State News
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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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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Gov. Roemer Announces Substantial Media Campaign in New Hampshire
Manchester, NH – Independent-minded Governor Charles “Buddy” Roemer, a presidential candidate, who has been systematically shut out of all nationally televised debates and mysteriously omitted from...
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70 years ago, U.S. declared war after Pearl Harbor attack
Seventy years ago today, FDR asked Congress to declare war on Japan for an attack that the nation had heard about but not yet seen the results of. On Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941, “a date which will live ...
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Abbeville cuts two city holidays, freezes hiring
ABBEVILLE – Falling revenue and rising costs prompted to the City Council on Tuesday night to free hiring and drop two paid city holidays among other budget revisions. About $400,000 in expenses in...
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BESE picks "value-added" teacher evaluation system
BATON ROUGE - The state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education is expected to endorse at its Wednesday meeting using value added assessment for evaluating teachers on the basis of student perf...
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Guard command changes on Saturday
PINEVILLE -- After more than four decades of service, Maj. Gen. Bennett C. Landreneau will symbolically hand over command of the Louisiana National Guard during a formal ceremony Saturday at Camp B...
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