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  • Man arrested for pharmacy bomb threat

    April 22, 2013 11:15 AM

    CROWLEY - Police have arrested an Estherwood man accused of making a bomb threat at a pharmacy in Crowley. The Advertiser reports officers responded to a call from a Walgreens pharmacy Sunday night where the manager said he had received a bomb threat from a customer. Police arrested 32-year-old Sy... more »
  • Floods: National Guard in Marksville, Crowley

    January 10, 2013 2:36 PM

    CROWLEY- The Louisiana National Guard sent high-water trucks to Crowley and Marksville for evacuations, and says units are on standby statewide. Staff Sgt. Denis Ricou says the 225th Engineer Brigade in Marksville and the 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team in Crowley each sent a truck and two soldiers. He says... more »
  • Woman indicted in death of her children

    May 2, 2012 8:37 AM

    CROWLEY, La. - A 26-year-old Rayne woman, who allegedly left her four children unsupervised when they died in a mobile home fire, has been indicted on four counts of second-degree murder. The Advertiser reports Shaqueta McDade was charged Tuesday in the deaths of 8-year-old Jamari McDade, 7-year-old Amous Mouton Jr.,... more »
  • Two children die in Crowley house fire

    September 11, 2011 1:08 PM

    CROWLEY, La.- Two children died in a house fire in Crowley. The fire started early this morning at a home in the 200 block of West 8th Street. The Crowley Fire Department identified the children as 4-year-old Tah' Jay Robinson and 2-year-old Micah Johnnie. Four other people were home... more »
  • Acadia Parish to seek help for Rayne

    April 14, 2011 11:35 AM

    CROWLEY - The Acadia Parish Police Jury is seeking the support of Louisiana's congressional delegation in helping Rayne acquire financial assistance stemming from tornado damage March 5. The police jury unanimously passed a resolution on Wednesday. The Federal Emergency Management Agency rejected Rayne's initial request for financial assistance... more »
  • Crowley man arrested in fatal arson case

    January 12, 2011 8:28 AM

    CROWLEY - Authorities say a 32-year-old Crowley man allegedly confessed to starting two recent fires one of them fatal because of ongoing arguments with two neighbors. Crowley Police Chief K.P. Gibson tells The Advocate that one of the fires Jeffery James Cart is accused of setting killed 44-year-old Brian Alcock... more »
  • NTSB: Won't be until late 2011 before probable crash cause

    December 28, 2010 10:10 AM

    CROWLEY - A preliminary report about a fatal plane crash near Crowley doesn't give a likely cause for the wreck that killed three people and injured two on Dec. 18. Spokesman Ted Lopatkiewicz tells The Advertiser it likely will be late next year before the National Transportation Safety Board... more »
  • Three dead following plane crash near Crowley

    December 18, 2010 4:10 PM

    CROWLEY- The Federal Aviation Administration says three people are dead following the crash of a single-engine airplane near Crowley. FAA spokesman Lynn Lunsford says witnesses reported seeing the Cessna 182 take off about 2:30 p.m. Saturday from LeGros Memorial Airport in Acadia Parish, lose power and then crash. Lunsford... more »
  • Workshop focuses on underground storage tanks

    October 7, 2010 9:07 AM

    The state Department of Environmental Quality will hold an underground storage tank training class Oct. 13 at Louisiana Technical College Acadian Campus in Crowley. The class is designed for owners or operators of underground storage tanks, such as gas stations, and focuses on leak detection, leak prevention, maintenance and environmental... more »
  • Man booked with causing Sept. 10 train wreck

    September 29, 2010 8:34 AM

    Acadia Parish sheriff's deputies arrested a Morse man accused of being at fault in the Sept. 10 Amtrak train wreck near Crowley that injured 14 people on board the train. Marlon Broussard was booked on driving under the influence of a controlled dangerous substance and failure to stop at a... more »
  • 14 injured in train collision with semi near Crowley

    September 10, 2010 2:40 PM

    Authorities said an Amtrak train crashed into a tractor trailer rig near Crowley on Friday, sending 14 people to area hospitals with minor injuries. Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari said the Sunset Limited - en route from Los Angeles to New Orleans - hit a grain trailer that had failed to... more »
  • Reward offered for information on serial bank robber

    August 20, 2010 1:08 PM

    A reward is being offered for information on a man the F.B.I. has dubbed the "Bayou Bandit". He is responsible for at least 11 bank robberies since March 2010, four of them in Louisiana. The first was in Jennings then Sulphur, Crowley and Rayne. The other banks... more »
  • Bag maker switches to booms

    May 12, 2010 6:28 PM

    A shortage of booms to absorb oil in the Gulf has transformed a bag-making company in Crowley instead to a boom maker. JohnPac has manufactured rice, grain, corn and other similar bags since 1992, but when co-owner Peter John heard about the shortage of booms several weeks ago, he... more »
  • State approves cultural districts

    February 22, 2010 6:02 AM

    The state has approved midcity Baton Rouge and downtown Lafayette for cultural products districts. It's a designation that seeks to promote arts development by waiving sales taxes on original works sold within the districts and providing tax credits for rehabilitating the districts' historic buildings. Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Minden, Crowley, Lake... more »

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