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Catholic educator LAFAYETTE – Services for Catholic educator Sister Bernardine Breaux, MHS will be Saturday. She died May 6 at age 98. She spent 60 years in Education Ministry for the Sisters of th...
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Two defendants sentenced for involvement in online child porn ring
SHREVEPORT-- United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced Thursday that a Canadian and a California man were sentenced by U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks for their roles in an interne...
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LeBlanc with his winning entries.
Erath wildfowl carver a world champion
ERATH – Grant LeBlanc is a “World Champion” Wildfowl Carver. He earned that title after two of his wood-carving ducks captured first place in the intermediate division of the 43rd Annual Ward World...
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Texas man dies when big rig overturns in Sabine
MANY – A Texas man died when his truck overturned in a collision on La. 191 Thursday. State troopers said Tyron Galloway, 39, of Pineland, Texas was driving a 2004 Freightliner that crossed the cen...
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KnowLA, Digital Encyclopedia of Louisiana, announces new section on state’s Governors
Entries available from Iberville to Jindal at knowla.org
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Louisiana earns highest ranking ever in CEO survey of of state business climates
Up 33 spots since 2009, La. ranks 11th in Chief Executive’s Best & Worst States for Business
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Car runs off I-49, hits trees, burns, driver dies
FOREST HILL – A Pineville woman was killed when her car ran off I-49 east of here. has died in a Rapides Parish traffic accident. State police said Tuesday morning’s accident happened south of Loui...
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Louisiana House tries to out-dunk Senate in charity basketball game May 8
Some may be past their prime, but Louisiana legislators will lace their sneakers, stretch some muscles, and reach way back to pull out some moves on the court to show which arm of the legislature d...
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State climbs higher in CEO biz climate rankings
BATON ROUGE — Chief Executive said Tuesday that CEOs nationwide rank Louisiana No. 11 in the U.S., the state’s highest position ever, in the magazine’s annual ranking of Best & Worst States for B...
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FEMA awards more than $3 million to St. John Parish School damaged in Hurricane Isaac
The St. John Parish School Board will receive two grants totaling more than $3 million to repair damages to East St. John High School caused by Hurricane Isaac, the Federal Emergency Management Age...
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Jindal, Boise Inc. announce $111M investment at DeRidder Paper Mill
DERIDDER--Governor Bobby Jindal and Boise Inc. Vice President of Manufacturing Mark Haser announced May 2 the company will invest $111 million to upgrade a major paper machine at Boise’s DeRidder P...
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LSU Eunice student Alexander Lege, 19, of Gueydan, captures video footage with his phone of a routine traffic stop in Eunice on Thursday. He was arrested by another Eunice police officer on the scene minutes after this photo was taken. This most recent arrest of Lege marked his third arrest since December.
Chief says cop-watching is 'borderline terroism'
By Todd C. Elliott todd.elliott@eunicetoday.com Eunice Police Chief Ronald Dies said in a recent interview posted on YouTube that the alleged actions of “Cop Watcher” Alexander Lege were “borderl...
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