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   THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY. A
HEAT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY.

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Heat is on at Band Camp Play Video

Posted 10 hours 26 minutes ago by Jim Hummel
Source: KATC

Heat is on at Band Camp
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A heat advisory is in effect for Acadiana this weekend, but even with temperatures pushing triple digits that couldn't keep the Lafayette High School Mighty Lions Marching Band from practice. "It's nice, it wouldn't be band camp without the heat," said drum major Alexander Agent. During the two hour practice Friday afternoon, the 300 students got two 10-minute breaks to hydrate, courtesy of the band moms. "I'm one of the nurses and in this kind of weather the kids can really get dehydrated f… Click to Read More
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Snooki of 'Jersey Shore' arrested in NJ beach town

Posted 12 hours 12 minutes ago by Alison Haynes
Source: AP

Snooki of 'Jersey Shore' arrested in NJ beach town
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) - "Jersey Shore" cast member Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi has been arrested in the New Jersey beach town where the MTV show is based. Seaside Heights Police Chief Thomas Boyd says Polizzi was arrested at around 3:25 p.m. Friday and charged with disorderly conduct after other beachgoers reported she was bothering them. Polizzi was processed at police headquarters and released on a summons. MTV spokeswoman Emily Yeomans declined comment on the arrest, which came one day a… Click to Read More
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Man collapses during alleged break-in attempt

Posted 12 hours 17 minutes ago by Alison Haynes
Source: AP

Man collapses during alleged break-in attempt
WALKER, La. (AP) - Livingston Parish sheriff's deputies arrested a man who passed out while allegedly trying to break into a mobile home where an 82-year-old woman was calling 911, crowbar in hand. Deputies said 24-year-old Derrick Gauthreaux of Denham Springs was checked at a hospital Thursday, then booked into the parish jail on one count of attempted burglary. Investigators said the woman reported an attempted break-in about 10:30 a.m. Thursday, and said she was recovering from a broken le… Click to Read More
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Baton Rouge man arrested on DWI after 7-vehicle wreck

Posted 12 hours 32 minutes ago by Alison Haynes
Source: AP

Baton Rouge man arrested on DWI after 7-vehicle wreck
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Baton Rouge police say a seven-vehicle wreck - allegedly caused by a drunk driver - injured five people and blocked Interstate 10 for 70 minutes during rush hour. Sgt. Don Kelly says none of the injuries appeared life-threatening. Kelly says 52-year-old Leroy Fisher of Baton Rouge was arrested on eight charges including second-offense DWI. He says Fisher's truck caught fire, but Fisher escaped unhurt. Kelly said a police officer stopped in traffic saw a pickup speed b… Click to Read More
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Commercial fishing reopens in SE La

Posted 12 hours 38 minutes ago by Alison Haynes
Source: AP

Commercial fishing reopens in SE La
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Commercial fishermen were allowed back in some Louisiana waters east of the Mississippi River on Friday after federal authorities said samples of finfish and shrimp taken there were safe to eat. The opening came two weeks after a cap at the wellhead stopped oil from spilling from BP's well a mile deep in the Gulf of Mexico. About 70 percent of state waters in Louisiana are now open to some variety of commerical fishing, according to the state Department of Wildlife and Fishe… Click to Read More
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Three oyster harvesting areas east of the Mississippi River are now reopen

Posted 12 hours 45 minutes ago by Alison Haynes
Source: AP

Three oyster harvesting areas east of the Mississippi River are now reopen
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals reopens three oyster harvesting areas east of the Mississippi River, including Lake Borgne (born) in Orleans Parish. Secretary Alan Levine says areas will open a half-hour before sunrise Saturday. He says a specialist with the federal Food and Drug Administration found that oil never got into the three areas. They include two areas closed April 30, ten days after the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig caught fire, and a thi… Click to Read More
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House Approved a Bill To Boost Safety Standards

Posted 14 hours 51 minutes ago by Melissa Canone
Source: AP

House Approved a Bill To Boost Safety Standards
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House approved a bill Friday to boost safety standards for offshore drilling, remove a federal cap on economic liability for oil spills and impose new fees on oil and gas production. Democratic leaders hailed the bill as a comprehensive response to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and said it would increase drilling safety and crack down on oil companies such as BP. Companies with significant workplace safety or environmental violations over the preceding seven years would be… Click to Read More
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UPDATE: Manhunt ends after 24-hours Play Video

Posted 14 hours 52 minutes ago

UPDATE: Manhunt ends after 24-hours
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37-year-old Paul Stanley Collins is now behind bars after leading police on a 24-hour manhunt in Iberia Parish. A tracking team found Collins at around 9:30 Friday morning. When they found him, Iberia Parish Deputies say he was dehydrated and naked. Throughout the night and into the morning police searching for Collins in the sugar cane found articles of clothing alongside bare footprints in the mud. Iberia Parish Sheriff Louis Ackal says he's pleased with a peaceful outcome. "We got s… Click to Read More
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Eunice Man Still Missing in Grand Isle Play Video

Posted 14 hours 59 minutes ago by Melissa Hawkes
Source: KATC

Eunice Man Still Missing in Grand Isle
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The last time Barbara Kennedy spoke with her 28 year old son--Brandon Mouton--was more than a week ago. "My mind is just....I got so many questions. It's like I want to know what happened," Kennedy said. Mouton left his home in Eunice last Tuesday and headed to Grand Isle for work. His mother spoke to him on the phone Wednesday at 1:30 a.m. He was last seen Thursday at 8 a.m. on a barge. Eight hours later, at 4 p.m, he was reported missing. "My husband called me… Click to Read More
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UPDATE: Information Sought in July 5th Homicide

Posted 15 hours 13 minutes ago by Melissa Canone
Source: Press Release

UPDATE: Information Sought in July 5th Homicide
Detectives with the Lafayette Police Department are asking for the public's assistance regarding information related to the homicide that occurred on July 5, 2010, in the 100 block of N. Richter. The victim, Joseph Lamar Dugas (27) (AKA "Fudge"), was beneath the carport at the residence when unknown person(s) shot Dugas one time. Dugas was left to die on the ground. Detectives believe robbery is possibly a motive for the homicide. A witness provided police with information that the shooting… Click to Read More
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Manslaughter Indictment Play Video

Posted 15 hours 40 minutes ago by Carolyn Cerda
Source: katc

Manslaughter Indictment
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There are new developments in the death of a St. Landry Parish toddler. 25 year old Napoleon Prudhomme was indicted this week for the manslaughter of 2 year old Marla Keys. The incident happened nearly three months ago, when Prudhomme was watching his girl friend's child. According to reports filed by the District Attorney, Prudhomme and Keys were on their way home when the child was placed on the front passenger floor of a Buick Century. Prudhomme claims the toddler was jumping around in… Click to Read More
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Lafayette to Profile as a Top Retirement Town in the September/October Issue

Posted 16 hours 29 minutes ago by Melissa Canone
Source: Press Release

Press Release: Where to Retire magazine, the only magazine in America geared toward helping people with retirement relocation decisions, has selected Lafayette, LA, to profile as a top retirement town in the September/October issue which mails to subscribers nationwide on July 30, 2010. Where to Retire editor Mary Lu Abbott said Lafayette possesses many qualities important to today's retirees. "Lafayette exudes the southern Louisiana lifestyle, with spicy cuisine, toe-tapping music and hospit… Click to Read More
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Lafayette Attorney Chair of NOLA Public Hospital

Posted 17 hours 19 minutes ago by Melissa Canone
Source: AP

Lafayette Attorney Chair of NOLA Public Hospital
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A Lafayette attorney and funeral home director will chair the governing board for the public hospital to be built in New Orleans. LSU System President John Lombardi named Elaine Abell on Thursday to chair the University Medical Center Management Corp. Abell said its first meeting will be sometime in August. The Legislature created the private non-profit hospital corporation to oversee the replacement for Charity Hospital and the interim hospital opened after Hurricane … Click to Read More
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HEAT ADVISORY

Posted 17 hours 37 minutes ago by Chris Paulsen
Source: Chris Paulsen

HEAT ADVISORY
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY. A HEAT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND WILL BECOME OPPRESSIVE WITH THE STRENGTHENING HIGH OVERHEAD. AFTERNOON HIGHS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WILL REACH 100 ACROSS THE I-10 CORRIDOR...WITH LOWER 100S EXPECTED NORTH OF US-190. COUPLED WITH DEW POINTS IN THE LOWER 70S...HEAT INDEX READINGS WILL RANGE 107 TO 111 DU… Click to Read More
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LA Company Pleaded Guilty to Discharging Waste Oil

Posted 17 hours 40 minutes ago by Melissa Canone
Source: AP

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Justice Department says a Louisiana company has pleaded guilty to discharging waste oil from one of its vessels on the high seas. Offshore Vessels LLC entered the plea Friday in U.S. District Court in New Orleans. Federal prosecutors say the company admitted that crew members of the R/V Gould knowingly discharged oily wastewater from the bilge tank of the ship in September 2005. The government says the vessel was serving on a contractual basis as an icebreaking researc… Click to Read More
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Autopsy Shows a LA College Dean Died From an Overdose

Posted 17 hours 47 minutes ago by Melissa Canone
Source: AP

Autopsy Shows a LA College Dean Died From an Overdose
VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) - Warren County Coroner Doug Huskey says an autopsy shows a Louisiana college dean died in April from a prescription drug overdose. The body of Greg Leader, dean of the pharmacy school at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, was found April 19 in a room at the Riverwalk Casino and Hotel in Vicksburg. He was 45. Leader had been associate dean of the school since 2004, interim dean since earlier this year and dean since March 23. Authorities told the Vicksburg Post that… Click to Read More
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Innovative Therapies Doctors are Studying Using "Adult" Stem Cells

Posted 17 hours 55 minutes ago by Melissa Canone
Source: AP

Innovative Therapies Doctors are Studying Using
NEW YORK (AP) - A few months ago, Dr. Thomas Einhorn was treating a patient with a broken ankle that wouldn't heal, even with multiple surgeries. So he sought help from the man's own body. Einhorn drew bone marrow from the man's pelvic bone with a needle, condensed it to about four teaspoons of rich red liquid, and injected that into his ankle. Four months later the ankle was healed. Einhorn, chair of orthopedic surgery at Boston University Medical Center, credits "adult" stem cells in the ma… Click to Read More
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Debate on a Bill to Boost Safety Standards for Drilling

Posted 18 hours 5 minutes ago by Melissa Canone
Source: AP

Debate on a Bill to Boost Safety Standards for Drilling
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House has begun debate on a bill to boost safety standards for offshore drilling and remove a $75 million cap on economic liability for oil spills. Democratic leaders hailed the bill as a comprehensive response to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and said it would increase drilling safety and crack down on oil companies such as BP. Republicans and some-oil state Democrats opposed the measure, calling it a federal power grab that would raise energy prices and kill thousands o… Click to Read More
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Chicot Park Ranger Chosen as Ranger of the Year

Posted 18 hours 19 minutes ago by Katie Durio
Source: KATC

Chicot Park Ranger Chosen as Ranger of the Year
VILLE PLATTE - ReserveAmerica, part of the Active Network and the United States' leading recreation reservation service, today announced the winners of the 2010 "America's Ranger of the Year" award. Nominated by outdoor enthusiasts through ReserveAmerica's website, www.ReserveAmerica.com, Jason Guillory of ChicotState Park (Louisiana) was named a "Silver Medal Ranger of the Year". This year's award recognizes one gold medal and four silver medal winners, who provide exemplary services to … Click to Read More
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Three Men Arrested on Drug Charges in Crowley

Posted 18 hours 22 minutes ago by Katie Durio
Source: KATC

Three Men Arrested on Drug Charges in Crowley
Narcotics efforts continued this week with the arrest of three men from the Crowley. During 2 separate investigations, Crowley Police have recovered marijuana and crack cocaine which was being utilized / disbursed within the city of Crowley. The first arrest stems from a search warrant which was served at 228 Westwood Dr. Agents along with SWAT team members served the search warrant on July 28th. Agents recovered Marijuana at the residence and have charged Reginald Keith Milson, 20 with poss… Click to Read More
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