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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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Louisiana traffic deaths drop to lowest level since record keeping began in 1984
BATON ROUGE—Traffic deaths in Louisiana last year dropped to their lowest level since Louisiana State University started reporting such data in 1984. The recently completed Louisiana Annual Traffic...
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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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Rep. Landry referees as Basin crawfishermen, Corps of Engineers face off
ST. MARTINVILLE – In boots and jeans, U.S. Rep. Jeff Landry refereed a face-to-face meeting with two groups of traditional antagonists: •Local crawfishermen who make their living in the rich annua...
Sep 27, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 31 31 recommendations | email to a friend
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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 ...
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Metairie insurance agent arrested
A Metairie insurance agent was arrested by the Louisiana State Police Insurance Fraud/Auto Theft Unit and served by Louisiana Department of Insurance Fraud Section Investigators on September 23 wit...
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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...
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