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Warrant for Marksville Mayor John Lemoine issued
Breaking news. According to the Avoyelles Parish Sheriff's office, a warrant was issued for the arrest of Mayor John Lemoine. Lemoine is facing charges of public intimidation, simple assault and...
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Pregnant Lecompte woman still missing
From Allison Chaudoir - INFORMATION REGARDING THE MISSING PERSONS CASE: The Lecompte Police Department continues to look for a 22-year-old woman who is eight months pregnant and last seen M...
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Pedestrian killed crossing Highway 115 north of Hessmer
Transit bus unable to avoid accident
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<strong>BY GARLAND FORMAN</strong> The long-awaited biography on Louisiana four-term governor and Crowley native Edwin Edwards is scheduled to be released December 14. Edwards, whose colorful style and penchant for reaching out to Louisiana's blue collar population made him one of the most popular governors in Louisiana history, is currently serving out a 10-year sentence for bribery and extortion involving a riverboat casino scheme. He is scheduled for release in July 2011. Then President George W. Bush's non-pardon of Edwards upon his leaving office infuriated many powerful Louisianians including recently deceased former Governor and Edwards rival David Treen who said that "there were several errors in Edwards trial and that he had served enough time for any crime he committed". Treen, who defeated Edwards in the gubernatorial election of 1980 and lost to him in the 1984 election, befriended Edwards later in life. "While Governor Edwards and I seldom agreed on principles, I always admired his genuine love for Louisiana and his uncanny ability to get many things done to provide for people what he believed they needed," wrote Treen in the book's foreword. The book, <em>Edwin Edwards: An Authorized Biography</em>, is written by famed writer Leo Honeycutt, who admitted that he was worried at first that Edwards may not want to delve into some of the darker periods of his life in the book. "I'm too far from the womb and too close to the tomb for that to make any difference now, " replied Edwards in typical fashion. The book, which originally had over 1800 pages before being cut down to 641, covers everything from Edwards entrance into politics to his entrance into prison. Honeycutt described the years of research he had done on Edwards as "dizzying, there was little that happened in Louisiana for a quarter century that didn't have his imprint on it." Serving as Louisiana's governor for four terms between 1972 and 1996, Edwards built a style as a deft politician who battled frequently with federal prosecutors. He said that he was the subject of two dozen investigations during his career and was acquitted on racketeering charges in the 1980's and once again in October 2000. Edwards career began as a city councilman in Crowley where he had built a law practice. He won a seat in the Louisiana Senate over 20-year incumbent Bill Cleveland in what was considered a major upset at the time. He served as floor leader for Governor John McKeithen before he was elected to three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, including a 1968 victory over Republican Vance Plauche in which he received over 80 percent of the vote. He defeated Bennett Johnston, a senator from Shreveport to gain his first term as governor. The fact that his former rivals, including Johnston and Treen among others, spoke out strongly in support of his pardon speaks volumes for the respect and admiration he still, regardless of any past transgressions, commands in Louisiana.
Librarians pick Edwards biography for literary award
LAFAYETTE — State librarians have selected “Edwin Edwards, Governor of Louisiana, An Authorized Biography” by Leo Honeycutt as the winner of the 2011 Louisiana Literary Award. The Louisiana Librar...
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Fog advisory for Avoyelles
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has Issued a Dense Fog Advisory for Avoyelles Parish, Which is in effect Until 9am CST Monday. Areas of Fog are Expected to Develop After Midnight. thi...
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Highway Flagman killed by dump truck near Deville
Rapides Parish Fatal Crash
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Palmetto driver booked into Baton Rouge Prison by Troopers
Baton Rouge – This morning at approximately 10:30am, both drivers wanted in connection with Sunday’s fatal crash on I-10 were booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison by Troopers from Louisia...
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Fatality Friday afternoon on Highway 115
Two ambulances have just left the scene of an accident on Highway 115 at the corner of the Large Road between Marksville and Hessmer. There is a fatality. Unconfirmed reports indicate a pedistrian ...
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Palmetto driver wanted on five counts of negligent homicide; witnesses say he was driving in a erratic and reckless manner
Troopers Obtain Warrants for Two Drivers from Multiple Fatality Crash
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Alyce Bertrand, 11, keeps active while living with cystic fibrosis, a potentially fatal disease.
Alyce Bertrand, 11, keeps active while living with cystic fibrosis, a potentially fatal disease.
Granddaughter of the late Tommy Lemoine and Angelena Lemoine of Simmesport
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Several people arrested by APSO in pre-dawn drug bust
Suspects from Bunkie, Cottonport, Hessmer, Marksville and Simmesport
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Moreauville, Simmesport students to make presentations for LSUA with Statewide Conference for Business Students
Two Avoyelles students are featured presenters at an upcoming statewide event. LSU Alexandria will co-coordinate the statewide meeting of Phi Beta Lambda (PBL), the world’s largest organization f...
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