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U.S. Air National Guard Photo/Master Sgt. Toby Valadie
Maj. Gen. Glenn H. Curtis, adjutant general of the Louisiana National Guard, talks to reporters about the support the Guard will provide to New Orleans at the direction of Gov. John Bel Edwards after a tornado hit New Orleans East on Feb. 7.

Calling out the Guard: 150 troops mobilized after tornadoes

NEW ORLEANS – At the request of the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, the Louisiana National Guard has mobilized 150 personnel to assist local, parish and state eme

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Luke Miller received the swine award for Champion AOB, above. Below, Mason Bourque received awards for Champion Red Brahman Bulland Champion Brangus Bull. The awards were presented at the St. Mary Parish Junior Fair and Livestock Show.

Livestock show awards

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Hanson's Jack Vaccarella makes the grab on this play during Saturday’s final day of the Annual Hanson Memorial High School Baseball Classic at Amar Lancon Field.

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When pruning trees, work with its natural form. LSU AgCenter Horticulturist Dan Gill said not to butcher trees as has been done to these crape myrtles.
—LSU AgCenter Photo/Dan Gill

“A tree which has lost its head will never recover it again, and will survive only as a monument of the ignorance and folly of its tormentor.” George William Curtis, American writer, editor and spe

Obituaries

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August 12, 1940 — March 5, 2017
Wayne Jackson Buxton, 76, a resident of Berwick, passed away Sunday, March 5, 2017, in his home surrounded by loved ones.

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