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Winning Lotto ticket sold in Minden

October 06, 2011 Staff Reports

Check your numbers! According to the Associated Press and Lottery officials, someone who purchased a lotto ticket in Minden is $700,000 richer today. At presstime, no other details were available about who purchased the winning Louisiana Lotto ticket or from which store. The winning Easy 5 ticket was purchased in Gretna.

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Meth is recipe for jail

October 06, 2011 Bonnie Culverhouse

Cooking up a recipe of methamphetamine landed a Springhill man in the slammer Tuesday.

William Rufus (Short Dog) Phillips, 56, of the 200 block of 6th Street was arrested ...

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Laptops now available from Webster library

October 06, 2011 James Gulledge

Laptops became available for loan in the Webster Parish Library system beginning Monday, October 3. Initially, laptops will be available only at the Minden Main Branch.

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Representative Candidates to Face Off

October 06, 2011 Staff Reports

Voters will have another chance to hear where the four candidates vying to become the next State Representative for District 10 stand on the issues at a forum today.

The M...

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The Campbell Family – A lasting legacy

October 06, 2011 Staff Reports

The Dorcheat Historical Association Museum will hold its fifth and final "Night for the Museum" for the 2011 series of speakers on Monday, October 10.

Rebecca Campbell Mar...

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Relaxation has its price

October 05, 2011 Bonnie Culverhouse

From his house to the big house

A Springhill crack cocaine dealer went from sitting on his front porch to sitting in a jail cell at Bayou Dorcheat Correctional Center (BDC...

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Safety is jury focus

October 05, 2011 James Gulledge

Road safety was a concern at the Webster Parish Police Jury and Road Committee meetings on October 4. Accidents on Goodwill Road, inebriated drivers dodging Bossier deput...