operating a brothel in this DeSoto Parish community. Police said the operation, which reportedly catered to natural gas p...
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Acadia capital murder trial date re-set
CROWLEY – The second of what likely will be many trial dates has been scheduled for accused first-degree murderer Philip Credeur. It is not out of the ordinary for trial dates to be set, postponed ...
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Charges not yet accepted in case of teenage girl found dead by bridge
CROWLEY – The Acadia District Attorney’s Office has not yet accepted charges in the case of a teenage girl found dead by the Mermentau River bridge last December. Sheriff’s Office investigators sub...
Sep 15, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 35 35 recommendations | email to a friend
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U-turning motorcylist hit, killed
WINNFIELD – A motorcylist attempting a u-turn was killed on U.S. 84 Tuesday night. State police said Jonathan Taylor, 21, was eastbound east of the city about 6:30 p.m. when his motorcycle collided...
Sep 14, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 40 40 recommendations | email to a friend
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VP council lifts walking curfew
VILLE PLATTE – The City Council voted Tuesday night to lift the walking curfew in October. The vote was over objections of Mayor Jennifer Vidrine who wanted it renewed for 120 days. The ordinance ...
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ATV overturns on highway, its driver killed when struck by oncoming vehicle
OPELOUSAS – An overturned ATV was struck by an approaching vehicle Tuesday night and its rider killed. State Police said Bernell Bernard, 49, of Arnaudville was riding east about 8 p.m. when he ent...
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He remembers stealing TV from church, but not selling it
MONROE – The suspect in the theft of an $1,800 TV from a church wasn’t hard to find. Police said a man purchased the stolen TV on street for $150 from man wearing a leg brace. At services earlier S...
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Nearly 900,000 - one in five - Louisianians have no health insurance
About one in five Louisiana residents has no health insurance, Census Bureau data releasted Tuesday shows, and that percentage in higher in the state’s poorest parishes. Roughly 886,000 in Louisia...
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Rayne man gets 40 years in woman's stabbing death
CROWLEY – A Rayne man has gotten a 40-year sentenced in the stabbing death of a woman. Quinton Mouton, 38 at the time of his arrest, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the multiple stabbing in Augus...
Sep 13, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 37 37 recommendations | email to a friend
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Jindal says Perry's the best choice
BATON ROUGE – Gov. Bobby Jindal on Monday night endorsed Rick Perry for president. Jindal announced his support for the Texas governor ahead of Monday night’s GOP presidential debate in Tampa, Fla...
Sep 13, 2011 | 3 3 comments | 31 31 recommendations | email to a friend
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