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Lafayette
Who'll win the Powerball?
Posted 6:32 PM 5/17/2013 by Allison Bourne-Vanneck
Excitement is growing over the Powerball jackpot, which has sky-rocketed to $600 million. It's now the second largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history and ticket buyers everywhere are lining up hoping to snag the winning numbers.
It will take a lot of luck, but many are hopeful that they (More) • Video (1)
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Vermilion Parish Makes Security Changes to School
Posted 6:17 PM 5/17/2013 by Akeam Ashford
In the wake of the Sandy Hook massacre, schools nationwide are taking steps to better protect student and teachers, including here in Louisiana.Yesterday, the Louisiana legislature, unanimously passed House Bill (HB) 718, also known as the 'Crisis Management Response Plan'.
The bill (More)
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Lafayette
Bike path on Chemin Metairie in the works
Posted 6:14 PM 5/17/2013 by Tonya LaCoste
The City of Youngsville wants to build a bike path on Chemin Metairie Parkway. "We have a tremendous demand," Mayor Wilson Viator said. Viator says the bike lanes would be on each side the parkway. He says the road is busy with weekend cyclists, so much so, every Friday a street sweeper cleans (More)
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Lafayette
Cruise Cancelled After Military Orders; Couple Fights for Refund
Posted 6:08 PM 5/17/2013 by Chris Welty
A military family from Carencro, stationed overseas in Germany is fighting Carnival Cruise Lines for a refund.
The couple was set to go on a Mediterranean cruise but received military orders they could not leave Germany.
So, should they receive a refund? After KATC made a phone call (More) • Video (1)
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Weather
Tornado-ravaged Texas town to start recovery
Posted 5:58 PM 5/17/2013 by AP(PHOTO COURTESY: MGN ONLINE)
GRANBURY, Texas (AP) - Residents whose homes were torn apart or blown away by a North Texas deadly tornado can soon return to retrieve what belongings may be left and start cleaning up, authorities said Friday.
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Entertainment News
OJ's ex-lawyer contradicts his testimony on guns
Posted 5:57 PM 5/17/2013 by AP(PHOTO COURTESY: MGN ONLINE)
O.J. Simpson's former lawyer is defending himself against allegations he botched the former football star's armed-robbery trial.
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Lafayette
Motorcyclist pinned under vehicle in critical condition
Posted 4:54 PM 5/17/2013 by Tonya LaCoste
A motorcyclist is in critical condition after being pinned under an SUV in a crash this morning in Milton on LA 92 near LA 733.
The driver of a Harley Davidson motorcycle hit the side of a Honda Pilot when the driver of the SUV turned into a driveway. The motorcycle hit the SUV, and the (More)
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Around Acadiana
Hancock and Whitney Bank closing branches
Posted 4:50 PM 5/17/2013 by KATC
Hancock Bank and Whitney Bank will close a combined 40-45 branches across the company's five-state footprint of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. Whitney has 16 branches in Acadiana, and is in the process of vacating its regional headquarters in downtown Lafayette and (More)
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St. Martin
DA: St. Martin Deputies justified in deadly shooting
Posted 4:42 PM 5/17/2013 by Tonya LaCoste
After pouring over a Louisiana State Police report, St. Martin Parish Assistant District Attorney Chester Cedars has determined St. Martin Parish Sheriff's deputies were justified in shooting Alvin Davis, Jr. The shooting happened on Sept. 28 during a sting operation in which investigators say (More)
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Covering Louisiana
Judge rejects defense bid to photograph Tsarnaev
Posted 4:38 PM 5/17/2013 by AP(PHOTO COURTESY: MGN ONLINE)
The attorneys for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev cannot take their own periodic photos of him, a judge ruled Friday, denying the request pertaining to "his evolving mental and physical state" and whether his statements to authorities after his arrest were made voluntarily.
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Oil Spill Crude Disaster
OSHA impersonator gets 57 months in oil spill scam
Posted 4:18 PM 5/17/2013 by AP
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A woman has been sentenced to 57 months in prison for bilking Gulf Coast residents by posing as a federal safety official after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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Weather
Feeling More Like Summer
Posted 4:16 PM 5/17/2013 by Rob Perillo
The weather pattern across Acadiana this weekend will be more representative of the time of year as temperatures and humidity slowly edge to more summer-like values.
Look for late night and early morning cloudiness to yield to partly sunny skies during the afternoons this weekend. (More)
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Lafayette
Sex Offender Accused of Being Peeping Tom
Posted 4:14 PM 5/17/2013 by Ian Auzenne
A Scott man is in the Lafayette Parish Jail after he was allegedly caught committing a lewd act while watching three children through a window. Deputies say a woman inside the house saw 43-year-old Patrick Anderson looking through a window in the 4100 block of Landry Road while she was taking a bath. That lady then walked outside and found Anderson outside her children's window. Anderson, who is convicted as a sex offender, is being held on $25,000 bond.
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National News
Benghazi probe co-chair subpoenaed by House panel
Posted 4:12 PM 5/17/2013 by AP(PHOTO COURTESY: MGN ONLINE)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The head of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has subpoenaed the co-chairman of the independent review board that investigated last year's attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, to answer questions about the panel's findings behind closed (More)
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