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Last year 63 deaths due to impaired drivers were investigated by the Louisiana State Police. Last Saturday a motorcyclist in Jeff Davis Parish was struck head on and killed by what was believed to be an impaired driver. With a holiday weekend this weekend ... we thought it was good time to remind you to be careful and to designate a driver.

This one is just weird.We received word from Louisiana State Police Troop D asking motorist to avoid LA 108 near LA 1133 due to a plane crash in the roadway.

There are two things that when I see I will notify law enforcement because they just infuriate me. One of them is someone throwing trash out of their vehicle. The other is someone driving with a small child not strapped in. If you are transporting small kids ... it is your responsibility to make sure they are safe. The Louisiana State Police are offering free help with that.

Operation 27 was a combined effort by the Louisiana State Police, the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office, the Lake Charles Police Department, Homeland Security, The Drug Enforcement Agency and the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's Office. The arrest total stands at 24 now with more coming. We have a list of those who were busted for you.

Louisiana State Police are doing everything possible to keep travelers off  frozen roads. They are specifically trying to route traffic off a soon to be frozen I-10.

This is certainly not great driving weather. Wet roads are dangerous and even more dangerous when facing the rain and impaired drivers. Louisiana State Police Troop D can not do anything about the weather ; but they can remove impaired drivers from our roadways and that will be the goal of Saturday's checkpoint night.

This story seems to repeat with different names. This one is even more puzzling since he was previously arrested for vehicular homicide.

So there was Samuel Wade Dubois weaving down I-10 Saturday afternoon. Samuel is pretty good at weaving. He already had three DWI offenses and was operating a vehicle with an ignition interlock. He somehow got around the interlock. He did not avoid his fourth DWI.

There is no doubt that the string of DUI checkpoints has removed impaired drivers from our roadways. It has also brought back the "corner" bar. I'll explain.

Motorcycles can be a lot of fun. They are also very dangerous. We all worry about or loved ones who ride. Here is why. State Police Troop D have informed us of a motorcycle death in Calcasieu Parish yesterday.

We love to party in Southwest Louisiana and no one is trying to cramp your style. You are just ask to do it responsibly. The purpose of these checkpoints is to make our roads safer. Designate a driver before the evening starts and you have no worries. My friends and I rotate this duty.

A 26-year-old Sulphur man is in deep trouble after state troopers pulled him over, found him to be drunk and in possession of stolen liquor -- all AFTER he had delivered his students for the morning.