News

One man perished in a fire that consumed a home Thursday morning in Abbeville.
The blaze also claimed the lives of more than a dozen dogs.
Abbeville Fire Chief Jude Mire said his department received the call of smoke in the area around John Hardy Drive and Charity Street around 8:30 a.m.
“It was totally engulfed when we arrived on scene,” Mire said. “It didn’t take long for it to go up.’’

A National Guard soldier in Georgia is facing murder charges after allegedly shooting and killing a man he found with the mother of his child.
Natravien Landry, 25, of Abbeville, an Army National Guard soldier assigned to the 1148th Transportation Company at Fort Eisenhower, is charged with one count of murder, Jill E. Steinberg, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, said in a statement.
The victim was identified by Fort Eisenhower as U.S. Army Sgt. Andre S. Stewart Jr., Stars and Stripes, WRDW, and The Augusta Press report.

Agents with Attorney General Liz Murrill’s Louisiana Bureau of Investigation arrested a man from Rayne on December 17, 2024.
Jacob Charles Comeaux, 21, of Wiltz Street in Rayne, was arrested for violating:
• 14:81.1-- Pornography Involving Juveniles Under the Age of 13 – 7 Counts
A tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children sparked our investigation.