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Alleged wife-beater fleeing cops grabs truck with three kids in it, crashes, injures all of kids
ABBEVILLE – A man fleeing police crashed a pickup truck, injuring the three children who were in it when he grabbed it off a gas station lot. Police said Terrance Mouton was fleeing them on foot a...
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Woman charged after kicking husband where it hurts in argument over computer
CALHOUN – A woman was jailed after allegedly kicking her husband in the groin during a dispute over a computer. Police said Kisa Baum, 38, is charged with battery. According to deputies, she and ...
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Unrestrained driver ejected, killed after pickup hits tree
OPELOUSAS – Investigation continues into a single-vehicle accident that killed an unrestrained elderly man Saturday afternoon. State Police said Paul Johnson, 74, of Opelousas was driving a pickup...
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Arsonist Arrested in Connection with a Spree of Kaplan Fires
February 4, 2012 Kaplan, LA- State Fire Marshal H. “Butch” Browning and Kaplan Chief of Police Boyd Adams announced today the early morning arrest of a man charged with being responsible for setti...
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Hunting rules would allow deer hunters option of up to four antlerless in season
BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission (LWFC) adopted notices of intent for the 2013-14 hunting season and the 2012-13 Wildlife Management Areas (WMA) General Rules and Regul...
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Vermilion moving to pick new school super
ABBEVILLE – Applications will be accepted Feb. 12-March 5 for superintendent of the Vermilion Parish School Board. Supt. Randy Schexnayder has announced he will retired in August of next year. The...
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Teen gets 33 months in murder case plea bargain
CROWLEY – A teenager accused of first-degree murder took the state’s offer of accessory after the fact, pleading no contest and getting 33 months at hard labor rather than risk life in prison. Ove...
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Landmark Monroe restaurant closing
MONROE – A landmark Monroe restaurant - The Chateau - will close in March. The eatery has operated on Louisville Avenue for more than 45 years. Victor Cascio sold the restaurant to Monroe develo...
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Sex-crime records remained closed in St. Landry
As of this writing, no one within the judicial bureaucracy has responded to last week’s column noting that persons accused of sex crimes get special treatment in St. Landry Parish. Minutiae about ...
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State will close Central Hospital, build new Pineville facility
PINEVILLE - Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary Bruce D. Greenstein and Pineville Mayor Clarence Fields announced Wednesday a two-phased plan to vacate the current Central State Hospital ...
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Maybe next time he'll use riding mower -- man says girlfriend stabbed him for taking too long doing yard work
EUNICE – A man was allegedly stabbed by his girlfriend Friday afternoon for taking too long doing yard work. Eunice Police responded to a call at 12:36 p.m. from a woman who said her son had been...
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Wednesday morning flooding in Ville Platte.
Flooding occurring in Evangeline
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has Issued a Flood Warning for Evangeline Parish until 10:30 p.m. Wednesday. According to the NWS, areas that will experience flooding are Mamou, Turk...
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