Louisiana State Police are investigating a fatal crash that took the life of a 19-year-old Larose man. Cody Duet was driving south on LA 308 in Thibodaux, when for unknown reasons, his vehicle traveled off the right side of the road after taking a left hand curve. The car hit a ditch and flipped over. Duet was not wearing a seatbelt and ejected from the vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Plaquemines Parish Sheriff’s Office has arrested a man accused of raping a teenage girl. Eric Gill has more…

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Louisiana Lawmakers have learned next fiscal year’s budget shortfall is projected at 713 million dollars. Director of the Louisiana Budget Project Jan Moller says they aren’t surprised with this number. He says this is a sign the next governor and legislature need to address the importance of budget reform.

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Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Tony Mancuso says crime scene authorities have been looking for a body this weekend under the I-10 Bridge. He says no human remains have been discovered but there is evidence that 35-year-old Gammion McCloud of Arizona killed someone and through them off the bridge.

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Mancuso says there is already a warrant out for McCloud on rape charges in connection to a 2014 incident where he allegedly beat and raped a women in front of a child.