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A STATE TROOPER WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER BEING REAR-ENDED ON I-FORTY-NINE NEAR THE GRAND COTEAU EXIT TUESDAY AFTERNOON AT AROUND FOUR-THIRTY. PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER THOMAS GOSSEN SAYS THE TROOPER, WHOSE IDENTITY HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED, WAS SITTING IN HIS CRUISER WHEN HE WAS HIT FROM BEHIND BY AN S-U-V. THE TROOPER MANAGED TO SIGNAL FOR HELP ON HIS RADIO DISPATCH AND HE IS EXPECTED TO RECOVER. THE DRIVER OF THE S-U-V WAS NOT INJURED AND THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES HAVE IDENTIFIED THE VICTIM AND ARRESTED A SUSPECT IN MONDAY’S DEATH ON PRAIRIE LANE. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM CAUSED SOME MINOR DAMAGE IN JEFF DAVIS PARISH LATE YESTERDAY. THERE WERE REPORTS OF DOWNED TREES, FLOODED ROADWAYS AND POWER OUTAGES. SOME LARGE TREE BRANCHES WERE KNOCKED DOWN, BLOCKING ROADS IN AREAS LIKE TOUCHET ROAD. DANNY CROCHET WITH THE JEFF DAVIS PARISH POLICE JURY SAYS THEY WILL BRING OUT HEAVY EQUIPMENT TODAY AND HAVE THE DEBRIS CLEARED OUT QUICKLY.
NEW DATA FROM THE STATE EDUCATOR’S WORKFORCE REPORT SHOWS LOUISIANA’S COMPREHENSIVE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION PLAN IS WORKING, ACCORDING TO STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION CADE BRUMLEY. STATEWIDE TEACHER RETENTION ROSE BY TWO PERCENTAGE POINTS TO EIGHTY-SIX PERCENT. THAT’S DESPITE CLOSE TO SEVEN THOUSAND TEACHERS LEAVING THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA, WHICH INCLUDES ACADIANA, SAW FEWER LOSSES WHEN COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE STATE.
AUTHORITIES FOUND METHAMPHETAMINE AND ALCOHOL IN THE VEHICLE OF AN ABBEVILLE WOMAN, WHO DIED IN A TWO CAR COLLISION AT AROUND ONE A-M MONDAY MORNING. FORTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD DANA HULIN WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE OF THE CRASH, WHICH HAPPENED AT THE WEST PINHOOK AND VEROT SCHOOL ROADS INTERSECTION IN LAFAYETTE. THE LAFAYETTE PARISH CRASH RECONSTRUCTION TEAM DETERMINED HULIN’S
S-U-V CROSSED THE CENTER LINE INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC, WHERE SHE HIT A THREE-QUARTER-TON PICKUP TRUCK. POLICE SAY THE DRIVER OF THE PICKUP HAD NO ALCOHOL IN HIS SYSTEM WHEN HE GAVE A BREATH SAMPLE.
ORGANIZERS OF THE LOUISIANA OIL AND GAS JOB FAIR, TAKING PLACE AT THE CAJUNDOME NEXT WEDNESDAY, SAY HUNDREDS OF JOBS ARE AVAILABLE. EVAN THAYER, THE SALES DIRECTOR FOR RIGZONE, WHICH IS PUTTING ON THE FAIR, SAYS THEY’VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN HIRING SINCE THE HOLIDAYS FOR THIS REGION. THE JOB FAIR WILL LAST FROM NINE A-M TO ONE P-M AT THE CAJUNDOME CONVENTION CENTER AND THERE ARE OFFSHORE, ONSHORE, FIELD AND OFFICE-BASED JOB POSITIONS AVAILABLE. FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO REGISTER IN ADVANCE, YOU CAN GO ONLINE TO RIGZONE-DOT-COM.
A HIGH-SPEED PURSUIT THAT BEGAN ON MADISON STREET IN JENNINGS ENDED WITH A CRASH SOUTH OF JENNINGS ON HIGHWAY ONE-OH-TWO. THE TWO OCCUPANTS OF THE FLEEING VEHICLE, BOTH MALES, WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH INJURIES. POLICE FOUND OVER TEN POUNDS OF CRYSTAL METH IN THE VEHICLE WITH A STREET VALUE OF OVER TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. IT’S THE LARGEST SEIZURE OF METH EVER BY THE JENNINGS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
DETECTIVES WITH THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED ON THE NIGHT OF JANUARY FIFTEENTH AT THE INTERSECTION OF WEST NORTHERN AND CAPITOL AVENUES IN CROWLEY, NEAR CAPITOL MANUFACTURING. TWO VEHICLES WERE STOPPED THERE WHEN THE OCCUPANT OF A SILVER SEDAN BEGAN SHOOTING AT THE OTHER VEHICLE BEFORE DRIVING AWAY SOUTH ON CAPITOL AVENUE. NO ONE WAS INJURED. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE CRIME IS ASKED TO CALL SEVEN-EIGHT-NINE-TIPS, WHERE UP TO A TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR REWARD IS BEING OFFERED FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO AN ARREST.
