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An Abbeville man has been arrested in connection to the death of 44-year-old Nicolette Menard.
According to Abbeville Chief of Police, Javen Richardson, 33, of Abbeville, faces a charge of second-degree murder.
On March 30, the Abbeville Police Department responded to the report of a death at the Courtyard Apartments located on Coulee Kinney Road in Abbeville. Upon arrival, officers found the Menards’ body, lying on the floor of her apartment with multiple stab wounds to her body.

MAURICE — Signs of growth, especially residential, are evident throughout the town of Maurice.
After all, Maurice did receive recognition earlier this year as the fastest growing town in Louisiana. With that, officials are working to make sure that rapid growth doesn’t outpace the town’s infrastructure.
A big step in the direction took shape this past week, with the construction of the town’s second water tower. The tower is located near the new water treatment plant on Beau Road.

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) enforcement agents cited a subject on April 13 for allegedly shooting an endangered whooping crane in Evangeline Parish.
Agents cited Michael Alaniz, 49, of Chicago, Illinois, for violating the migratory bird treaty act.
Agents first learned about a shot whooping crane on March 19 when biologists reported a lost signal on a whooping crane’s tracking collar. The last known location of the crane was on a privately owned crawfish farm near Hwy. 106 between Bayou Chicot and Pine Prairie.