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Allie Stevens pulled his rickshaw to Patterson Police Chief Patrick LaSalle’s home where he parked it for five days. He now is parked and camped out at the Cherry Street Park until Monday when he looks to resume his trek to Miami with his dog, Roxie. The 60-year-old Vietnam Marine left Oceanside, Calif., on Sept. 13, 2009, and said he had pulled his rickshaw 3,600 miles by the time he arrived in Patterson Thursday. (Photo by Preston Gill)

Rickshaw man’s trek is a walk of faith

 If you see a 6-foot-2-inch, 235-pound man pulling a 400-pound rickshaw plastered with decals, license plates, flags and banners this week, you have likely stumbled upon Allie Stevens, who will giv

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Central Catholic High School’s 2013 Senior Homecoming Court were visited Friday by Morgan City Mayor Frank “Boo” Grizzaffi who proclaimed this week as homecoming for Central Catholic High School. Seated, from left, Jaclyn Garber, Hailie Baker, Destinee Hebert, Anastasia Johnson, Grizzaffi, Hailey Marcel, Elizabeth Garber, Kourtney Blanchard and Carley Gravois. Standing from left, Olivia Crawford, Kate Patterson, Carmen Marinelli, Meoshonti Knight, Geralyn Garrett, Randi Brown, Jessica Landry, Kimberly Russo and Jada Pennison.

Homecoming at Central Catholic High School

Homecoming at Central Catholic High School. (Photo by Courtney Darce)

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LABI chief: Reforms, investments needed for long-term growth

The anticipated economic growth in Louisiana is a great opportunity but not a guarantee, which is why reforms and investments are needed to ensure that growth is sustainable, Louisiana Association

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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

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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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