8:30 LRN Newscast December 31

Funeral services have been set for four of the five victims in Saturday’s fatal plane crash in Lafayette. A joint funeral will be held Thursday for Gretchen Vincent and her 15-year-old son Walker in Lafayette. Ian Biggs was the pilot, his funeral will be Saturday in Lafayette and funeral services for sports reporter Carley McCord is set for Saturday in Baton Rouge.

A rash of home fires in north Louisiana has claimed nine lives in December, two of the victims ran back into their burning homes…
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Police will be on the look out for drunk drivers on this New Year’s eve. Louisiana Highway Safety Commission executive director Lisa Freeman says the public can help, by reporting to authorities if they see someone driving dangerously…
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Freeman says impaired drivers that are caught will go to jail.

A 35-year-old Crowley man has been charged with felony hit and run. Crowley Police Chief Jimmy Broussard says they believe Justin Duhon was the driver of the pickup truck that struck a 10-year-old riding his bike and then fled the scene. Broussard says a woman reportedly in the car with Duhon at the time of the incident provided the tip they needed…
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State Police arrested Duhon in New Orleans. At last report the child was in critical but stable condition.