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Golf clubs' state funds par for the course
CAPITOL NEWS SERVICE BATON ROUGE — As the Jindal administration considers even more budget cuts — as much as 35 percent — to higher educatiion and health care many othe...
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Backseat seat belt usage doubles
BATON ROUGE — Fifty-eight percent of backseat passengers over 13 years old are buckling up in accordance with a 2009 law extending Louisiana’s seat belt use requirements, according to an...
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Got goats? Moreauville dairy does
MOREAUVILLE. – Besides saying cheese, visitors can taste it at WesMar Farms, a self-proclaimed agricultural respite owned by West and Marguerite Devillier Constantine. “The ultimate goal is for th...
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17 men plead guilty to shrimp violations on Sabine N.W.R.
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries ( LDWF ) Enforcement Division’s Special Operations Unit in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ( USFWS ) federally charged ...
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Gentlemen, and ladies, dip your paddles
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 Missou...
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Ville Platte team ready for run in All American Futurity
Two Evangeline Parish residents, the father/son team of John L. Soileau and Darrel Soileau, will soon enter a new chapter in their quarter horse racing careers by competing in the All American Fut...
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61 year old dies in Iberia Parish
The Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office responded to a person found dead in a drainage canal on Hwy 89 in Iberia Parish at 7 pm Sunday night. The victim has been identified as 61 year old, Gordon...
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Carol Cruise, left, accompanied by her spotter Wendi Miller and three-legged companion "Walker T", passed through West Eunice Monday morning on her nine-year, 10,000 mile journey to encourage prayer for the nation and to raise awareness of the capabilities of the disabled. Cruise s right leg was amputated in 1992. One-legged woman on nine-year walk of faith with three-legged companion
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 make...
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Two unrestrained children injured in crash
ROBERTS COVE — Two unrestrained children were injured, one seriously, when the vehicle they were riding in hit another almost head on Monday at Roberts Cove in Acadia Parish. State Polic...
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Catholic Extension has provided millions in wake of Katrina
Five years after the region was devastated by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, Catholic communities in dioceses along the Gulf Coast have been given the resources and support they need to recov...
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Aquarium sets birthday fist-tivities
NEW ORLEANS - It’s been twenty years since Audubon Aquarium of the Americas opened at the foot of Canal Street, breathing new life into downtown New Orleans. Such a momentous milestone warra...
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Dozens more rescued, clean-up birds released
State and federal biologists on Monday released another 79 birds rehabilitated after rescue from oil impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill along the Louisiana coast. Atchafalaya Delta Wildlif...
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