The state has reopened a couple of areas in the Gulf of Mexico that were affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill to commercial fishermen. Eric Gill reports…:
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Gas prices keep dropping fast and Holiday consumers are happy. The current statewide average for a gallon of regular is $2.37 down two cents from last night and almost 12 cents less than this time last week.

State Police is investigating a crash involving a pedestrian who was struck and killed after he fell out of the back of a truck in LaSalle Parish over the weekend. Master Trooper Scott Moreau says 22-year-old Brittany Walker of Jena was traveling on La Highway 8 when she struck an unknown object in the roadway…:
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Investigators determined it was 43-year-old Marcus Jones who they believe had fallen out of the bed of a friend’s truck prior to being run over.

State Police say a suspected drunk driver heading the wrong way on a four-lane highway in Beauregard Parish struck another vehicle head-on, resulting in three fatalities. State Police Sergeant James Anderson says they believe 28-year-old Kristi Poteet was traveling south in the northbound lanes of US 171…:
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They suspect impairment on the part of Poteet.