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Hank Brodt, left; St. Edmund Catholic High School Principal Sister Joel; Rabbi Arnie Task of Alexandria and students following Brodt's talk last week.
He talks for 6 million Holocaust victims who can't
Sixty-eight years ago Monday -- on May 6, 1945 -- Jew No. 12891 took back his name. Hank Brodt had survived five Nazi concentration camps and the Holocaust and was free again. Sixty years later, B...
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Unlicensed teen's car leaves I-10, hits trees, passenger killed
GONZALES – A car driven by an unlicensed 16-year-old Baton Rouge boy ran off I-10 and hit several trees in the median, killing a rear seat passenger. State police said the accident happened Saturda...
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Former Monroe City Councilman Robert "Red" Stevens pleads guilty
SHREVEPORT--U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that Robert E. “Red” Stevens, 61, former elected member of the City Council of Monroe, pleaded guilty last week to accepting cash bribe payme...
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Bear kills calf in West Carroll
EPPS – Wildlife and Fisheries personnel are trying to trap a bear that killed a calf in a pasture near here last week. LDWF Wildlife Division staff responded to the reported incident, performing a ...
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La. College gets $10 million gift
PINEVILLE – Louisiana College President Joe Aguillard, fresh off a retention vote by the Board of Trustees, said Wednesday that the private Baptist school has received a $10 million donation. Aguil...
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Mindy Schwarzauer of the O’Carroll Group, along with Adrienne Stutes and Mindy’s father Bill Schwarzauer, were awarded first place in the art battle. (PHOTO/Submitted)
Art Battle 2013 Winners Announced
LAKE CHARLES--The Arts Council of SWLA is proud to announce the winners of the 2013 art battles which were held during the annual Spring Art Walk in downtown Lake Charles on April 26. The art battl...
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Aguillard retains La. College presidency
PINEVILLE – Joe Aguillard remains president of Louisiana College, a post he’s held since January 2005. The Baptist college’s Board of Trustees reached that conclusion in a vote at its special meeti...
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Georges completes Advocate purchases, installs two former Times Picayune editors in top posts
BATON ROUGE – Two former Times Picayune editors were put in key positions by John Georges, new owner of The Advocate. His purchase of the state's largest daily was completed this week. According to...
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Governor of Louisiana Bobby Jindal has announced that BP has agreed to fund approximately $340 million in restoration projects for Louisiana.
Gov. Jindal: BP agrees to pay $340 million for restoration projects
LAFITTE-- Governor Bobby Jindal announced Tuesday that BP has agreed to fund approximately $340 million in restoration projects for Louisiana. This investment is part of the $1 billion that BP agre...
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Deaths Elsewhere
Retired Nicholls professor HOUMA – Services for former Nicholls State University professor Loretta Haddad will be Tuesday. She died April 20 at age 77. She was a piano professor at Nicholls St. Sur...
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Zachary resident Judge Todd Hernandez.
Zachary resident among 7 Alumni judges installed in SU Judicial Wall of Fame
Zachary resident Judge Todd Hernandez of the 19th Judicial District Court was among seven alumni judges honored by the Southern University Law Center (SULC), during the unveiling of their portraits...
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St. Helena to take up strip club regulations
ST. HELENA – Strip clubs will be back on the Police Jury runway Tuesday night. Strip clubs have been the focus of most residents in St. Helena Parish for some years now. Some supporting them and o...
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