A 9-year-old is dead, and 8 people are injured following a fatal crash in Iberville Parish. Halen Doughty reports…
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The Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Office says thanks to the media coverage and help from the public, the woman accused of falsely reporting a father was abusing his 5 month old daughter has turned herself in. Michelle Southern has more…
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A fatal crash in Iberville Parish took the life of a 9-year-old and left several others with injuries. Trooper Bryan Lee with State Police says 27-year-old Tommie Killough was attempting to pass another vehicle in a no passing zone.
Lee says Killough hit 34-year-old Courtney Alvarez’s vehicle. He says Alvarez and her passengers were properly restrained and not injured. But he says Killough’s passengers were not restrained, including the child who died, Asha Cooper, because there were more people in Killough’s 5 passenger SUV than there were seatbelts.
Lee says Killough’s other passengers were taken to a local hospital with moderate to severe injuries. He says Killough is still in the hospital, but once she gets out, she will face multiple charges.
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The first Louisiana dolphin to be rescued and released into the wild is thriving. Audubon Nature Institute Stranding and Rescue Coordinator Gabriella Vazquez says the young dolphin was found by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries in October of 2015, stranded on the beach in Grand Isle. She says when they tried to release him back into the Gulf, he showed no initiative to swim, so they made the decision to rescue the calf.
Vazquez says the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration required Audubon scientists to monitor the dolphin in the wild for six weeks after he was released into Barataria Bay. She says all their testing proves the young dolphin, named Octavius, is doing great in the wild.
Vazquez says it’s great to see how all of their hard work paid off. She says Octavius has been spotted swimming with other dolphins in areas where there is lots of food available.
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A former Eunice police officer is facing charges of obstruction and malfeasance in office, for allegedly cussing out someone he was arresting and threatening to beat him up. Major Eddie Thibodaux with the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office says Lt. Varden Guillory became irate with Heath Bergeron, a domestic violence suspect, when Bergeron came in to make his statement.
Thibodaux says Guillory was upset that Bergeron got his friend to help him write the statement, because he wasn’t a very good speller. He says Guillory then arrested Bergeron for domestic abuse battery, without getting the proper information first.
Guillory left the Eunice Police Department after the incident. Thibodaux says after completing the investigation into the battery, Bergeron’s ex-wife was later arrested for domestic abuse, as she was the alleged perpetrator. The two had apparently gotten into an argument over what time they would meetup to exchange their children on Father’s Day. He says Guillory has also been arrested.
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Tuesday’s Mega Millions jackpot has shot up to whopping 390-million dollars. Louisiana Lottery Spokesperson Kimberly Chopin says this jackpot has been rolling since March and is the fourth highest Mega Millions jackpot ever. She says it’s been two years since we’ve seen Mega Millions reach this level…
Chopin says unlike Powerball that costs two dollars to play, Mega Millions only costs a dollar so it takes a little while for the jackpots to build up. She says the biggest jackpot was reached in 2012.
This is the largest prize offered in Mega Million since March 2014 when two tickets shared a 414 million dollar prize. Chopin says a lot of people don’t know that Mega Millions has a megaplier function, which can multiply your prize up to five times by adding an extra dollar. But she says there is more than one way to win…
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