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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 >>
Louisiana State Police is investigating an oil tanker tractor fire on Interstate 10 that caused major traffic delays Sunday afternoon. More >>
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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 >>
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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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Update: Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Enforcement Division reports a second victim found in connection with a boating accident on Lake St. John June 16.
Authorities located the body of Larry Allen, 52, of Pearl, Miss., under a collapsed pier on Lake St. John in Concordia Parish. Allen was a passenger in a boat that crashed into a pier shortly after midnight on June 16 that also killed the operator.
Wildlife and Fisheries agents responded to a boating incident on Lake St. John early Saturday morning. Lake St. John is located along the Louisiana-Mississippi in Concordia Parish. It's nearly 80 miles northeast of Alexandria.
Wildlife officials say 50-year-old Bruce Pickle was found in the water by some onlookers after they witnessed him crash into a pier on Lake St. John with his bass boat around midnight. Pickle was thrown from the boat. He was then pulled from the water by witnesses who attempted CPR on him before authorities arrived. Pickle died at the scene. His body was transferred to the Concordia Parish Coroner's Office. LDWF agents took a blood sample for a toxicology report, but do not suspect alcohol or drugs played a role.
Later Saturday morning, LDWF agents received a call about the possibility of another person still under the water at the wreck scene at the pier. The call has led authorities to believe there may have been a passenger with Pickle at the time of the wreck. LDWF agents along with the Concordia Parish Sheriff's Office have begun searching for this possible missing boater.
Neither man was wearing a personal flotation device. The causes of death are unknown at this time.
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