The Lafayette Police Department says one of their officers was shot last night when attempting to locate a suspect they believe was involved in a shooting the night before. Corporal Paul Mouton says the officer and the suspect exchanged gunfire and both men were hit…

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Mouton says officers later apprehended the suspect, 23-year-old Chase Chaisson of Lafayette and transported him to an area hospital. Chaisson will be charged with attempted 1st degree murder of a police officer, among other charges, upon release. The resident of the apartment where the suspect was found hiding has also been charged.

Forecasters are watching an area of low pressure over southern Florida that’s expected to move into the Gulf of Mexico. Andrew Ansorge, with the National Weather Service in Slidell, says the track of the system will determine if it will develop into a tropical depression or something more significant…

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The National Hurricane Center gives it a medium chance of developing into a tropical depression over the next five days.

A new poll shows Democratic former Governor Edwin Edwards making the runoff in the 6th District Congressional race, but that same survey shows Edwards finishing second in four different runoff scenarios. But pollster Darrell Glascock says you shouldn’t count out Edwards, just yet. He says Edwards has significant numbers as respondents second choice…

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Edwards garnered 32-percent of the vote in The Glascock Group poll, but has trouble breaking 45-percent of the vote in any hypothetical runoff.

An Ascension Parish jury has found a 40-year-old Gonzales man guilty of molesting a young girl. Joseph Scott McKinney molested the girl numerous times when she was between the ages of 6 to 13. McKinney faces up to 99 years in prison.