Lafayette Police say one of their officers was shot Thursday night when attempting to locate a suspect they believe was involved in a shooting the night before. Michelle Southern with more.
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Fort Polk has announced today a very highly decorated soldier from Missouri has died in a motor vehicle accident that took place at the Fort Polk Training area. Twenty-two year-old Silas Jones was a cannon crew member, who joined the army two years ago. Another soldier was injured and that accident is under investigation.

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Weather forecasters are watching an area of low pressure over southern Florida that’s expected to move into the Gulf of Mexico. Andrew Ansorge (an SOR-ghee), with the National Weather Service in Slidell says….
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What it will do is increase our rain chances for the weekend, espeically in South Louisiana.

The LSU Board of Supervisors has announced a 3 year contract extension for Athletic Director Joe Alleva. Alleva says there have been many things that he has enjoyed while he’s been here, especially the all new and improved and expanded Tiger Stadium…
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Alleva will have the same annual salary of $725 thousand dollars through 2019.