David Hardy
David Hardy, a longtime member of the Abbeville Police Department, passed on Thursday after a battle with cancer.
Hardy retired as a lieutenant with the department in 2019, capping a 30-year career.
The Abbeville released the following statement in honor of Hardy:
Dwight Brown of Abbeville was an Army veteran who served his country when he was in his 20s. On Wednesday he was shot and killed during gun fire exchange between a Sheriff’s deputy and Abbeville police officers.
Scarlett Brown said she was seeking help for her brother, Dwight Brown, because he wasa suffering from PTSD, a mental health condition triggered by terrifying events, after serving 10 years in the U.S. Army with Iraq tours.
Hours before Dwight Brown was shot and killed by law enforcement in Abbeville, she had filled out the proper paperwork at the coroner’s office to get him help.
Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge reopened Monday (March 1) for recreational
fishing.
Shamona Alfred kept alive a March 1 family tradition Monday when she loaded up her car and family in Lafayette and drove to Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge, managed by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF). Every year when the refuge opens for recreational fishing on March 1, Alfred finds a place along the banks to fish and crab.
Rockefeller is closed from Dec. 1-March 1 each year to allow waterfowl, other birds and wildlife to remain undisturbed.
Quality Sports Authority (QSA) has handled the City of Abbeville’s recreation program since 2017.
The organization will now oversee the city’s 11 parks, too.
During Tuesday night’s regular meeting, the City Council approved a proposal for QSA to take over duties formerly handled by the parks director. The city has not had someone in that position since former director Denise Mire moved to another position at city hall last fall.
Photo by Bruce Schultz/LSU AgCenter
Mark Shirley checks on cattle feed in a Vermilion Parish pasture after the recent freeze. LSU AgCenter cattle experts advise producers that their animals may be stressed from enduring the severe cold
weather.
BATON ROUGE — The LSU AgCenter is surveying agricultural producers to estimate damage totals resulting from last month’s freezing weather.
The recent freezing weather came just as farmers were getting back on their feet from last year’s disastrous hurricane season.
Kurt Guidry, LSU AgCenter economist, said he is compiling information for a report on how the freeze has affected agriculture, and he is sending out emails for a survey to make estimates.
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