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36-year-old Ama man found dead after apparent shooting
A 36-year-old Ama man’s life was claimed Sunday night as result of an apparent shooting near his home. […]
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LHSAA says no prep football until state reaches Phase 4 of K-12 reopening
The LHSAA reportedly will not allow high school football games to take place in Louisiana until the state reaches phase 4 of its K-12 school reopening plan. […]
Des Allemands
Des Allemands writer takes readers aboard voyage through fishing community’s history
When Roy Lunk wrote his first book on the history of his home community of Des Allemands, he had modest ambitions – perhaps a few hundred people would take interest, he thought, and at the very least his children would have a reference point to learn about the rich history of their home. […]
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Study suggests diversions could lessen pressure on spillway
A Tulane University study suggests environmental challenges created by the recent frequent opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway could potentially be eased by the addition of upper river diversions. […]
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Sheriff reflects on career as he becomes longest tenured
Surrounded by family, friends and colleagues, St. Charles Parish Sheriff Greg Champagne held up a photograph taken as he was first sworn into office in 1996. Among those in the shot was his daughter, Rochelle, then just 12 years old. […]
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Paradis native rising through MMA ranks
Derrick Rawls has loved fighting as long as he can remember.
The Paradis native grew up watching the choreographed battles of the WWE, where his favorite wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin ruled the ring. Spawned from that interest, he developed an appreciation of the burgeoning sport of mixed martial arts, and eventually began honing the craft of jiu jitsu. […]
Crime
Man charged in St. Charles Parish in connection to major identity theft ring
A man was arrested and booked in St. Charles and Jefferson Parishes on multiple counts of fraud connected to an alleged major scam that involved using the stolen identities of children to create false identities that were then sold and used to purchase high dollar items. […]
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St. Rose man arrested on child pornography, sexual battery charges
A St. Rose man was arrested and charged with several crimes related to sexual misconduct and child pornography last week, and more charges could be coming according to the Louisiana Attorney General’s office. […]
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Family of man killed in towboat crash gathers at Hale Boggs Bridge on Father’s Day
Nearly five months after a tugboat accident that claimed the life of boat captain Shawn Pucheu and two other men in Luling, members of Pucheu’s family gathered near the Luling bridge on Father’s Day to celebrate the life of not only a devoted father to his own children, but a father figure for members of his extended family as well. […]