A teenage girl is dead in a crash in Lafayette, and police say a 14-year-old boy was behind the wheel. The victim is identified as 17-year-old Terry Mitchell of Lafayette. Two others were taken to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries. Police Sergeant Matthew Benoit (BEN-wah) says the driver tried to escape but didn’t get very far.

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Benoit says the vehicle was stolen, although it’s unclear whether the 14-year-old boy was the actual thief.

For the second time in as many weeks, a raccoon knocked out power in Terrebonne Parish. Six-thousand customers went in the dark Sunday after a raccoon ended up in the Eddison power substation in Houma. Parish President Jason Bergeron (BAA-zher-on) says he drove to the substation to check things out for himself.

Cut 10 (06) “…community, you know.”

Bergeron says unfortunately, there’s little if anything that can be done about animals getting into the substation.

If you’re a hunter, the Louisiana Second Amendment Weekend Sales Tax Holiday is back again this Friday through Sunday.

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An 18-year-old Grayson man is arrested for allegedly strangling a spotted fawn. The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says Taryn Varnell was captured on video taking the deer and choking it to death. Varnell faces up to ten years in prison and fines of more than 25-thousand dollars if convicted.

Could Alvin Kamara be on his way out of New Orleans? The Saints’ star running back has listed his Belle Chasse home for 2.75-million dollars. This, as Kamara and the Saints remain deadlocked on a new deal.