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Alleged 'Bayou Bandit' arrested
Man linked to crimes in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and New Mexico
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DISTRICT ATTORNEY MIKE HARSON, cener, presented Rayne Police Chief Carroll Stelly with a check for $20,346.90, which represents 60 percent of proceeds from the sale of illegal drugs by Mark Sinegal, which were ordered forfeited by the court following Sinegal’s guilty plea and a six-year jail sentence. Joining Chief Stelly and D.A. Harson Wednesday afternoon were Rayne Detective Ricky Gary, left, and Assistant District Attorneys David Smith and Roger Hamilton. The men are pictured in front of a 1989 Cadillac, one of three vehicles also forfeited. (Acadian-Tribune Photo by Paul Kedinger) Rayne Police share in forfeited drug money; $20,346.90 planned for training, equipment
District Attorney Mike Harson handed Rayne Police Chief Carroll Stelly a check in the amount of $20,346.90 in court-ordered forfeited drug proceeds Wednesday afternoon. The check represents 60 p...
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MUSEUM RECEIVES DONATION - During an open house at Le Vieux Presbytere in Church Point on Thursday evening, September 2,  at 6 p.m. a presentation was made to the museum by the Church Point Community Development Corporation in the amount of $2,500. Chris LeBas, left, president of the Corporation, presented the donation to Gene Thibodeaux. The Corporation, a non profit organization, was instrumental in building the Church Point Buggy Town playground. The organization sponsors  a golf tournament and breakfast with Santa. Le Vieux Presbytere will be on the fourth annual Cajun Prairie Christmas Trail which will be conducted November 1 through December 31. (LSN Photo by Diana Daigle)

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MIRACLE MEETING: Leo Spaetgens, right, was 21 years old, when he was reunited with his brother, Lawrence, then 17, on Hawaii, creating a miraculous, once-in-a-lifetime memory on Waikiki Beach. Was brothers’ reunion a WWII miracle?
By PAUL KEDINGER Managing Editor Was a meeting of two brothers from Roberts Cove on the World War II beaches of Hawaii a miracle? To this day, Leo Spaetgens believes the opportunity to reunite...
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The City of Crowley will be among those celebrating September as National Rice Month thanks to a proclamation signed Wednesday. Groups that witnessed the proclamation’s signing were the Acadia Parish Farm Bureau Rice ambassadors, USA Rice Federation members, local LSU AgCenter personnel and the Acadia Volunteers for Family and Community. Those present for the signing were, first row, seated from left, Rosie Trahan, Adrianne Vidrine, Jackie Loewer, Mayor Greg Jones, Al Cramer, and Randy Jemison, USA Rice Federation. Standing, Charlotte Jeffers, Alma Bieber, Lamar Bieber, Sylvia Habetz, Diana Francis, Austina Coolman, Kelly Hundley, Cathy Habetz, Gene Williams, Kayla Link, Barrett Courville, Mike Habetz, Dr. Steve Linscombe and Jerry Leonards. Sept. proclaimed National Rice Month
Twentieth annual event celebrated
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The sponsors of the Compass Health Nursing Home Appreciation Luncheon included, front from left, Steve Quebodeaux, St. Landry EMS; Traci Pecot, A First Name Basis Home Care; Renee Built, The Therapy Center; and Jackie Martin, Gremillion Drug Store. Standing from left are, Chris Messa, First Name Basis; Brooke Thomas, Southern Care Hospice; Steve Coon, The Therapy Center; Berl Guidry, The Therapy Center; Delana Hall, Southern Care Hospice; and Julie Graf and Jane Stevens, both with Germillion Drug Store.  Compass Health holds nursing home luncheon
RAYNE – Compass Health held its annual Nursing Home Appreciation Luncheon Thursday for nursing home administrators and staff from Acadia, Evangeline, Jeff Davis and Vermilion Parishes. App...
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Acadia Parish enjoys a day off
CROWLEY – Barbecue pits were fired up across Acadia Parish on Monday as residents enjoyed their Labor Day vacation. All federal, state and city/parish offices were closed as were most busi...
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Alleged 'Bayou Bandit' arrested
Man linked to crimes in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and New Mexico
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Eunice resident receives severe injuries
Eunice resident, Tommy Davis, 44, received severe injuries following an accident that happened Thursday afternoon at the intersection of LA. 98 and LA 3070. Prior to the crash, Davis’s vehic...
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Erath pilot killed in Vegas crash
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LSN An Erath resident, who was the pilot, was killed in a small plane crash Monday morning in Las Vegas. Douglas Touchet, 45, and three other passengers, including his wife Susan, piloted the pla...
Backseat seat belt usage doubles
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BATON ROUGE -- Fifty-eight percent of backseat passengers over 13 years old are buckling up in accordance with a 2009 law extending Louisiana’s seat belt use requirements, according to an observati...
Got goats? Moreauville dairy does
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MOREAUVILLE. – Besides saying cheese, visitors can taste it at WesMar Farms, a self-proclaimed agricultural respite owned by West and Marguerite Devillier Constantine. “The ultimate goal is for th...
Rig explodes south of Vermilion Bay
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Rig on fire, west of BP spill site
BP tripled ad budget after spill
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WASHINGTON—BP PLC spent more than $93 million on newspaper advertisements and TV spots in the weeks following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, paying out three times as much money on ads as it did ...
Texting driver injures three
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NEW ORLEANS - Three Hahnville High School students remain hospitalized after they were injured when a driver lost control of her car while texting on her cell phone and ran into them Saturday eveni...
Herbert Arthur "Herb" Lengefeld
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Funeral services will be held Wednesday, September 1, 2010 at 10 a.m. at First Baptist Church for Herbert Arthur “Herb” Lengefeld, Sr., 94, who died Monday, August 30, 2010 at 10:48 a.m. at America...
Leisa Trahan Nolan
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CROWLEY - A memorial service will be held in memory of Leisa Trahan Nolan, 42, at 2 p.m. on Saturday, September 4, 2010 at Parkerson Avenue Baptist Church. She was survived by her daughter Shanna ...
Joseph “Joe” Alleman
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Funeral Services will be Thursday, September 2, 2010, at 2:00 p.m. at the Duhon Funeral Home chapel in Rayne, for Joseph “Joe” Alleman of Duson, 80, who passed away Tuesday, August 31, 2010, at 4...
Adula Richard Smith
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CROWLEY - Funeral services will be held Tuesday August 31, 2010 at 10 a.m. in the chapel of Duhon Funeral Home of Crowley for Adula Richard Smith, 88, who died Sunday August 29, 2010 at the Southwi...
Alberta Dietz Matte
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IOTA - It is with heavy hearts and great sadness that we announce the passing of their beloved mother, sister, grandmother, great grandmother and friend Alberta Dietz Matte on Sunday, August 29, 20...
Norris Lawrence Leger
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A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Tuesday, August 31, 2010 at 11 a.m. at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Lyons Point for Norris Lawrence “Bee” Leger, 85, who died Saturday, August 28, 2...
Recent Crowley police department arrests
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Shirlana Tralar, 27, Crowley, violation of a protective order Larry Mason, 52, Crowley, burglary Jordon Declour, 24, Crowley, domestic abuse battery Courtney LaFleur, 24, Crowley, domestic abuse...
Crowley Police Department arrests for July 25 to Aug. 1
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CROWLEY - Crowley Police recent arrest from July 25, 2010 to Aug. 1, 2010 include the following: Raymond Wheeler, 60, Crowley, unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling, criminal trespassing. N...
Crowley Police Department arrests from July 12 to July 18
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CROWLEY - The following are the Crowley Police Department’s arrests from the week of July 12, 2010 to July 18, 2010: - Jody Dupuis, 21, Crowley, simple battery. - Nolan Coleman, Jr., 48, Crowley,...
Acadia arrests
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July 19 Christophe Gray, fugitive warrant. Pherson Dugar, contempt of court. Brenna Fell, possession of Schedule IV drugs. Tommy Hayes, writ of attachment. Angie Doucet, contempt of court. Ju...
Acadia arrests
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July 14 Angel Velasquez, DWI 4th. July 13 Gregory Caillouet, probation hold.
Crowley Police Department Arrests from July 7 to July 11
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CROWLEY - Crowley Police recent arrest from July 7, 2010 to July 11, 2010 include the following: Kevin Wilson, 17, Crowley, second degree domestic abuse. Christopher Fontenot, 28, Crowley, obstru...
Nathan Abshire made music legends
by Jim Bradshaw
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The inscription on Nathan Abshire's accordion box read, "The Good Times are Killing Me." Eventually, they did. But not before he established himself as one of the best Cajun accordion players eve...
Dismantling America: Part IV
by Thomas Sowell
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How did we get to the point where many people feel that the America they have known is being replaced by a very different kind of country, with not only different kinds of policies but very ...
Dismantling America: Part III
by Thomas Sowell
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One of the few campaign promises that Barack Obama has kept was this: “We are going to change the United States of America!” As in many other cases, those who were thrilled by the th...
Dismantling America: Part II
by Thomas Sowell
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“We the people” are the central concern of the Constitution, as well as its opening words, since it is a Constitution for a self-governing nation. But “we the people” are treated as an obstacle to...
Dismantling America
by Thomas Sowell
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“We the people” are the familiar opening words of the Constitution of the United States-- the framework for a self-governing people, free from the arbitrary edicts of rulers. It was the blueprint f...
Today is special to Acadians
by Jim Bradshaw
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August 15, the Feast of the Assumption, is a special day to Acadians around the world. It’s officially been National Acadian day since the first National Convention of the Acadians declared it so i...
Independence Day - 2010
by J.H. Campbell, Jr.
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On Sunday, the United States of America will once again commemorate the 4th of July, or Independence Day, and the country will celebrate its 234th birthday. This date acknowledges the signing of th...
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