The investigation into Saturday’s fatal plane crash in Lafayette is in the early stages and investigators are not ruling anything in or ruling anything out as far as a cause. N-T-S-B Vice Chairman Bruce Landsberg says the four corners of the plane were found at the crash site…
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He says the flaps were up, which suggests the plane was not preparing to land.

The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund says 128 officers died in the line of duty over the past year, an 18-percent decrease from 2018.The Fund’s CEO Marcia Ferranto says there were four officer deaths in Louisiana…
cut 9 (09) “…physical related death”
Shreveport police officer Chateri Payne and Mandeville Police Captain Vincent Liberto were fatally shot. Baton Rouge Police Officer Shane Totty died in a motorcycle accident. East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Deputy Steven Whitstine died from congestive heart failure before crashing.

State Fire Marshal Butch Browning says nine people have died in six different home fires in north Louisiana this month. Browning says it’s important to note that these fatal fires have been disproportionately impacting some of society’s most vulnerable…
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State Police will be out in force tonight hunting drunk drivers on one of the biggest party nights of the year. Louisiana Highway Safety Commission Executive Director Lisa Freeman says drunk driving crashes spike in the 100 hours before New Years, with 74 injuries and two deaths from drunk crashes last year.
Cut 10 (08) “…good thing.”