52-year-old Jeffery Ducote Sr. of Boyce is in jail on a three-million dollar bond after he allegedly held a gun to a woman’s head and repeatedly raped her inside her home. Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Lt. Tommy Carnline says after the sexual assault, the victim fled her home and told authorities what happened to her…

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Ducote faces four counts of first-degree rape among other charges.

New Year’s Eve means many across the state will ring in the new year by shooting off fireworks in celebration. Deputy Chief with the State Fire Marshal’s office, Brent Thompson, has some tips to stay safe tonight….

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Thompson says to exercise extreme caution when handling fireworks.

It’s the second straight year LSU will have to find a new defensive coordinator as Kevin Steele has left Baton Rouge to become the new defensive coordinator at Auburn. Head coach Les Miles has the option to promote defensive line coach Ed Orgeron, but football analyst Mike Detillier doesn’t see that happening…

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Detillier believes Miles will go back to the list of candidates he used last year which included Wisconsin defensive coordinator Dave Aranda, Georgia Tech’s Ted Roof, Penn State’s Bob Shoop, and Oklahoma’s Mike Stoops.

Louisiana Tech offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Tony Peterson is leaving the program to take the same position at East Carolina University. Peterson leaves the Bulldogs after three seasons and led the Tech offense in two consecutive bowl victories. Tech has announced that former Bulldog and NFL quarterback Tim Rattay will move from outside receivers coach to replace Peterson as quarterbacks coach. No word, as of yet, on who will be named the new offensive coordinator.