Russell Gary began playing with the Fa Tras Cajun Band in 1982.
On February 2 2021 Louisiana lost a cultural icon – Russell Gary.
He was 87 years old.
His funeral arrangements are being handled by Vincent’s Funeral Home in Abbeville.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church
HOUMA — The three Acadiana men involved in a murder-for-hire plot gone wrong in Montegut are now facing additional charges, according to the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office.
Jail records confirm that Beaux Cormier, Andrew Eskine and Dalvin Wilson are each facing one count of criminal conspiracy to commit murder and one count of attempted first-degree murder.
All three are currently incarcerated in the Terrebonne Parish Criminal Justice Complex on two counts each of first-degree murder in connection with a Jan. 13 double homicide in Montegut.
By David Jacobs |
The Center Square
KAPLAN — Students at Rene Rost Middle School in Kaplan had to be evacuated from campus Wednesday afternoon due to a reported bomb threat.
Kaplan Chief of Police Joshua Hardy said his department responded to the incident. Officers searched the building.
According to Vermilion Parish Superintendent Tommy Byler, all students were moved to Holy Rosary Catholic Church. He said normal dismissal would take place there.
Byler said the Kaplan Police Department placed officers at the school and they had K9s sweeping the building.
LAFAYETTE PARISH – At approximately 3:30 a.m. on Feb. 3, 2021, Troopers from Louisiana State Police Troop I began investigating a single-vehicle crash on LA Highway 98 near Pavie Lane in Lafayette Parish.
The crash took the life of 25-year-old Ashley Murray Menard of Church Point.
318 N. Main St.
Abbeville, LA 70510
Phone: 337-893-4223
Fax: 337-898-9022
219 North Cushing Avenue
Kaplan, LA 70548