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LSU Eunice student Alexander Lege, 19, of Gueydan, captures video footage with his phone of a routine traffic stop in Eunice on Thursday. He was arrested by another Eunice police officer on the scene minutes after this photo was taken. This most recent arrest of Lege marked his third arrest since December.
Chief says cop-watching is 'borderline terroism'
By Todd C. Elliott todd.elliott@eunicetoday.com Eunice Police Chief Ronald Dies said in a recent interview posted on YouTube that the alleged actions of “Cop Watcher” Alexander Lege were “borderl...
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Commission will re-name WMA for Dick Yancey
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission adopted a resolution on May 2 to rename the Red River-Three Rivers Wildlife Management Area in honor of distinguished conservationist Richard K. Yanc...
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Hank Brodt, left; St. Edmund Catholic High School Principal Sister Joel; Rabbi Arnie Task of Alexandria and students following Brodt's talk last week.
He talks for 6 million Holocaust victims who can't
Sixty-eight years ago Monday -- on May 6, 1945 -- Jew No. 12891 took back his name. Hank Brodt had survived five Nazi concentration camps and the Holocaust and was free again. Sixty years later, B...
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Unlicensed teen's car leaves I-10, hits trees, passenger killed
GONZALES – A car driven by an unlicensed 16-year-old Baton Rouge boy ran off I-10 and hit several trees in the median, killing a rear seat passenger. State police said the accident happened Saturda...
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Bear kills calf in West Carroll
EPPS – Wildlife and Fisheries personnel are trying to trap a bear that killed a calf in a pasture near here last week. LDWF Wildlife Division staff responded to the reported incident, performing a ...
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La. College gets $10 million gift
PINEVILLE – Louisiana College President Joe Aguillard, fresh off a retention vote by the Board of Trustees, said Wednesday that the private Baptist school has received a $10 million donation. Aguil...
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Suits against state government mounting
By John Maginnis and Jeremy Alford LaPolitics.com BATON ROUGE — Considering all the lawsuits that have been filed and those that are anticipated, the court system is putting Gov.Bobby Jindal and ...
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Aguillard retains La. College presidency
PINEVILLE – Joe Aguillard remains president of Louisiana College, a post he’s held since January 2005. The Baptist college’s Board of Trustees reached that conclusion in a vote at its special meeti...
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Georges completes Advocate purchases, installs two former Times Picayune editors in top posts
BATON ROUGE – Two former Times Picayune editors were put in key positions by John Georges, new owner of The Advocate. His purchase of the state's largest daily was completed this week. According to...
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Deaths Elsewhere
Retired Nicholls professor HOUMA – Services for former Nicholls State University professor Loretta Haddad will be Tuesday. She died April 20 at age 77. She was a piano professor at Nicholls St. Sur...
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St. Helena to take up strip club regulations
ST. HELENA – Strip clubs will be back on the Police Jury runway Tuesday night. Strip clubs have been the focus of most residents in St. Helena Parish for some years now. Some supporting them and o...
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Seahawks' Simon's encounter with detective was second in two nights; alleged resistance stopped after Taser 'painting'
NFL draftee and former LSU defensive back Tharold Simon of Eunice dropped resistance when Taser “painted” by the officer arresting him late Thursday night, the second night he had encountered polic...
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