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Authorities are urging motorists to avoid I-10 West and East bound at mile marker 25 due to a tanker truck on fire. Fire crews are still working to extinguish flames on an 18-wheel oil tanker. LouisianaMore >>
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The Southwest Louisiana Tea Party movement began picking up steam in 2009 as members from throughout the five parish area began gathering for rallies and becoming more visible and involved in local governmentMore >>
The Southwest Louisiana Tea Party movement began picking up steam in 2009 as members from throughout the five-parish area began gathering for rallies and becoming more visible and involved in local government and the political scene.More >>
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An arrest has been made in the 1962 death of Mary Horton Vail. Vail was found dead in the Calcasieu River in October 1962, her husband, Felix Vail, claimed she was the victim of a boating accident. TheMore >>
Mary Horton Vail was found dead in the Calcasieu River in October 1962. Her husband, Felix Vail, claimed she was the victim of a boating accident.More >>
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Friday marks the anniversary of the first woman reported missing in the Jeff Davis Eight case. On May 17, 2005, 28-year-old Loretta Chaisson Lewis went missing. Three days later, her body was found floatingMore >>
Friday marks the anniversary of the first woman reported missing in the Jeff Davis Eight case.More >>
Friday, May 17 2013 5:47 PM EDT2013-05-17 21:47:38 GMT
More than 825 students - the largest graduating class in McNeese State University history - are expected to receive degrees at the university's spring commencement ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 18,More >>
More than 825 students - the largest graduating class in McNeese State University history - are expected to receive degrees at the university's spring commencement ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday at Burton Coliseum.More >>
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The following is a letter that reporter Holly Carter received from the father of a passenger of United Flight 1632. The plane was forced to make an emergency landing at the Lake Charles Regional Airport Tuesday night.
Dear
Ms. Carter,
Thank
you for your report on the diverted flight from Houston to Lake Charles. My
Daughter Elizabeth Goetz was on this flight. She was returning from a Christian
service trip in Belize with a group of students and teachers from
Loyola School in Manhattan.
My
daughter told us about how professional the flight attendants were despite
their injuries. These brave woman maintained a sense of calm among the
passengers during this harrowing experience.
My
daughter also wanted to thank the people in the airport at Lake Charles who
treated the students to pizza and soda knowing that they would be spending the
night in the airport. The students were not able to continue that evening
to New York because two of the students went to the hospital
with minor concussions. The students returned safely to New York
today via Houston.
I
would appreciate if you could thank the people at the Lake Charles airport for
their hospitality. I would also like to thank the flight
attendants but have been unable to contact the right person at United to
do this in person despite a couple of attempts. Maybe you will have more
success. Please let me know how the flight attendant that was seriously injured
is doing. We are all concerned for her.
Thank
you again for your reporting and thank you in advance for any further
information you can provide.
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