The National Transportation Safety Board says it could take 12 to 18 months before they know what led to Saturday’s fiery airplane crash in Lafayette that resulted in five deaths including sports broadcaster Carley McCord. Officials say there was no distress call before the plane went down shortly after take off. Lafayette Fire Chief Rob Benoit says the twin-engine plane also did not have an onboard flight data recorder…
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Investigators say most of the aircraft was crushed and consumed by fire.

Despite by a 13-and-3 record, the Saints will not have a bye in the playoffs. Because Green Bay and San Francisco both won yesterday, New Orleans will host Minnesota on Sunday in the wild card round. After yesterday’s 42-10 win over Carolina Coach Sean Payton says they are not sweating it…
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2019 was a memorable year for Louisiana. Kevin Barnhart looks back…
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