12-31-19
A VIDEO OF THE AIRPLANE CRASH SATURDAY MORNING JUST A MILE OR SO FROM THE LAFYETTE AIRPORT HAS BEEN RECOVERED. AT TV 10 GIVE US DETAILS:
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A CROWLEY MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE HIT AND RUN OF AN 11YR OLD RIDING HIS BIKE SUNDAY MORNING IN CROWLEY. POLICE CHIEF JIMMY BROUSSARD SAID JUSTIN DUHON WAS ARRESTED IN ORLEANS PARISH. DUHOM FACES CHARGES OF FELONY HIT AND RUN, HIS BOND WAS SET AT $100,000. HE WILL BE EXTRADUTED BACJJ TI CROWLEY TO FACE THE CHARGES.
THE ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW ORLEANS AND THE DIOCESE OF LAFYETTE IS FACING A FEDERAL LAWSUIT THAT CLAIMS THEY BOTH COVERED UP A DECADES OLD CONFESSION OF CHILD SEX ABUSE BY THE LATE KENNETH MORVANT. MOVANT WAS ACCUSED OF REPEATEDLY ABUSING ADOLECENT BOYS IN THE RECTORY OF ST MARTIN DE TOURS CHURCH IN ST. MARTINVILLE.
ACCORDING TO A NEW REPORT LOUISIANA RANKS #9 AS THE MOST DANGEROUS STATE FOR IMPAIRED DRIVING. THE HOLIDAY SEASON IS IN PARTICULAR A DANGEROUS TIME ON THE ROADS. LAST YEAR THERE WERE 285 DRUNK DRIVING DEATHS ACROSS THE NATON BETWEEN CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS ALONE. IF YOU OUT SEEING THE NEW YEAR IN OFFICIALS ARE URGING ALL DRIVERS TO EXERCISE CARE ON THE ROAD.
A RECORD SETTING DRUG BUST WAS MADE IN LAFAYETTE. MEGAN KELLY RETURNS WITH THAT STORY:
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PERSONAL INCOME IN LOUISIANA GREW SLOWER THANT THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IN THE THIRD QUARTER. BUT THERE IS GOOD NEWS IN THE REPORT AS THE STATE INCOME DID GROW BY 3.4% COMPRED TO THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OF 3.8%. FOR AN OVER THE YEAR METRIC, PERSONAL INCOME IN LOUISIANA GREW BY 3.7%. MOST EARNINGS FROM THE VARIOUS JOB CATAGORIES GREW INCLUDING GROWTH IN MINING AND QUARRYING INDUSTRY, WHICH INCLUDES OIL AND GAS EXTRACTION JOBS INCREASED BY $32 MILLION.
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