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Hospital executive
LAKE CHARLES – Services were Saturday for hospital executive Dave Usher. He died May 15 at age 62.
He was senior vice president of business development at Lake Charles Memorial ...
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BATON ROUGE – Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division agents and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials are looking for leads regarding a whooping crane that was found...
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The CCA Louisiana Statewide Tournament and Angler’s Rodeo (STAR) begins its 19th year of competition on Saturday, May 25. One of the largest, and richest saltwater fishing tournaments in the countr...
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LAKE CHARLES - A car driven by an Elton teenager suspected of being impaired allegedly ran a stop sign causing a Thursday collision that killed one of her passengers and critically injured the driv...
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MORGAN CITY – Hydrologists at the Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center in Slidell say the Atchafalaya River is expected to crest at 6 feet here early next week.
That forecast could increase by a...
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SHREVEPORT — Former Monroe City Councilman Arthur Gilmore will be sentenced Sept. 26 after being convicted in federal court Thursday of racketeering. He was acquitted of extortion.
The maximum sent...
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Hospital executive
LAKE CHARLES – Services were Saturday for hospital executive Dave Usher. He died May 15 at age 62.
He was senior vice president of business development at Lake Charles Memorial ...
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Pioneer plumber
BATON ROUGE – Services for Paul Hlllard, Sr., the first African American to be certified by the City of Baton Rouge and the State of Louisiana as a master plumber, will be Saturday....
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Evelyn Bolen
A memorial service for Evelyn Genell Bolen will be held at Baptist Temple Church in Alexandria on Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 2:00 p.m.
Evelyn Genell Bolen, age 87 of Alexandria, passed...
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Services for Richard Croker Farrow will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 18, 2013, at Escudé Funeral Home in Mansura. Burial will follow at St. Paul’s Catholic Cemetery in Mansura. Arrangements ...
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Services for Mr. Bobby Nation will be held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, May 15, 2013, in the Chapel of Hixson Brothers, Pineville with Reverend Ronnie Nation, Reverend David Coody and Jessie Littleton of...
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Funeral services for Trey Rachal, Jr. will be held on Saturday, May 18, 2013, beginning at 12 noon at St. Paul Catholic Church in Mansura with Fr. Martin Laird officiating. Services and arrangement...
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After an approximately year-long investigation, forty-four (44) drug arrests were made today in Sabine Parish. Louisiana State Police Bureau of Investigations (LSP BOI), Sabine Parish Sheriff’s ...
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Avoyelles names in Rapides booking report
MARCH 13
Robinson, Jamaal Anthony of 6463 Scallan St., Mansura; two counts possession of a controlled dangerous substance with intent to distribute, pos...
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St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office Arrest Report
Patrick Wayne Bazile, age 44, 111 Slaughter House Road, Bunkie, La., bench warrant, arrested by Louisiana State Police
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A Simmesport man was arrested following a joint drug investigation by the Avoyelles Parish Sheriff's Office Narcotics Division and the Simmesport Police Department.
According to Sheriff Doug Ander...
Feb 21, 2012 | 0 | 29 |
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St. Landry Parish — The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office reported booking a Cottonport resident:
Dekareon Wells, 20, 145 Cotton Road, Cottonport, was charged with driving while intoxicated, poss...
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Jan. 19
Ducote, Adam Joseph of 604 South Mabel St., Bunkie; theft of $1,500 or more, criminal conspiracy, criminal trespass.
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Bemont, Deven Kane of 124 Jeff McCane Road, Centerpoint; DWI, p...
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Fire was a huge hazard to south Louisiana communities in the days before modern firefighting equipment and good water supplies, when wooden homes and buildings were illuminated by oil lamps and can...
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It's hard to believe that today marks the tenth anniversary of the death of Mary Alice Fontenot, the newspaperwoman, teacher, and storyteller who knew and was known by practically everyone in Acad...
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Cinqo de Mayo, the fifth of May, commemorates the Mexican army's defeat of French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, It was a huge victory for the Mexicans who were outnumbered two to ...
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"Pacques Pacques" means "Easter Easter" in French, but it is also the name in Louisiana of a contest that began innocently enough but that has become a major tradition in some Louisiana communities...
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Jean Lafitte was the most notorious — and successful — of the pirates operating from Louisiana in the early 1800s, but he wasn't the only one.
A federal grand jury in New Orleans reported in July 1...
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The news that an attempt is being made to restore the old Southern Club will bring a lot of memories to folks who remember what some consider the heyday of Louisiana's distinctive swamp pop music.
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A source in Plaucheville has told AvoyellesToday that Lawrence "Chock" Taylor, Andrea Lemoine and Craig Gremillion have been elected as aldermen on the three member Plaucheville council.
In unoff...
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Sunday, October 28
Vick-
Vick Baptist Church, Trunk-or-Treat, 4-6 p.m.
Effie-
Oak Grove Methodist Church, Fall Fest-Trunk-or-Treat from 4 p.m. until. Benefit gumbo.
Tuesday, October 30
Mansura...
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Louisiana State Newpapers, a group of newspapers from South Louisiana, has endorsed Mitt Romney for President. Here is what the newspapers had to say:
You have seen and heard the candidates runnin...
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Louisiana Democratic Party Chairwoman Karen Carter Peterson
Louisiana Democratic Party Chairwoman Karen Carter Peterson issued the following statement in reaction to the removal of Dr. Fred Ce...
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By Dr. Jim Guillory, former run-off candidate Board of Elementary Secondary Education Dist. 8 (Dr. Guillory has earned degrees in La., UL Lafayette, LSU, Tulane and University of Florida) Thi...
Dec 20, 2011 | 1 | 26 |
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This article is being written as a response to a recent letter received from a statewide elected individual. He encouraged all candidates who presented themselves for public service consideration ...
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by: Kobe East
Baton Rouge La. (Formely of Bunkie)
Everyone across America knows that the ‘Cell Phone’ may have been one of the best inventions since the introduction of sliced bread, to the fami...
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Just the FAX is a newsletter sent to state legislators each Friday from the Louisiana Federation of Teachers. Issues are available online at http://la.aft.org.
Louisiana Federation of Teachers
S...
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Edwin Edwards broke 32 year jinx on South Louisiana candidate winning for governor
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By Mike Reitz
President and CEO,
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana
This year’s mid-term elections produced a new set of winners and losers, and with the dramatic shift in power that occurred...
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Good news for Tuscaloosa Shale watchers in Avoyelles. To the east of Avoyelles in Mississippi comes the results oa a highly successful well.
Goodrich Petroleum Corporation announced today, Februa...
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The Rosewood Plantation 21H No.1 well is now drilling horizontally and intersecting oil and gas bearing fractures. The well has reached a measured depth of 17,300 feet (5,273 metres), an advance o...
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Goodrich Petroleum Corporation announced its preliminary capital expenditure budget for 2013, along with production and cash flow guidance for the year. It includes over $100 million in drilling. ...
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Rosewood Plantation 21H No.1 well update
The intermediate casing in the vertical section of the Rosewood Plantation 21H No.1 well south of Simmesport has been successfully run and cemented into th...
Nov 18, 2012 | 0 | 13 |
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The deep well being drilled near Woodside in the southeastern corner of Avoyelles has hit a small delay, according to the following news release:
Rosewood Plantation 21H No.1 Drilling Update
Turne...
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The first Tuscaloosa Marine Shale well in the Poland area is underway. The most recent report to the Department of Natural Resources of Louisiana states"
11/8/12, PROBLEMS WITH HOLE, ORDERS CHANGE...
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