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Sheriff says woman from Bunkie area has been missing since Saturday
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The Avoyelles Parish Sheriff's Office is searching for a woman who has been reported missing since Saturday night. Sheriff Doug Anderson said that Mary C. Parrish of the Gold Dust Community south of Bunkie was last seen when she left her home in her car around 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. She was reported missing by a family member after failing t...
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NEWS
Weather Advisory in effect until 2 p.m.
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AVOYELLES PARISH UNTIL 200 PM CDT … AT 107 PM CDT … NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...
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Marksville Historic Site closed to public due to budget cuts
Budget Cuts to Impact Louisiana State Historic Sites BATON ROUGE – The Office of State Parks recently announced that, due to extensive budget cuts in the upcoming fiscal year, five historic s...
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Bunkie pair among those sentenced in Missouri Mortgage scheme
Seven get sentences in $12.6M mortgage fraud scheme Two people from Bunkie, apparently a man and wife, were among seven people who were sentenced last week in connection with a mortgage fraud sch...
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Bunkie pair among those sentenced in Missouri Mortgage scheme
Seven get sentences in $12.6M mortgage fraud scheme Two people from Bunkie, apparently a man and wife, were among seven people who were sentenced last week in connection with a mortgage fraud sch...
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Tropical Depression Bonnie continues to weaken
Tropical Depression Bonnie is breaking apart in the Gulf of Mexico and the tropical depression with winds near 30 mph could soon weaken to an area of low pressure. However, the low pressure area c...
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Bonnie not over the ocean, she's just across Gulf and heading this way
CENTER OF BONNIE OVER BISCAYNE BAY … MOST OF THE WEATHER ALREADY INLAND … SUMMARY OF 1100 AM EDT …1500 UTC … INFORMATION ————&...
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Former Contract Dispatcher Pleads Guilty to Accepting Kickbacks
NEW ORLEANS , LA—HULON EUGENE PARSONS , a/k/a/ Gene Parsons, age 60, of Hammond, Louisiana, a former employee of Boh Brothers Construction Company, Inc., pled guilty today before U.S. Distr...
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SIXTEEN BIRDS SAVED FROM DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL IMPACTS RELEASED AT ROCKEFELLER STATE WILDLIFE REFUGE
State and federal biologists today released back into the wild 13 laughing gulls and two royal terns and one sandwich tern rehabilitated after rescue from oil impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil ...
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Three booked in Jena with violation of registration of trailer
Yesterday, Louisiana State Police Region II/Towing and Recovery Division arrested Brent Allen Flowers (W/M 28 yrs) of Hope, AR for Filing or Maintaining False Public Record, Alteration and Forger...
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SPORTS
Batiste signs with Montana Tech
Montana Tech women’s basketball coach Kerie DePell has announced the signing of a junior college transfer from Louisiana. The university is located in in Butte, Montana, Quanessa Batiste of...
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WATER-CONTROL STRUCTURE AT CATAHOULA LAKE NOW AUTOMATED
The Vicksburg District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ( USACOE ) has upgraded the water-control structure on the Diversion Canal at Catahoula Lake so that it can be operated remotely during ...
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L.D.W.F. SCHEDULES MEETINGS TO OUTLINE PRELIMINARY PLANS FOR WATERFOWL HUNTING SEASON IN LOUISIANA AND RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries ( LDWF ) has scheduled a series of six meetings to address the concerns of waterfowl hunters about the effect of oil in coastal marshes and the ...
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LSP Towing And Recovery Arrest in LaSalle Parish
Yesterday, Louisiana State Police Region II/Towing and Recovery Division arrested Brent Allen Flowers (W/M 28 yrs) of Hope, AR for Filing or Maintaining False Public Record, Alteration and Forger...
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Rayne Man Arrested for Fraud
Today, the Louisiana State Police Region 2 Insurance Fraud Unit arrested a Rayne man for insurance fraud and theft charges. On October 13, 2009, 32-year-old Demoine Declouette of Rayne, LA, filed...
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Mayor Nelson Mayor of New Roads, Louisiana Indicted
Mayor of New Roads, Louisiana Indicted BATON ROUGE , LA—In an ongoing investigation designated “Operation Blighted Officials,” the Office of the United States Attorney announced today that a ...
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Sybil Dubroc Lamartiniere, only child of a Confederate Veteran still alive in Avoyelles. She was honored last month by the National organization of the Daughters of the Confederacy. She lives in Fifth Ward.
Sybil Dubroc Lamartiniere, only child of a Confederate Veteran still alive in Avoyelles. She was honored last month by the National organization of the Daughters of the Confederacy. She lives in Fifth Ward.
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LIFESTYLE
Paragon Casino Resort to Host Benefit Concert for St. Mary’s Residential Training School
Paragon Casino Resort has announced that it will host a benefit concert on Saturday, August 7 in the Mari Showroom at 8 p.m. for St. Mary’s Residential Training School. Steve Vecchi and his 17-pie...
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Mrs. Samuel Bates Hayes Couvillion-Hayes wed in Mater Dolorosa Catholic Church of Plaucheville
Aimee Kathryn Couvillion and Samuel Bates Hayes were united in Holy Matrimony on Saturday, July 24, 2010 at Mater Dolorosa Catholic Church in Plaucheville. Father Charles Morgan officiated at the ...
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OBITUARIES
Zola Brouillette Franks, age 97, of Hickory Hill
Funeral services for Mrs. Zola Brouillette Franks will be held at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Marksville at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 31, 2010 with Father Abraham Varghese officiating. Interm...
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Zilda D. Cooper, age 87, of Fifth Ward
A Mass of Christian Burial for Zilda D. Cooper will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, July 31, 2010, in Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Fifth Ward, with Rev. Silverino Kwebuza officiating. Interment will ...
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Sidney Mae Johnson, age 88, of Alexandria
Funeral services for Mrs. Sidney Mae Johnson will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, July 30, 2010 in the Chapel of Hixson Brothers, Alexandria with Reverend Joe Cruse officiating. Burial will be in A...
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