An American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety study shows that distraction in teen crashes is worse than previously thought. Researchers analyzed the six seconds leading up to a crash in nearly 1,700 videos of teen drivers taken from in-vehicle event recorders. AAA spokesman Don Redman says teen drivers and cell phones have proven to be a more dangerous combination than anyone realized…

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The study found that distraction was a factor in nearly 6 out of 10 moderate-to-severe teen crashes.

A Lafayette jury has convicted Seth Fontenot of manslaughter in the shooting death of 15-year old Austin Rivault. He was also convicted of two counts of aggravated battery for wounding two other teenagers who were with Rivault. Fontenot shot the teens in February 2013 when he thought they were breaking into his truck. He claims he only fired to scare the teens, not to hurt them. Fontenot faces up to 40-years in prison on the manslaughter conviction.

A leak in one of the 97 igloos storing the 16 millions pounds of M6 propellant at Camp Minden in Webster Parish has resulted in the recommendation of the emergency destruction of its contents. Minden Representative Gene Reynolds says moisture build up creates a chemical reaction the could cause the M6 to “auto-ignite”…

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Reynolds says he expects an announcement on the method of disposal of the remainder of the propellant any day now.

The Louisiana SPCA is offering a 13,000 reward for information about a gruesome 12-second video of five men beheading a goat. CEO Anna Zorilla says the graphic video shows the culprits standing in a circle around a plastic swimming pool, with a string tied around the goat’s neck and then one of the men beheads the goat with a sword…

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Zorilla is hopeful someone will come forward soon.