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Court affirms cold-case rape conviction, life sentence
The Third Circuit Court of Appeal has upheld the life sentence of a man who raped a 10-year-old left in an Opelousas motel room by her mother. James Stubblefield was sentenced in April 2011 for th...
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Ramp work will cause some delay on I-49 at Opelousas
The following ramps* on I-49 in St. Landry Parish will be closed for striping, weather permitting. 12-14-11 Northbound US167 On Ramp 6:00am-3:00pm 12-14-11 Northbound La 103 in Washington On and O...
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Impaired Driver Causes Crash, Young Woman Killed in Houma
Houma – Louisiana State Police Troop C investigated a fatal crash in Terrebonne Parish shortly before 2:30 am this morning. The crash, which claimed the life of a young Houma woman, occurred on S...
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Unrestrained Driver Killed in Single-Vehicle Crash, Impairment Suspected
Natalbany – Louisiana State Police Troop A investigated a single-vehicle crash early this morning that claimed the life of the unrestrained driver. The crash occurred shortly after 2:00 am on LA 4...
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State Police Investigate Officer Involved Shooting in Lafayette
Lafayette- Last night, Louisiana State Police detectives assigned to the Lafayette Field Office were requested by the Lafayette Police Department to investigate an officer involved shooting. The ...
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Pollock Man Killed In Grant Parish Crash
Earlier today, a single vehicle crash killed a man from Pollock, LA. Troopers responded to the crash around 12:45 pm, which occurred on LA Hwy 8 west of Bentley, LA. The crash involved a 2006 ...
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DeSoto Parish brothers arrested on timber theft charges
Forestry investigators with the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF) arrested two DeSoto Parish brothers on felony timber theft charges in unrelated cases, Agricultu...
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Sunset to hire part-time officer to help with evening traffic snarl
SUNSET – Town officials decided Thursday night to hire a part-time safety officer to control traffic at Darby & La. 182 every afternoon. Traffic backs up bumper to bumper from the intersection eas...
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Tanks and cavalry, Louisiana Maneuvers. U.S. Army photo.
Thousands set for Leesville military parade
FORT POLK, La. -- Leesville is hosting the largest military parade Saturday in this part of the country since 1943, when thousands of soldiers who had participated in the Louisiana maneuvers were h...
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Dale Brown to sign books Saturday
Coach Dale Brown, the former longtime men’s head basketball coach at LSU, will be at Barnes & Noble in Lafayette Saturday from noon to 2 p.m. to sign his new book, Getting Over the 4 Hurdles of Lif...
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Eunice man killed in fatal crash on US 190
Thursday, morning, Louisiana State Police investigated a single vehicle crash on US 190 east of Eunice that claimed the life of a Eunice man. According to investigating troopers, at 8:58 a.m., a ...
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Two Critically Injured in Head-On Collision in DeSoto Parish
DeSoto Parish – On December 08, 2011, at 5:15 p.m., Louisiana State Police Troop G responded to a two-vehicle crash on US 84, just east of LA 510, in DeSoto Parish. The crash sent two Bossier Cit...
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