Acadiana News

The number of dead could still rise as the search for survivors amid the rubble goes on.

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The Emmy-winning newsman was on the scene reporting on how children were being pulled from the rubble of Plaza Towers Elementary School.

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Police in New Iberia are looking for a suspect in an armed robbery Monday afternoon at Lilly's Grocery on South Hopkins Street.

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Kaplan Police Chief said he called Vermilion Parish Sheriff Mike Couvillion and requested a certified negotiator and the parish's SWAT team.

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The crash remains under investigation.

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The sales tax holiday begins at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, May 25 and ends at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, May 26.

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The lack of water lines and a frontage road on the north side has kept more growth from happening in that area.

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The award is named for Buford Pusser, who served as sheriff of McNairy County, Tennessee from 1964 to 1970.

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73-year-old Felix Vail now sits in the Calcasieu Parish jail, accused of murdering his wife, Mary Horton Vail, in 1962.

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When is a $70 million opening not a success? When its predecessor opened to $75 million four years ago. This is the predicament facing 'Star Trek Into Darkness,' which opened at number one at box office while being something of a disappointment.

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Kyries Hebert, President of Ky Cares Foundation, has teamed up with New Orleans Saints safety Roman Harper, President of Harper's Hope 4*1 Foundation, to host the 2013 Acadiana All-Star Weekend to benefit children in the Acadiana area.

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45-year-old Richard "Ricky" Rees, an off-duty Lafayette Police Lieutenant, has died in a single vehicle crash on La. Highway 3000 north of Interstate 10.

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