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6 arrested in cocaine investigation
Posted 7:59 AM 5/23/2012 by AP
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A four-month investigation by Baton Rouge police has resulted in the arrests of six people and the seizure of 32 pounds of cocaine worth $1.4 million on the street. Sgt. Don Kelly says the investigation began in late January with a traffic stop. (More)
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Marksville official booked with animal cruelty
Posted 6:48 AM 5/23/2012 by AP
MARKSVILLE, La. (AP) - A Marksville city councilman is out on bond after being arrested Friday for neglecting his horses. Avoyelles Parish Sheriff Doug Anderson tells The Town Talk Elliot Jordan was booked with public intimidation, resisting an (More)
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Legislature passes coastal master plan
Posted 6:46 AM 5/23/2012 by AP
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A $50 billion, 50-year proposal aimed at stopping coastal land loss in Louisiana has passed the state Legislature. The Senate voted 94-0 Tuesday in favor of the 2012 coastal master plan. By law, the state has to update it every five years. Funding (More)
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W&F to shrimpers: please report Asian tiger shrimp
Posted 6:43 AM 5/23/2012 by AP
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is asking shrimpers to report any Asian tiger shrimp they catch off Louisiana. State officials say they had less than 25 reports in Louisiana waters until last fall - but they've received about 80 reports since (More)
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Louisiana Senate rejects smoking ban extension
Posted 6:41 AM 5/23/2012 by AP
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The Louisiana Senate has refused to prohibit smoking within 25 feet of the entrance to any building where smoking already is banned, even after the measure was limited to state-owned buildings. Louisiana prohibits smoking in restaurants, public places, public (More)
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FEMA kicks in for storm damage at Criminal Court
Posted 5:44 AM 5/22/2012 by AP
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Federal Emergency Management Agency has come up with $103,000 to help replace contents of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court damaged during Hurricane Katrina. Following the 2005 storm, the basement of the courthouse flooded, destroying the contents of (More)
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4 cited for alleged offshore fishing violations
Posted 5:43 AM 5/22/2012 by AP
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says enforcement agents boarded three boats in less than three hours and cited four men for alleged fishing violations. Spokesman Adam Einck says that on the shrimper Manana, agents found captain John C. Aleman (More)
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New Orleans mayor to give state-of-the-city speech
Posted 5:20 AM 5/22/2012 by AP
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, beginning his third year in office, is set to give his annual state-of-the-city address. Tuesday afternoon's speech was scheduled to be delivered at the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts. It comes at a time when (More)
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Slidell man booked on 100 counts of child porn
Posted 5:16 AM 5/22/2012 by AP
SLIDELL, La. (AP) - A 44-year-old Slidell man has been arrested on 100 counts of pornography involving juveniles. Attorney General Buddy Caldwell says Renan Vappie was arrested Monday and booked into the St. Tammany Parish Jail. Vappie is accused of violating a state law forbidding a (More)
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Ex-workers accused in Thibodaux restaurant fire
Posted 5:08 AM 5/22/2012 by AP
THIBODAUX, La. (AP) - Two former employees are accused of torching a Western Sizzlin restaurant early Monday. Police say 18-year-old Donavan Cade Hoffpauir and 22-year-old Derrick Hebert, both of Thibodaux, were arrested on a charge of arson after allegedly confessing to burning the (More)
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Congressman objects to ferry closures next year
Posted 5:05 AM 5/22/2012 by AP
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A New Orleans congressman is asking Gov. Bobby Jindal to reconsider his plans to close two ferries in south Louisiana. U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond sent a letter to Jindal on Monday criticizing the shut-down of ferries at Edgard and White Castle. (More)
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Covering Louisiana
La's warm wet winter not so hot for winter wheat
Posted 5:01 AM 5/22/2012 by AP
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Louisiana's warm, wet winter wasn't so hot for winter wheat. LSU AgCenter agronomist Ed Twidwell says the figures aren't all in but it looks like a fair harvest, rather than a great one. He says yields probably will be 70 to 80 percent of last year's. (More)
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Lake Charles Sex Offenders Arrest
Posted 9:26 AM 5/21/2012 by Cecilia Stevenson
On May 16th, 2012 there were 2 arrest made by the Lake Charles Police Department's Sex Offender Registration Division. Cpl Michael Nicosia and Cpl Jeffery Atkinson arrested Michele Alonzo and Terrance Randall Washington for failure to register as sex offenders.
Michele Alonzo, 45 yoa, was (More)
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Thibodaux police to use Lafourche SO review board
Posted 8:38 AM 5/21/2012 by AP
THIBODAUX, La. (AP) - The Thibodaux Police Department will soon begin using the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office review board to look into incidents in which police use force against civilians or are involved in accidents. The Courier reports that (More)
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Downsville parents seek charter school
Posted 8:35 AM 5/21/2012 by AP
DOWNSVILLE, La. (AP) - Parents in Downsville say they want to preserve their community school and they are willing to charter the school to ensure they do. The News-Star reports the Union Parish School Board recently accepted an application for (More)
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Master plan notes concerns in Walker growth
Posted 8:09 AM 5/21/2012 by AP
WALKER, La. (AP) - Walker's new master plan suggests there are needs for creating new thoroughfares, updating development codes, improving drainage and considering major annexations. The plan states the city is in the early stages of a significant development expansion. (More)
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2 killed when ATV collides with pickup
Posted 8:07 AM 5/21/2012 by AP
DEVILLE, La. (AP) - State police are investigating a fatal crash involving an ATV and a pickup. Troopers say a 39-year-old Scott Kelley, driver of the ATV and a 7-year-old boy were killed. The accident happened around 2 p.m. Sunday near Deville in Rapides Parish. (More)
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Couple arrested for selling drinks out of home
Posted 8:03 AM 5/21/2012 by AP
BAKER, La. (AP) - A husband and wife have been accused of breaking the law by selling alcoholic beverages in a restaurant they created inside their home. Police Chief Mike Knaps says Alteen and William Profit created a makeshift restaurant in their home, complete with seating, a disc (More)
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Lafayette
Community Rallies Together to Search for Mickey Shunick
Posted 11:52 PM 5/20/2012 by Chris Welty
Still no sign of 21-year-old Mickey Shunick.
She was last seen at around 2 o'clock Saturday morning when she left a friend's house in the Saint Streets area.She was on her bike headed home to the area of Ambassador Caffery and West Congress, but she never made it home.
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