3-2-21
A CROWLEY MAN, WHO WAS SHOT ON FEBRUARY NINETEENTH, IS NOW FACING A LONG LIST OF CHARGES AND WAS ARRESTED ON HIS RELEASE FROM THE HOSPITAL. THIRTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD BRANDON S. HEBERT WAS SHOT BY A WOMAN AT A RESIDENCE ON SOUTH AVENUE F. ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF K-P GIBSON SAYS DEPUTIES DETERMINED THE SHOOTING WAS IN SELF DEFENSE AND THE WOMAN HAD BEEN THE VICTIM OF ABUSE OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. HEBERT FACES NUMEROUS ABUSE CHARGES AND ONE COUNT OF ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER AND HE’S BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND.
A NEW IBERIA MAN, WHO IS ACCUSED OF ATTACKING HIS CHILD’S SCHOOL BUS DRIVER, HAD BONDED OUT OF JAIL FOUR WEEKS EARLIER WHERE HE WAS AWAITING TRIAL ON A MURDER CHARGE. POLICE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR TRAVIS LAYNE JUNIOR FOR ATTACKING A SCHOOL BUS DRIVER IN FRONT OF THIRTEEN CHILDREN WHILE THE DRIVER WAS BEHIND THE WHEEL. THE BUS DRIVER HAD DISCIPLINED LAYNE’S CHILD THE DAY BEFORE THE ATTACK. MEANWHILE THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY HAS ASKED THE JUDGE TO REVOKE LAYNE’S BOND.
Authorities say one person died in an oil well explosion near Longville over the weekend. Beauregard Parish Fire District 2 said responders were called to the scene on Sunday evening where they found the active fire. The blaze was extinguished shortly after 6 p.m. The victim wasn’t immediately identified.
Louisiana has reached a coronavirus vaccine milestone. More than 1 million shots have been administered across the state in the 11 weeks since immunizations began. The latest data from the state health department Monday shows more than 657,000 people have received at least their first dose of the two-dose Pfizer and Moderna vaccines that have been available. More than 368,000 people have gotten both required doses.
THERE WERE ONLY TWO HUNDRED NINETY-NINE NEW CONFIRMED COVID-NINETEEN CASES IN YESTERDAY’S REPORT FROM THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. THE TOTAL IS NOW MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY THOUSAND. LOUISIANA HAD EIGHTEEN MORE COVID-NINETEEN DEATHS. HOSPITALIZATIONS WERE ALMOST UNCHANGED WITH JUST ONE FEWER YESTERDAY.
ACADIANA HAD TWO MORE CONFIRMED COVID-NINETEEN DEATHS. THEY WERE IN EVANGELINE AND IBERIA PARISHES. THERE WAS ONE MORE IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. THAT DEATH WAS IN CAMERON PARISH, WHICH NOW HAS SIX TOTAL. ACADIANA HAD SIXTY-THREE NEW CASES. ACADIA PARISH HAD THE MOST IN THE REGION WITH FOURTEEN. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD THIRTY-ONE NEW CASES INCLUDING NINETEEN IN CALCASIEU PARISH.
THERE HAVE BEEN OVER A DOZEN SHOOTINGS IN ACADIA PARISH THIS YEAR, SEVERAL OF THEM TAKING PLACE OVER THE WEEKEND IN RAYNE. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE ON THE RAYNE SHOOTINGS.
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FRESHLY DRIED LAUNDRY IS BELIEVED TO BE THE CAUSE OF A FIRE AT THE BOUREE (BOO REE) RESTAURANT NEAR SUGAR MILL POND IN YOUNGSVILLE EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING. FIRE CHIEF BLAIR RIVETTE SAYS APRONS AND TOWELS WERE PULLED FROM A DRYER AND ZIPPED UP IN A VINYL BAG, BUT THEY STARTED TO BURN AND THE FIRE SPREAD TO A BACK WALL OF THE BUILDING. THERE WAS SMOKE AND HEAT DAMAGE IN THE KITCHEN AND DINING AREA. THE OWNERS OF BOUREE RESTAURANT SAID ON THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE THAT THEY PLAN TO REOPEN.
