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CBS’s “Big Brother” Open Casting Call in New Orleans April 19
CBS and Kassting Inc. kindly request your participation in the casting of CBS’s Big Brother, gearing up for another season of fun! Last season’s winner, an engineering student at Tulane University,...
Apr 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Rice planting essentially done in Acadiana
BY Bruce Schultz LSU AgCenter CROWLEY – Rice planting in the southern part of Louisiana is wrapping up, and north Louisiana farmers are getting ready to plant. “For a lot of farmers, it’s done,” ...
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Search for missing Florida boys updated
UPDATED APRIL 8: Louisiana State Police has issued an update in the two missing Florida children believed to have been abducted by their non-custodial, biological, parents. They may now be travelin...
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Municipal Primary elections April 6: Polls open at 7 a.m.
Secretary of State Tom Schedler reminds Louisiana voters that Municipal Primary Elections will be held in 38 parishes this Saturday, April 6. POLLS OPEN AT 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. “There are a ...
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Parishes take charge of recovery using National Disaster Recovery Framework
Seven months after Hurricane Isaac slammed into the Louisiana coast, two Louisiana parishes are creating new paths to recovery with the help of state and federal partners. Scores of residents and ...
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Please Mr. Postman, that weed's not for me
PATTERSON -- A Patterson man was arrested by St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office narcotics division detectives after detectives and a postal inspector intercepted a package in the mail that contained ...
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Rapist pleads guility in 1985 case
WINNFIELD – A man who raped, robbed and terrorized a woman almost 30 years ago has at last been sentenced to prison. Jessie Mills was arrested in 1985 and found guilty in 1987. But the verdict was ...
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Teen cousins die in house fire; path out blocked by furniture
WEST MONROE – Two teenage cousins died when their path to safety from a house fire was blocked by furniture, officials said. Kyle Phillips, 18, and Mitchell Whitehead, 16, were sleeping when the bl...
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September trial set for man accused of killing three over XBox 360
SHREVEPORT – A man accused of killing three brothers in an argument over a gaming system is scheduled for September trial. Marcus Reed, 35, pleaded not guilty to the 2010 of the men he accused of t...
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Florida AMBER Alert issued for 2 missing children
Slidell ties prompt LSP to issue advisory
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Common Cause urges Jindal to slow tax swap plan until more data available
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana Common Cause says Gov. Bobby Jindal needs to slow down his tax swap plan until he can get his priorities and figures straight. The nonpartisan organization, which is dedicat...
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Big rig pulls in front of another, unrestrained passenger killed
OAKDALE – An Opelousas man died when an 18-wheeler pulled from a private drive into the path of another early Tuesday. State Police said the accident occurred on La. 10 in Vernon Parish east of US ...
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