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A MOTORCYCLIST CRASHED INTO A FENCE YESTERDAY AT THE E-Z R-V AND BOAT STORAGE FACILITY ON ERASTE LANDRY IN LAFAYETTE. FIRST RESPONDERS HAD TO WORK TO FREE THE MOTORCYCLIST, WHO BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE FENCE. THE MOTORCYCLIST WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
A CROWLEY MAN, WHO LED POLICE ON A HIGH-SPEED CHASE LAST MONTH, BRIEFLY ESCAPED CUSTODY ON JULY FOURTH. THIRTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD DUSTY JOHNSON WAS TAKEN TO A LAFAYETTE HOSPITAL FOR MEDICAL CARE, WHERE HE BROKE HIS LEG RESTRAINTS, ATTACKED A DEPUTY, COMMANDEERED A VAN AND ABANDONED IT ON SOUTH ORANGE STREET. JOHNSON WAS RECAPTURED AND FACES ADDITIONAL CHARGES AS WELL AS AN INCREASE IN HIS BOND OF TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND. THE DEPUTY WHO WAS ATTACKED WAS TREATED FOR MINOR INJURIES.
LOUISIANA STUDENTS ACHIEVED THE HIGHEST OVERALL MASTERY PLUS RATE IN STATE HISTORY. LEAP SCORES WERE RELEASED YESTERDAY BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. THIRTY-SIX PERCENT OF STUDENTS SCORED MASTERY OR ADVANCED MASTERY PLUS IN GRADES THREE TO TWELVE. NINETY PERCENT OF SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN LOUISIANA MAINTAINED OR IMPROVED THE MASTERY PLUS RATE, WITH SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT IMPROVING.
GEORGE FAUST HAS LEAP SCORE RESULTS FOR ACADIANA.
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A FIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT AT A JENNINGS HOME LED TO A SHOOTING IN WHICH TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED. THIRTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD TEVIN GOTREAUX HAD A WOUND TO THE LEFT HAND. HIS GIRLFRIEND’S STEPFATHER, TRIS MADISON, IS IN CRITICAL BUT STABLE CONDITION. THE FIGHT BEGAN BETWEEN GOTREAUX AND HIS GIRLFRIEND AND ESCALATED WHEN MADISON ARRIVED AT THE HOME.
A TRIAL BEGAN YESTERDAY IN A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD OVER A TWENTY-TWENTY-INCIDENT. TRENTEZ GILCHRIST SUFFERED PERMANENT BRAIN INJURIES WHEN HE WAS THROWN FROM A VEHICLE WHILE THE DRIVER WAS MAKING LOOPS AROUND ACADIANA HIGH SCHOOL. GILCHRIST’S GUARDIAN, TINA REED, SAYS THE SCHOOL BOARD FAAILED TO PROPERLY SUPERVISE STUDENTS. THE CASE WAS PREVIOUSLY DISMISSED BUT A HIGHER COURT REVERSED THE DECISION, ALLOWING THE LAWSUIT TO PROCEED TO TRIAL.
TWO PEOPLE ARE BEHIND BARS IN CONNECTION WITH A MURDER NEAR VILLE PLATTE THAT TOOK PLACE OVER TWO YEARS AGO. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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A MOTHER IN VILLE PLATTE SAYS HER SON WAS THE VICTIM OF A HIT-AND-RUN SATURDAY EVENING. PAM ARDOIN TELLS KLFY TV HER SON, JARVIS, WAS STRUCK BY A BLUE TRUCK WHILE WALKING ALONG CHATAIGNIER STREET. SHE SAYS HE HAS A BROKEN ARM AND FRACTURED RIB. THE FAMILY IS SEEKING JUSTICE AND URGES THE DRIVER TO COME FORWARD.
