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Teacher-coach charged with sexual conduct with player
HAUGHTON – A teacher-coach is accused of having sexual conduct with one of her players. Bossier Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Haughton teacher Friday on charges involving a 17-year-old student. Jes...
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Retired teacher, blind man perish in house fire
PATTERSON — A retired St. Mary Parish educator perished along with another person in an early morning fire that destroyed both her home and a day care center next door in Patterson. Barbara Hall a...
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Suspect under $1.5 million bond for 150 counts of juvenile porn
WEST MONROE – Bond has been set at $1.5 million for a West Monroe man who was arrested and charged with 150 counts of possessing pornography involving juveniles, Attorney General Buddy Caldwell ann...
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Sen. Allain at I-49 South meeting.
I-49 South Coalition's next step: recruiting stakeholders willing to invest
PATTERSON — The I-49 South Coalition took a first step toward recruiting paying members for the push to complete I-49 South from Lafayette to New Orleans. State Sen. Bret Allain, R-Franklin, hosted...
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Veteran State Police sergeant booked on narcotics, other charges
MONROE – An eighteen-year veteran State Police sergeant has been arrested Monday by troopers from the agency’s Bureau of Investigation and charged him with a variety of criminal violations includin...
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SUV overturns, hits pole, two killed
ST. MARY PARISH -- Late Tuesday night, Troopers with Louisiana State Police Troop I investigated a single-vehicle crash on La. 182 at Sun Road, which killed two men. According to investigating tro...
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Cal State president choice for LSU post
BATON ROUGE – A search committee has recommended that LSU’s next system president and main campus chancellor should be F. King Alexander, president of California State University Long Beach. The c...
Mar 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 17 17 recommendations | email to a friend
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Inmate who pleaded guilty as teen to killing parents, brother seeking re-sentencing
EUNICE – Chad L. Young, serving life in prison for the murder of his parents and a brother in Eunice, is undergoing psychiatric evaluation prior to seeking to have his sentence reconsidered. Young ...
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Unbelted passenger dies when Jeep hits tree
ROBERT--An overnight crash on Interstate 12 in Tangipahoa Parish on Saturday killed a 74-year-old Hammond resident and resulted in minor to moderate injuries to three additional passengers. The si...
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Pit ban doesn't save puppy; Mamou council issues reminder
MAMOU – An ordinance prohibiting possession of pit bulls or pit bull-mix dogs didn’t do a puppy much good last week. According to Councilman Charles Reed, the puppy was killed by one of the banned ...
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CWO Henderson
Franklin CWO dies in Afghan chopper crash
Chief Warrant Officer Bryan J. Henderson, 27, of Franklin Parish died in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan on Monday, one of five killed in accident. Henderson was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 3...
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Exec says natural gas can produce more energy independence
MORGAN CITY — North America could be energy independent by the end of the decade if the continent uses more natural gas in areas such as transportation, said Charles Goodson, chairman, CEO and pres...
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