A recent survey finds Louisiana drivers are the 4th rudest in the country. The survey by Kars4Kids is a driving awareness campaign that promotes courteous driving. Spokesperson Ari Finkelstein says a lot of southern states performed poorly when it came to being courteous while driving…:
Cut 7 (11) “Georgia”
He says Louisianans ranked 43 in the country when it comes to using turn signals.

Elio Motors in northwest Louisiana has been fined over half a million dollars by the Louisiana Motor Vehicle Commission who says the three-wheel car making company violated state law. Commission spokesman Keith Marcotte told KEEL in Shreveport that Elio argued their pre-purchase program was just for reservations…:
Cut 13 (09) “separate arrangement”
The $545,000 fine was handed down Monday.

The girlfriend of the man who was shot and killed by an Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s deputy has hired a lawyer who disputes information released by State Police on the incident. Authorities say 27-year-old Dejuan Guillory was shot in a struggle with the deputy, and that the girlfriend, 21-year-old Dequince Brown, attacked the cop. But Brown’s lawyer, Joe Long, said his client was trying to keep the deputy from killing her boyfriend:
Cut 9 (11) “three more times”
Long made the comments in an interview with PenPoint News Publisher Daniel Bangeul (Bain-Gal).

The Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a stolen giraffe display from a local business. They say the giraffe is 10 feet tall, weighs approximately 200 pounds and is made out of sheet metal. It is valued at $1,000 and anyone with information on this theft of a giraffe is urged to contact authorities.