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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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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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'Gators grinning as demand for hides nosedives
By Chris Rozas LSN ABBEVILLE — Alligator season begins Wednesday, but alligator hunters are crying more than crocodile tears because of fallen prices for hides. On the other hand, alliga...
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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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Dr. Frank Savoy, Jr., medical center co-founder, dies at age 86
MAMOU — Dr. Frank P. Savoy, Jr. died on Friday, August 27, 2010 at American Legion Hospital in Crowley. He was 86. A Mass of Christian Burial will be Celebrated at 1:30 pm on Monday, August...
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Men charged with 72 bass over the limit
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries ( LDWF ) Enforcement Division agents cited two Jefferson parish men on Aug. 21 for allegedly possessing over the legal limit of bass in St. Charles P...
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Farmer finds 14-foot python in his beans
Handler Hugh Green and his grandsons take possession of a 14-foot, 300-pound python which escaped from High Delta Safari Park in North Louisiana in June. The snake was discovered just after midni...
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Tractor runs over, kills man
ELTON — An Elton man died Thursday after being run over by a tractor Police said the Gary Wayne Langley, 61, was showing a co-worker some implements he was selling when a tractor started i...
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