Wildfires that erupted in Vernon Parish Thursday have since been contained and an arrest has been made in connection with one of the fires.
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Firefighters are having trouble containing wildfires in Beauregard Parish. Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Shannon Burgess…
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But a wind shift kept the Tiger Island Fire from causing extensive damage to the town of Merryville.

New Orleans native Clarence Thompson will be laid to rest today in Slidell, more than 80 years after his life ended in the attack on Pearl Harbor. His cousin Denise Bennett says the Navy is paying for Thompsons burial and the family chose to have him buried at the Southeast Louisiana Veteran’s Cemetery. Bennett says it’s just another example of how the military leaves no man behind…
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Thompson was a cook on the USS Oklahoma.