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BATON ROUGE -- With a conservative Republican occupying the governor’s mansion in Baton Rouge, it’s not likely any official commemoration will be given the dates of September 5, and September 10, t...
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Marksville - The Rotary Club of Avoyelles and the Marksville Chamber of Commerce will welcome Governor Bobby Jindal at a community luncheon Wednesday, September 8, at noon in the Paragon Casino Res...
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LSN ST. MARTINVILLE – Entries are starting to come in for the inaugural running of the Tour du Teche, including the second-place winner of last month’s 340-mile race across the state of Missouri, ...
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Motorists are advised that delays should be expected today on La. 13 North in Eunice. The Department of Transportation and Development will close the highway about.4 of a mile north of U.S. 190 (L...
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By J. Anfenson-Comeau LSN EUNICE -- Carol Cruise is on a mission, to spread a message of faith, love and unity, by walking around the perimeter of the continental United States; what makes Cruise...
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By Chris Rozas LSN ABBEVILLE -- Alligator season begins Wednesday, but alligator hunters are crying more than crocodile tears because of fallen prices for hides. On the other hand, alligators wi...
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March 25, 1931 - September 1, 2010 Funeral services were held for Ray Ardoin, 79, of Ville Platte, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Ville Platte at 1:30 p.m., Friday, September 3. Mr. Ardoin di...
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September 7, 1928 - August 28, 2010 A memorial service will be held for Kathryn Harvey Hollier, 81, of Sacramento, California, at Our Lady of Wisdom Catholic Church in Lafayette at 4 p.m., Tuesday...
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August 27, 1976 - September 2, 2010 Funeral services will be held for Burvick Jack Jr., 24, of Kinder, at Solid Rock Ministries in Oberlin at 11 a.m., Tuesday, September 7. Braxton Funeral Home o...
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June 29, 1924 - August 27, 2010 MAMOU - Funeral services were held for Dr. Frank P. Savoy Jr., 86, at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Mamou at 1:30 p.m., Monday, August 30. Burial followed in the Old...
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August 26, 1940 - August 28, 2010 PINE PRAIRIE - Funeral services were held for Jimmie Guillory, 70, of Ville Platte, at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Pine Prairie at 2 p.m., Monday, August 30. B...
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April 9, 1959 - August 29, 2010 MAMOU - Funeral services were held for Donald Marcantel, 51, of Reddell, at the Ardoin’s Funeral Home Chapel in Mamou at 2 p.m., Tuesday, August 31. Burial followed...
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Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Enforcement Division agents cited two Evangeline Parish residents Thursday, August 26, for allegedly taking deer during closed season. The age...
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MAMOU - The Mamou Police Department arrested three and continues to search for two after the robbery of a van containing clothing. Police Chief Greg Dupuis said at approximately 2 a.m. Monday morn...
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MAMOU - An undercover narcotic investigation led to the arrest of a Mamou man Wednesday, September 1. Christopher T. Guilbeau, 31, 716 Third St., Lot D, Mamou, was charged with possession of marij...
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Shawn Michael Fontenot, 31, 906 W. LaSalle St., Ville Platte, was charged Wednesday, September 1, with theft by fraud after conning several people in the area. According to Rudy Guillory, investig...
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PINE PRAIRIE - The Pine Prairie Police Department is searching for the individual or individuals responsible for the early-morning robbery of a local pharmacy. Police Chief Todd Ortis said he was ...
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•Barry James Fontenot, 40, 1879 Adeuse Road, Ville Platte, was charged August 27, with DWI (first offense) and careless operation. Fontenot was released on a $1,176.50 bond. •Joshua Oneal Davis, 2...
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Some say the man known as Leather Britches Smith was the meanest man ever to set foot in Louisiana. Others say he was the hero of a fledgling labor movement in the days when lumber mills offered ab...
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The inscription on Nathan Abshire's accordion box read, "The Good Times are Killing Me." Eventually, they did. But not before he established himself as one of the best Cajun accordion players eve...
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The inscription on Nathan Abshire’s accordion box read, “The Good Times are Killing Me.” Eventually, they did. But not before he established himself as one of the best Cajun accordion players ever...
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In the early 1800s, when European nations and some of their colonies were constantly embroiled in fighting against each other, at least one explorer thought the Acadiana coast was one of the safest...
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August 15, the Feast of the Assumption, is a special day to Acadians around the world. It’s officially been National Acadian day since the first National Convention of the Acadians declared it so i...
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August 15, the Feast of the Assumption, is a special day to Acadians around the world. It’s officially been National Acadian day since the first National Convention of the Acadians declared it so i...
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HOUMA — Many of the obvious signs of the BP oil spill are gone, but some locals remain worried about what they can’t see. Millions of gallons of chemicals were sprayed onto the spill to disperse t...
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Only 100 people at a time get to serve in the U.S. Senate. Good judgment and a sense of personal dignity should be requirements for the job. U.S. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., showed neither in retain...
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Like their counterparts in the state Democratic Party, Louisiana Republicans will go to the polls Aug. 28, to participate in a party primary election ahead of this fall’s U.S. Senate race. A run-o...
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As we celebrated the recent July 4th, Independence Day, I wondered how many of you truly know and appreciate what our military men and women do for us today and have done since the days of George W...
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U.S. Sen. David Vitter ought not qualify for re-election later this week. Instead, after serving out his term, he should slink away in shame. Far too little attention has been paid to new revelati...
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The following, according to Urban Legends is correctly attributed to Mr. Root. The change Mr. Obama and his ilk preached before the election is not the kind of change most Americans want but th...
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High salaries in some government agencies in Louisiana have been in the news lately as the state prepares to deal with a massive budget shortfall next spring. The whole issue of public sector versu...
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There is so much political spin, and so many numbers games being played, when it comes to medical care, we have to go back to square one and the simplest common sense, in order to get some rational...
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Okay. I admit it. I did not already know that Snooki had recently been arrested for disorderly conduct in New Jersey last month. Or that Vienna Girardi, from “The Bachelor” was already dating again...
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This column marks the rebirth of the Gazette’s “Looking Back” series of columns. In this column, we will revisit items of interest from the vast Gazette archives dating back to 1940. In this first ...
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August 19, was not a good day for President Obama, the Democrats fighting to keep their majorities in Congress, or workers and businesses in America. Some troubling economic figures came out that d...
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