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Schools prepare for Catholic Schools’ Week
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ACADIA PARISH – This week will be very special for four parish schools. St. Michael School, Redemptorist Catholic School and Notre Dame High School in Crowley and St. Francis School in Iota will celebrate Catholic Schools’ Week this week. Catholic Schools’ Week will be celebrated Jan. 30 through Feb. 3 this year. Each of the four schools have...
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Do you know this man?
Suspect’s identity sought
Acadia Parish Sheriff Wayne Melancon is asking for the public’s assistance in locating this individual, pictured here, who is wanted for questioning in connection with burglaries in Acadia Parish, ...
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Brigum "Zach" Bell
Student accused of dealing pot on campus routed to diversion program, gets his car back
The case of a Ville Platte man accused of dealing marijuana on the Louisiana State University Eunice campus has been routed to the St. Landry District Attorney Pre-Trial Diversion Program. If Brig...
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Sheriff urges residents to register for free Nixle information system
Acadia Parish Sheriff Wayne Melancon advises that his department is now a member of Nixle, a professional-grade mass communications system that will allow the Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office to comm...
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APSO seeks driver who caused Tuesday accident
ACADIA PARISH - An intoxicated man crossed the median on Interstate 10 Tuesday afternoon just west of Rayne and struck an 18-wheeler head on. Amazingly, nobody was seriously injured in the crash wh...
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Truck, three 18 wheeler accident blocks I-10 east traffic for miles; one injured
UPDATE: An apparently intoxicated man crossed the median on Interstate 10 Wednesday afternoon and continued on heading west through the eastbound traffic. Incredibly the scene was captured by a wit...
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Traffic stalled after major accident on interstate
A major accident along Interstate 10 has caused heavy traffic and it is unknown if there are any injuries. The accident occurred along I-10 eastbound Tuesday afternoon near mile markers 83 and 84....
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STATE
Parole officer allegedly had sex with clients
VILLE PLATTE – State Police have arrested a probation and parole officer for allegedly engaging in sexual conduct with females while on the job. Detectives from the Lake Charles Field Office rec...
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State police charge two in child porn cases
Investigators from the Louisiana State Police Bureau of Investigations/Alexandria Field Office arrested two men this week, in two separate cases, for possession of child pornography. The first ar...
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Judge dismisses charges against one Eunice double-murder defendant
Acknowledging two cold-blooded murders occurred, Judge Donald Hebert noted Thursday that nevertheless a minimum standard of probable cause for the arrest of a suspect is required, ruling that level...
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SPORTS
Crowley Ladies stun No. 11 Notre Dame
CROWLEY – It wasn’t their prettiest victory of the season, but it was definitely their biggest. The Crowley Ladies rallied from an eight-point third quarter deficit and outscored Notre Dame 8-4 in...
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Northside Christian cruises past Johnson Bayou
CROWLEY – After suffering a disappointing road loss to Hackberry two nights earlier in their District 7-C opener, the Northside Christian Warriors were looking to make a statement Thursday against ...
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Bulldogs rally past Green Demons
IOTA – It was almost another tale of the one that got away for the Iota Bulldogs Friday evening. After building up a 14-point lead after three quarters, Iota’s cushion dwindled and then disappeare...
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COPS
CPD creating alert system
CROWLEY - The Crowley Police Department is looking to keep the public informed and they plan on using technology to help. After setting up a website with many informative features earlier this yea...
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City Bar burglaries information sought
Crime Stoppers of Acadia Parish needs your help to solve two burglaries at City Bar at 123 East 1st Street. Liquor and money was stolen during the burglaries which happened Nov. 21 and Nov. 24. "Th...
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Christopher Paul Bellard
Rayne man arrested on aggravated rape charge
A Rayne man is charged with aggravated rape. Christopher Paul Bellard, 29, is accused of raping a four year old. Bellard was arrested on an Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office warrant.
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City Hall was once again the centerpiece of focus for Crowley’s “Holiday Lights and Music Spectacular” as part of the third annual Christmas in Crowley “A Holiday Affair.” The lights and music spectacular began running Monday, Nov. 28 and will run through the new year from 5 p.m. to midnight each night.
City Hall was once again the centerpiece of focus for Crowley’s “Holiday Lights and Music Spectacular” as part of the third annual Christmas in Crowley “A Holiday Affair.” The lights and music spectacular began running Monday, Nov. 28 and will run through the new year from 5 p.m. to midnight each night.
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LIFESTYLE
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1st Annual Grand Court Mardi Gras Ball
The First Annual Rayne Chamber of Commerce Mardi Gras Ball was held Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, at the Rayne Civic Center with the theme, “Justice, Faith and Power.” As announced by the evening’s em...
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Ballet Memphis to perform at GOHS
CROWLEY – The talented group from Ballet Memphis will grace the stage of the Grand Opera House of the South this week. Wednesday, Jan. 18, at 7 p.m. Ballet Memphis will take the stage. Tickets ran...
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Danielle Elizabeth Kahanek weds Matthew Jude Duhon
Saint Joseph Roman Catholic Church was the setting on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, for the New Year’s Eve wedding uniting Danielle Elizabeth Kahanek of Lafayette and Matthew Jude Duhon of Lafayette, fo...
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OBITUARIES
Deaths Elsewhere
First woman on major La. bank board SHREVEPORT – Services for Margaret Moss Allums, the first woman on the board of a major bank in Louisiana, will be Friday. She died Jan. 25 at age 83. When her...
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Ruby Faulk Huesers
CROWLEY - A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, January 30, 2012 at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church for Ruby Faulk Huesers, 88, who died Thursday, January 26, 2012 at...
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Deaths Elsewhere
Long-time physician KINDER – Services will be Friday for family practice physician and hospital chief of staff Dr. John Storer. He died Jan. 24 at age 92. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World Wa...
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