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Texas pair injured in Natchitoches Parish Serious Injury Crash
Yesterday afternoon, a single vehicle crash seriously injured a man and moderately injured a woman. Troopers responded to the crash around 3:30 pm, which occurred on US Hwy 71 north of Campti. ...
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Child's drive-by death stuns Crescent City
NEW ORLEANS - The random killing of a two-year-old has jolted a city accustomed to gunfights. Keria Gordon died in a shower of bullets Sunday at the BW Cooper housing development, four days shy of ...
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Cops break up bumper-car contest using Walmart handicap scooters
WEST MONROE – Police busted up a bumper car contest by drivers using handicap scooters at Walmart. About 2:30 a.m., a group of apparently drunk suspects commandeered the store’s handicap scooters a...
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Deputies scatter rooster fighters, confiscate birds, tracking down participants
SUNSET – On Saturday afternoon, the St. Landry Sheriff’s Office received an anonymous tip about a rooster fighting event which was occurring on property located at 288 Smittys Road. Upon the Dep...
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Campti man and woman seriously injured in crash
Yesterday afternoon, December 18, a single vehicle crash seriously injured a man and moderately injured a woman. Troopers responded to the crash around 3:30 pm, which occurred on US Hwy 71 north o...
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70 Louisiana based soldiers return from Iraq
By Staff Sgt. Denis B. Ricou Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office   BATON ROUGE, La. –The Louisiana National Guard, family and friends welcomed home members of the 239th Military Police C...
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480 graduate at ULM
ULM President Nick J. Bruno will confer degrees during University of Louisiana at Monroe's 2011 Fall Commencement, at 10 a.m., Dec.17, in Fant-Ewing Coliseum. A total of 480 degrees will be awarde...
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Unrestrained Driver Killed in Pt. Coupee Single-Vehicle Crash, vehicle vaulted, lands on roof
Lakeland – Louisiana State Police, Troop A investigated a single-vehicle crash early this morning in Pointe Coupee Parish. The crash occurred on LA 413 north of US 190 at 4:00 am, and claimed the l...
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Pedestrian Killed In Concordia Parish Crash
Late Thursday afternoon, a single vehicle crash killed a man from Vidalia, LA. Troopers responded to the crash around 5:40 pm, which occurred on US Hwy 84 in Vidalia. The crash involved a 2005 Dod...
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NSU graduates record number of students at fall commencement; Earl Barby of Marksville presented honorary doctorate degree
NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University awarded degrees to a record 1,423 students Friday at Fall Commencement Exercises inPrather Coliseum. During 2011, Northwestern State conferred degrees o...
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Louisiana State University Dec 2011 Graduates
BATON ROUGE – LSU recognized 1,651 graduates at the university’s 276th commencement exercises on campus Friday, Dec. 16. There is no main ceremony for December commencement, so each college held se...
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Jindal cuts $141 million from budget, spares health care, higher ed
BATON ROUGE – Gov. Bobby Jindal on Friday cut $140.8 million from the state budget facing a mid-year defict of $251 and instructed the Division of Administration to prepare a plan for the remaining...
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