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Abbeville hires baseball coach Martinez to rec director spot
ABBEVILLE – Welsh Parks and Recreation Director and former college baseball coach Jerry Martinez has accepted a similar position with the City of Abbeville. The City Council hired him Tuesday nigh...
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Jury recommends death for minister's murderer
SHREVEPORT – A jury deliberated two hours before recommending the death penalty for murder Robert Coleman. The jury earlier convicted Coleman, 41, of killing a retired minister. In 2002, Coleman ...
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Long-time legislator becomes top aide to Insurance commissioner
BATON ROUGE – Cotton farmer Noble Ellington, but more notably a 24-year legislator, looking for a job, is the new chief deputy insurance commissioner. Commissioner Jim Donelon said Ellington will ...
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Mayor to chief: Do the job or get another one
ST. MARTINVILLE – The gloves came off at Monday night’s City Council meeting when Mayor Thomas Nelson defended his decision to call in the Louisiana State Police to patrol the city’s neighborhoods....
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Woman changes mind, wants hidden $144,000 back, wins on appeal
ST. MARTINVILLE – The pile of cash was four times the annual income of the woman carrying it. It was concealed in a “hidden compartment” in her car. According to a police dog trained in such matt...
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Alleged wife-beater fleeing cops grabs truck with three kids in it, crashes, injures all of kids
ABBEVILLE – A man fleeing police crashed a pickup truck, injuring the three children who were in it when he grabbed it off a gas station lot. Police said Terrance Mouton was fleeing them on foot a...
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Woman charged after kicking husband where it hurts in argument over computer
CALHOUN – A woman was jailed after allegedly kicking her husband in the groin during a dispute over a computer. Police said Kisa Baum, 38, is charged with battery. According to deputies, she and ...
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Unrestrained driver ejected, killed after pickup hits tree
OPELOUSAS – Investigation continues into a single-vehicle accident that killed an unrestrained elderly man Saturday afternoon. State Police said Paul Johnson, 74, of Opelousas was driving a pickup...
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Arsonist Arrested in Connection with a Spree of Kaplan Fires
February 4, 2012 Kaplan, LA- State Fire Marshal H. “Butch” Browning and Kaplan Chief of Police Boyd Adams announced today the early morning arrest of a man charged with being responsible for setti...
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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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