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Houma, Louisiana is located in Terrebonne Parish. Zip codes in Houma, LA include 70360, 70363, and 70364. More Houma information.

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1 hr ago | Houma Courier

Houma politician enters highest bid on historic home

A Houma lawyer and politician put in the top bid on a historic Thibodaux mansion auctioned off Sunday.

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9 hrs ago | WGNO

Man Shot In Stomach In West Houma Dies

Houma Police were dispatched to Eliza near Levron Street in West Houma reference to a shooting shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday evening.

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17 hrs ago | Houma Courier

Thousands crowd Houma's Southdown Marketplace

A crowd of onlookers peered into Laverne Midyett's booth Saturday, watching the Arkansas woman cut and fry potatoes and onions.

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Sat Nov 07, 2009

Houma Courier

La. lawmakers to meet with FDA over proposed oyster ban

Louisiana members of Congress plan to meet Tuesday with FDA officials in hopes of persuading them to scrap a proposed ban on untreated Gulf of Mexico oysters during summer months.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

Houma Courier

Three suspects accused in 19 robberies

Three suspects arrested Wednesday are accused of robbing 19 Hispanic residents at gunpoint since August in what police describe as increasingly violent offenses.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

TheNewOrleansChannel

Houma Officer, Suspect Hurt In Gunfire Exchange

A police chase in Houma ended with an exchange of gunfire that left a suspect hospitalized.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

The Birmingham News

Edison Chouest shipyard will start production next year in Houma, La.

HOUMA, La. -- The head of a family-owned shipbuilding company says a massive new shipyard planned for Houma will begin production early next year.

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WWL-AM New Orleans

Houma police officer survives being shot twice

A bullet proof vest may have saved the life of a Houma Police officer early this morning.

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Tue Nov 03, 2009

Houma Courier

Vitter blasts 'Obamacare' before mostly like-minded crowd

For more than an hour Saturday afternoon, U.S. Sen. David Vitter stood front and center inside the Houma Municipal Auditorium, warning the 200-plus attendees about the potential evils of government-run health care and promising them he will focus like a 'laser' on the issue.

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Mon Nov 02, 2009

Houma Courier

All Saints' Day: 'Our communion with the dead'

She knows so many of them in this neat, oak-lined cemetery that smells of fresh paint and mowed grass.

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Sun Nov 01, 2009

WWL-TV New Orleans

Louisiana has had some of the longest tenured U.S. senators

Fifteen minutes before he was shot down, U.S. Sen. Huey Long turns toward Louisiana state House Speaker Allen Ellender of Montegut at the speaker's rostrum in the statehouse Sept.

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4 WWL-TV

NAACP leader claims flier defamed him

The head of the local NAACP branch filed a lawsuit Friday against the Houma-Terrebonne Housing Authority alleging its director made defamatory fliers about him during this year's state Senate race.

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Sat Oct 31, 2009

Houma Courier

Woman sues sheriff after deputy's dog attacks her

A Bourg woman attacked by a deputy's canine this summer alleges in a lawsuit that the deputy and Terrebonne Parish Sheriff Vernon Bourgeois failed to properly leash the animal, among other claims.

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Thu Oct 29, 2009

The Daily Advertiser

Feds remove hurricane debris

HOUMA - Coast Guard crews have begun work to remove 42 boats that have littered some South Louisiana bayous since the 2005 hurricanes.

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Tue Oct 27, 2009

News-Star

Johnston Flying Services permanently grounded

Johnston Flying Services, which had opened a helicopter flight school in Monroe last summer and worked in tandem with the University of Louisiana at Monroe's aviation program, has permanently ceased operations, leaving 12 ULM students temporarily grounded.

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Sun Oct 25, 2009

WGNO

Two Houma Teens Die In Car Accident

Two Houma teens died Saturday evening when their vehicle crossed the center line and struck another vehicle on LA 315 in the Dularge community in Terrebonne Parish.

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Sat Oct 24, 2009

4 WWL-TV

Baby's killing leaves neighborhood shaken

As authorities began building a case against the 23-year-old man they say is a baby killer, relatives and neighbors of the dead 10-month-old seek to make sense of the tragedy.

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Thu Oct 22, 2009

KSLA-TV Shreveport

Helicopter flight school closes

A helicopter flight school that opened last summer and worked with the University of Louisiana at Monroe's aviation program has shut down.

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Tue Oct 20, 2009

Louisiana State Police

Troop C Grant-A-Wish Arranges Meeting With Miley Cyrus for Houma Girl

Houma- A five year old girl from Houma, LA with osteosarcoma will get her wish today to meet Miley Cyrus.

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WBRZ

Gonzales bank targeted in merger

United Community Bank of Gonzales, which has about $129 million in deposits, is the subject of a merger bid by a larger bank based in Raceland.

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