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Hunting rules would allow deer hunters option of up to four antlerless in season
BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission (LWFC) adopted notices of intent for the 2013-14 hunting season and the 2012-13 Wildlife Management Areas (WMA) General Rules and Regul...
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Vermilion moving to pick new school super
ABBEVILLE – Applications will be accepted Feb. 12-March 5 for superintendent of the Vermilion Parish School Board. Supt. Randy Schexnayder has announced he will retired in August of next year. The...
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Teen gets 33 months in murder case plea bargain
CROWLEY – A teenager accused of first-degree murder took the state’s offer of accessory after the fact, pleading no contest and getting 33 months at hard labor rather than risk life in prison. Ove...
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Landmark Monroe restaurant closing
MONROE – A landmark Monroe restaurant - The Chateau - will close in March. The eatery has operated on Louisville Avenue for more than 45 years. Victor Cascio sold the restaurant to Monroe develo...
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Sex-crime records remained closed in St. Landry
As of this writing, no one within the judicial bureaucracy has responded to last week’s column noting that persons accused of sex crimes get special treatment in St. Landry Parish. Minutiae about ...
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State will close Central Hospital, build new Pineville facility
PINEVILLE - Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary Bruce D. Greenstein and Pineville Mayor Clarence Fields announced Wednesday a two-phased plan to vacate the current Central State Hospital ...
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Maybe next time he'll use riding mower -- man says girlfriend stabbed him for taking too long doing yard work
EUNICE – A man was allegedly stabbed by his girlfriend Friday afternoon for taking too long doing yard work. Eunice Police responded to a call at 12:36 p.m. from a woman who said her son had been...
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Kaplan man charged with dozen counts of sexual battery on juvenile
KAPLAN - A Kaplan man was recently booked into the Vermilion Parish jail on 12 counts of sexual battery on a juvenile. Kelly James Abshire, 49, remains in the parish jail as of Thursday. His total...
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Duck guide gets five-year probation, $5,000 fine for illegal teal hunts
LAFAYETTE – A professional hunting guide who directed “sports” to leave illegally killed ducks where they fell has been fined and barred from hunting for five years. Curmet Landry of Kaplan, owner...
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Two big rigs crash near Leesville, both drivers killed
LEESVILLE – State Police said an 18-wheeler ran a stop sign at La. 8 and La. 28 east of here early Tuesday and was hit by another, killing both drivers and spilling molten sulphur onto the roadway....
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Apparently distracted teen driver loses vehicle control, hits tree, dies
TANGIPAHOA –State Police said apparent driver inattention at high speed resulted in a crash on Interstate 12 that killed her and injured two passengers. Troopers said Kristina Barnard was driving ...
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Traffic stop busts alleged dealer on I-49
OPELOUSAS – A traffic stop on I-49 turned into a dealer bust. According to Chief Perry Gallow, The Opelousas Police Department arrested Joseph M. Wheeler, 28, of 383 Budd St. Sunset on charges of ...
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