State Police have released their investigative findings on why they charged LSU wide receiver Kyren Lacy with negligent homicide. Jeff Palermo has the story.

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An Iberville Parish sheriff’s deputy is shot and killed, and another is fighting for his life. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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State Police released video this morning that provides evidence on why former LSU receiver Kyren Lacy was charged with negligent homicide, felony hit and run and reckless operation of a vehicle. The video clearly shows Lacy driving at a high rate of speed and passing multiple vehicles in a no-passing zone on LA Highway 20 in Lafourche Parish moments before the driver of a Kia Cadenza, heading northbound, swerved to the left to avoid Lacy’s green Dodge Charger. When the Cadenza swerved to the left, it collided with a southbound Kia Sorento. When a State Trooper arrived at the crash scene, witnesses immediately identified Lacy’s Charger as the one that caused the wreck.

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Lacy’s car did not make physical contact with the two cars that collided, but a witness said his actions forced the head on crash.

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During the video, a State Trooper interviews the female driver of the Kia Cadenza who, according to investigators, took evasive action to avoid impact with Lacy’s oncoming vehicle.

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Following the crash, State Police say they conducted a detailed investigation with the assistance of crash reconstruction experts. A state police spokeswoman says it was Lacy’s reckless driving that led to the crash in front of his vehicle.

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On Friday, Lacy’s attorney, Matthew Ory, appeared on HTV 10 in Houma and released a different camera angle of the crash, which shows Lacy’s vehicle driving through the scene. Based on this video evidence, Ory stated that Lacy did not cause the crash.

Ory also cited a report from the Lafourche Parish District Attorney’s Office, which did its own investigation, which Ory said concluded with the D-A saying Lacy did not know his actions were the cause of the crash that happened about 72 yards in front of him.

State Police state that their investigative findings were reviewed in consultation with the Lafourche Parish District Attorney’s Office to determine the appropriate charges, and the 17th Judicial District Court approved an arrest warrant.

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The LSP report says the first phone call Lacy made, based on cell phone records, was to a Baton Rouge criminal defense attorney and personal injury lawyer.

The crash claimed the life of 78-year-old Herman Hall of Thibodaux, Louisiana. Lacy took his own life just days before a grand jury was to consider the charges against him. You can see the video LSP released today on our website, Louisiana Radio Network-dot-com.

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The full Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals is reconsidering a three-judge panel’s ruling that the state’s Ten Commandments law is unconstitutional. The ruling puts on hold the law that requires all public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments. Loyola New Orleans law professor Dane Ciolino says this decision was not exactly unexpected.

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Ciolino says the state is arguing that a 1980 Supreme Court opinion that invalidated a similar law passed in Kentucky should not be used as precedent.

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All that said, Ciolino says it will be an uphill climb for the state to prevail before the full Fifth Circuit.

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Ciolino says if the full Fifth Circuit does not rule in favor of the state, there’s no guarantee that the Supreme Court will take up the state’s expected appeal.

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A sheriff’s deputy in Iberville Parish is killed and another is fighting for his life after being shot outside the parish courthouse last night. Investigators say deputies Charles Riley and Brett Stassi (STAA-see) Jr. were trying to take 27-year-old Latrell Clark of Baton Rouge into custody, but Clark fought back, grabbed one of their duty weapons and shot them before fatally shooting himself. Riley was killed, and Stassi is fighting for his life. Iberville Parish District Attorney Tony Clayton says Riley and Stassi prevented further carnage.

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Clayton says Riley and Stassi – whose father is the sheriff of Iberville Parish, Brett Stassi Sr. – are true heroes.

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Clayton says this is a very hard day in Iberville Parish.

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State Police have released their investigative findings on why they charged LSU wide receiver Kyren Lacy  with negligent homicide. Jeff Palermo has the story.

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Lacy died by suicide just before a grand jury was to consider the charges.

Tragedy outside the Iberville Parish courthouse. Investigators say deputies Charles Riley and Brett Stassi (STAA-see) Jr. were trying to take 27-year-old Latrell Clark into custody, but Clark fought back, grabbed one of their duty weapons and shot them before fatally shooting himself. Riley was killed, and Stassi was badly injured. Iberville Parish District Attorney Tony Clayton says Riley and Stassi prevented further carnage.

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The full Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals is reconsidering a three-judge panel’s ruling that the state’s Ten Commandments law is unconstitutional. Loyola New Orleans Law Professor Dane Ciolino says it will still be an uphill climb for the state to prevail before the full Fifth Circuit.

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A new video released by State Police essentially eliminates any notion that former LSU star Kyren Lacy was innocent in a deadly crash in Thibodaux last December. The video shows that Lacy was passing vehicles in a no-passing zone on L-A Highway 20, much faster than the flow of traffic, when a northbound Kia Cadenza swerved into the southbound lane and collided head-on with a Kia Sorento, killing 78-year-old Herman Hall. While Lacy’s car didn’t make any physical contact with either of the two Kias, a witness said his actions forced the head-on crash…

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A state police spokeswoman says it was Lacy’s reckless driving that led to the crash in front of his vehicle…

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Lacy was charged with negligent homicide and other charges and took his own life before a grand jury was to consider those charges.

The full Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals is reconsidering a three-judge panel’s ruling that the state’s Ten Commandments law is unconstitutional. The ruling puts on hold the law that requires all public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments. Loyola New Orleans law professor Dane Ciolino:

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That said, Ciolino says the state still has an uphill battle in prevailing before the full Fifth Circuit, leaving the U.S. Supreme Court as its last hope.

We now know the name of the man who shot two Iberville Parish deputies outside the parish courthouse, killing one. He was 27-year-old Latrell Clark of Baton Rouge. Investigators say as deputies Charles Riley and Brett Stassi Jr. were trying to take Clark into custody outside the courthouse, a fight ensued, and Clark got a hold of one of their duty weapons and shot them before fatally shooting himself. Riley was killed, and Stassi, whose father is Sheriff Brett Stassi Sr., is fighting for his life.

State Police release new video of last December’s fatal crash in Thibodaux that appears to refute any notion that Kyren Lacy was innocent. Late last week, Lacy’s lawyer pointed to close-up video that shows Lacy well behind the deadly head-on crash. Now, LSP has released a wide-angle shot of the incident that clearly shows Lacy driving much faster than the posted 40-mile-an-hour speed limit, passing vehicles on the narrow two-lane L-A Highway 20 in a no-passing zone. A northbound Kia Cadenza swerved into the southbound lane to avoid Lacy’s Dodge Charger and collided head-on with a Kia Sorento, killing 78-year-old Herman Hall. In the video, a State Trooper interviews the female driver of the Kia Cadenza.

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Lacy took his own life days before a grand jury was to consider the charges filed against him.

An Iberville Parish deputy was killed and another was injured in a shooting outside the parish courthouse last night. District Attorney Tony Clayton says the deputies were trying to arrest someone when a fight broke out, which culminated in the shooting, during which the suspect was also killed. The deputy who died was Charles Riley. The one who was injured is Brett Stassi Jr., the son of Sheriff Brett Stassi. Clayton says Stassi’s condition is, in his words, “optimistic.”

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says it received 13-hundred applications for the 2025 Black Bear Hunting Lottery. LDWF black bear biologist John Hanks says the 2024 hunt drew 973 applications. He says interest was higher this year, because more of the state is open to bear hunting during a two-week-long season in December.

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State Police released video this morning that provides evidence on why former LSU receiver Kyren Lacy was charged with negligent homicide, felony hit and run and reckless operation of a vehicle. The video clearly shows Lacy driving at a high rate of speed and passing multiple vehicles in a no-passing zone on LA Highway 20 in Lafourche Parish moments before the driver of a Kia Cadenza, heading northbound, swerved to the left to avoid Lacy’s green Dodge Charger. When the Cadenza swerved to the left, it collided with a southbound Kia Sorento. When a State Trooper arrived at the crash scene, witnesses immediately identified Lacy’s green Dodge Charger as the one that caused the wreck.

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The report says the first phone call Lacy made, based on cell phone records, was to a Baton Rouge criminal defense attorney and personal injury lawyer.

A small Pre-K-through-12 private school in Monroe is a finalist for a one-million-dollar sports facility makeover from T-Mobile. Ryan Dickson, the assistant principal and assistant athletic director at River Oaks School, says if the school wins, the main priority would be to upgrade the outdated stadium.

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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says it received 13-hundred applications for the 2025 Black Bear Hunting Lottery, from which 26 permits were issued. Black bear biologist John Hanks says last year, only 11 permits were issued.

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The historic Shreveport Country Club is now ashes, and the future of the property that hosted thousands of weddings and other events is very much in doubt. Jeff Palermo has the story.

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The Louisiana Democratic Party is calling for change after video appears to contradict State Police’s assertion that former LSU receiver Kyren Lacy caused a deadly crash. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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River Oaks School, a small Pre-K-through-12 private school in Monroe, is a finalist for a one-million-dollar sports facility makeover from T-Mobile. Andre Champagne has more.

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The investigation continues into the weekend blaze that destroyed the historic Shreveport Country Club. It took 75 firefighters from Shreveport to put out the massive blaze, but the property is deemed a total loss. Winner’s Circle International, a nonprofit run by the Shreveport Community Church, owns the property that’s been around for 115 years, and Pastor Denny Duron says they are figuring out what the next steps are.

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There are allegations on social media that the building, which has hosted numerous weddings, dinners and other events, was burned down to insurance proceeds. But Duron says the building was not insured and he was hoping a buyer would come along and repurpose the facility.

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Duron says he was in Missouri the day the country club burned down. It has not been used since 2016, when the property was put up for sale for more than four-million dollars. Duron says vagrants repeatedly broke into the country club before the fire. He’s hoping Shreveport fire investigators can determine how the blaze started.

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The Louisiana Attorney General’s Office will be conducting an independent investigation into the State Police’s investigation into the crash that involved late LSU star receiver Kyren Lacy. This, after newly-surfaced video shows that Lacy did not cause the fatal crash, despite the LSP’s report that stated otherwise. Lacy died by suicide days before a grand jury was to consider the charges of vehicular homicide that Lacy had been charged with. Louisiana Democratic Party Executive Director Dadrius (“Darius”) Lanus says he wants to know how many other similar instances are out there.

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Lanus says after viewing the video, it seems that Louisiana State Police investigators have some explaining to do.

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Lanus is calling on the Legislature to pass “The Lacy Law” in the next session, which would be designed to prevent false reporting and wrongful accusations by law enforcement officers, with stricter penalties against those who deliberately fabricate or misrepresent evidence.

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Louisiana State Police says it’s working diligently on an investigative briefing video, which will include evidence before, during and after the crash; and once it’s complete, it will release it to the public.

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A small Pre-K-through-12 private school in Monroe is a finalist for a one-million-dollar sports facility makeover from T-Mobile. Ryan Dickson, the assistant principal and assistant athletic director at River Oaks School, says winning the competition could give the school a chance to upgrade multiple football facilities.

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River Oaks’ football stadium is outdated, and Jackson says that if the school was to win T-Mobile’s Friday Night Lights competition, the bleachers and seating would be a main priority for upgrades.

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Jackson says flood damage in 2016 left the school’s sports facilities in poor condition, so winning the competition would allow the school to make several upgrades to its facilities.

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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says it received 13-hundred applications for the 2025 Black Bear Hunting Lottery. LDWF black bear biologist John Hanks says the 2024 hunt drew 973 applications. He says interest was higher this year, because more of the state is open to bear hunting during a two-week-long season in December.

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From those 13-hundred applications, 26 permits were issued for the 2025 Black Bear Hunting Season, which will run from December 6th to the 21st. Hanks says last year, only 11 permits were issued.

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The Louisiana black bear was listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 1992. But thanks to a collaborative effort among many stakeholders, the black bear was removed from the list in 2016, and Hanks says the population remains healthy.

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LSU’s offense ranks 80th in the country when it comes to scoring, averaging just 27 points a game. Head coach Brian Kelly says the offense showed improvements over the bye week, as the Tigers look to keep improving.

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LSU’s rush attack ranks 117th out of 134 teams, averaging about 105 yards on the ground a game. The Tigers rushed for only 57 yards against Ole Miss, who had one of the worst rush defenses in the nation going into the game. Kelly says the offense cannot be one-dimensional and has to be able to run the ball.

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LSU’s defense will be challenged once again this week, with South Carolina quarterback LaNorris Sellers coming to Baton Rouge. Sellers is one of the best dual-threat quarterbacks in the nation, and Kelly says the Tigers have to be able to make him uncomfortable.

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Despite facing one of the best defensive fronts in all of the NFL, the Saints’ offensive line did not allow quarterback Spencer Rattler to be sacked once in the 26-14 win over the Giants. Head coach Kellen Moore says he’s impressed with the entire group.

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After missing the first five games of the season with a calf injury, there’s a chance that Saints defensive end Chase Young could return for Sunday’s game against the Patriots. Moore says  Young is progressing well.

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Today’s announcement by MMR that it’s going to build an assembly facility in Lafayette comes on the heels of Friday’s announcement by drone manufacturer DMR that it will set up shop in a facility it’s renovating in the city. Economic Development Secretary Susan Bourgeois says the drones will have several applications germane to Louisiana.

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Saints fans at yesterday’s game at the Superdome were ecstatic to see their team pull off their first win of the 2025 season – a 26-14 come-from-behind win over the New York Giants.

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The Saints will try to make it two in a row this Sunday at the Superdome against New England.

An attorney for former LSU wide receiver Kyren Lacy says video evidence disputes a State Police’s report that he caused a fatal crash in Lafourche Parish last December. Jeff Palermo has the story…

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At this year’s News Awards by the National Association of State Radio Networks, LRN won for best newscast, best sportscast and best feature.

The attorney for the family of late LSU receiver Kyren Lacy says video evidence shows that he was not responsible for a deadly crash in Thibodaux last December. Lacy was charged with negligent homicide and other charges, and he died by suicide just two days before a grand jury was to hear evidence against him. Attorney Matthew Ory says newly-surfaced body camera footage shows that Lacy was travelling well behind the vehicles involved in the deadly crash. Ory also provided evidence during an extensive interview on HTV 10 News that one of the drivers in the crash was eating Funyuns and tailgating before colliding with the other vehicle and was supposed to have been cited.

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L-S-P originally said Lacy illegally passed multiple vehicles, causing one driver to swerve to avoid his car, causing a head-on crash.

Another company announces an investment in Lafayette. Baton Rouge-based electrical contractor MMR announces that it’s investing in a new assembly plant in Lafayette to produce electrical components used in semiconductors and data centers. Economic Development Secretary Susan Bourgeois says it’s the latest example of how Louisiana is becoming a technology hub for the country.

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Saints fans at yesterday’s game at the Superdome were ecstatic to see their team pull off their first win of the 2025 season – a 26-14 come-from-behind win over the New York Giants.

Cut 3 (14) “…a good win.”

The Saints will try to make it two in a row this Sunday at the Superdome against New England.

The attorney for former LSU receiver Kyren Lacy says video evidence shows he was not responsible for a fatal crash last December in Thibodaux. On HTV-10 News Friday, Matthew Ory says body camera footage shows Lacy’s vehicle traveling well behind the head-on collision.

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Lacy had been charged with negligent homicide; he died by suicide just before a grand jury was to hear the evidence against him.

Today’s announcement by MMR that it’s going to build an assembly facility in Lafayette comes on the heels of Friday’s announcement by drone manufacturer DMR that it will set up shop in a facility it’s renovating in the city. Economic Development Secretary Susan Bourgeois says the drones will have several applications germane to Louisiana.

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For Saints fans, the start of this season, along with the end of last season, seemed like a long, national nightmare. The Saints ended an eight-game losing streak dating back to last season with a 26-14 win over the Giants. Not only is it Kellen Moore’s first win as an NFL head coach – but it’s also Spencer Rattler’s first win as an NFL starting quarterback in 11 tries. Fans were thrilled for the former South Carolina Gamecock.

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The Saints will try to make it two in a row this Sunday at the Superdome against New England.

The state is making strides in its education attainment rate – the rate of people between the ages of 25 and 64 with a credential beyond a high school diploma. The Board of Regents says it’s close to 53-percent, with a goal of 60-percent by 2030. Barry Erwin, the chief policy officer of Leaders for a Better Louisiana, says some disparities also must be closed.

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Saints fans at yesterday’s game at the Superdome were ecstatic to see their team pull off their first win of the 2025 season – a 26-14 come-from-behind win over the New York Giants.

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The Saints will try to make it two in a row this Sunday at the Superdome against New England.

A drone manufacturing company is shifting production to Louisiana. Jeanne (“zhahn”) Burns reports.

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In addition, MMR Group has also announced plans to invest in a new assembly plant in Lafayette, expanding its footprint in Louisiana. That will create 200 more direct new jobs with an average annual salary of 85-thousand dollars a year, along with more than 300 indirect new jobs.