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SEVERAL LOCATIONS ACROSS THE REGION WILL BE HOLDING REMEMBRANCE CEREMONIES TODAY FOR THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY. ARMY VETERAN CHRIS GOODLAND TELLS KLFY TV THE SERVICES TYPICALLY INCLUDE A TWENTY-ONE-GUN SALUTE, A SALUTE TO EACH BRANCH OF THE SERVICE AND A POW/MIA TABLE. THE LAFAYETTE COMMUNITY IS INVITED TO A MEMORIAL DAY REMEMBRANCE THIS MORNING AT NINE AT FOUNTAIN MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME. PEOPLE OF ALL AGES ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND TO REFLECT ON THE SACRIFICES MADE BY FALLEN SERVICE MEMBERS.
A TWO VEHICLE CRASH IN OPELOUSAS RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF A TEXAS WOMAN. IT HAPPENED FRIDAY AFTERNOON ON L-A ONE-NINETY NEAR JENNINGS ROAD. NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD COURTNEY HODGE OF TEXAS REAR-ENDED A KENWORTH COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE THAT HAD SLOWED AS THEY WERE APPROACHING A CROSSOVER. HODGE DIED AT THE SCENE. A STANDARD TOXICOLOGY SAMPLE WAS TAKEN FROM HODGE AND SUBMITTED FOR ANALYSIS.
LOUISIANA IS RESTRICTING WHERE SNAP RECIPIENTS CAN USE THEIR E-B-T CARDS. LAYNE MILLLER HAS MORE.
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A FIVE VEHICLE CRASH THURSDAY EVENING ON HIGHWAY TWENTY-SEVEN IN CAMERON PARISH RESULTED IN ONE DEATH. SEVENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD DANNY HILLEBRANDT OF WESTLAKE WAS SLOWING DOWN FOR TRAFFIC CONGESTION WHEN HE WAS REAR-ENDED BY A FORD F-SEVEN-FIFTY. HILLEBRANDT WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE WHILE OTHERS IN THE VEHICLES INVOLVED WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF MINOR TO MODERATE INJURIES. IMPAIRMENT IS NOT SUSPECTED AS A CAUSE OF THE CRASH AND IT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY STATE POLICE.
THE FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF ROGER ANDRUS GATHERED IN CARENCRO TO HONOR HIS LIFE. IN MARCH, ANDRUS WAS KILLED IN A CRASH IN NORTH LAS VEGAS CAUSED BY A SUSPECTED DRUNK DRIVER. ANDRUS WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THE LAFAYETTE AREA AND HIS FAMILY SAYS HE NEVER FORGOT HIS ROOTS. THEY SAY A BALLOON RELEASE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MOURN THEIR LOSS AND CELEBRATE HIS LIFE.
THE TOWN OF CHURCH POINT WILL BE CONDUCTING SCHEDULED REPAIR WORK ON MULTIPLE WATER ISSUES THIS WEEK. LAYNE MILLER HAS THE DETAILS.
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A NEW STUDY RANKS LOUISIANA AS ONE OF THE MOST STRESSED STATES WHEN IT COMES TO HEALTH INSURANCE. NICE R-X ANALYZED COVERAGE LEVELS, PREMIUM TRENDS, AND SEARCH ACTIVITY TO IDENTIFY WHERE AMERICANS FACE THE GREATEST PRESSURE, THE FASTEST-RISING COSTS, AND THE STRONGEST DEMAND FOR HEALTH INSURANCE. LOUISIANA RANKS AS THE SEVENTH MOST STRESSED STATE. NUMBER ONE IS FLORIDA.
A SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD AND THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD WERE ARRESTED AFTER SHOTS WERE FIRED IN THE WALMART STORE IN OPELOUSAS. AUTHORITIES SAY THE BOYS MET AT THE STORE TO EXCHANGE GUNS WHEN THINGS GOT TENSE AND AN ARGUMENT LEAD TO SHOTS BEING FIRED IN THE STORE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE STORE WAS THEN CLOSED. BOTH TEENS FACE SEVERAL CHARGES INCLUDING ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER.
