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Kristin Askelson

Lafayette

Managing Editor, The Acadiana Advocate at The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)

Managing Editor, The Acadiana Advocate

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Articles

  • Southwest Louisiana man cited for illegally shooting black bear near state park

    1 month ago | theadvocate.com | Kristin Askelson

    Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents on Wednesday cited a southwestern Louisiana man for allegedly illegally taking a Louisiana black bear in Vermilion Parish. Agents cited Shannon R. Parker, 50, of Abbeville, for taking a bear during a closed season and failing to comply with wild quadruped times and methods of taking. Agents received information that a black bear was killed near the Palmetto State Park on private land in early March.

  • Palmetto man guilty on two counts of first-degree murder in 2020 shooting into parked vehicle

    1 month ago | theadvocate.com | Kristin Askelson

    A St. Landry Parish jury after two hours of deliberation on Thursday convicted Sanplice Simien, 48, of the first-degree murder of Michael Thomas and Ladarious Keller. Late Thursday afternoon, the jury also found Simien, who is from Palmetto,  guilty of three counts of attempted first-degree murder, according to the St. Landry Parish District Attorney's Office.

  • Here's why a Louisiana man was arrested two years after his wife's death was ruled a suicide

    1 month ago | theadvocate.com | Kristin Askelson

    After the Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office announced the arrest this week of Ray Charles Fontenot, Jr., in connection to his wife's 2023 death, the sheriff's office released details outlining why the death was initially ruled a suicide. Fontenot has been charged with second-degree murder in the April 2023 death of his 35-year-old wife, Brittany Guillory Fontenot.

  • Funeral arrangements announced for Lafayette fitness icon Red Lerille

    1 month ago | theadvocate.com | Kristin Askelson

    A Mass of Christian Burial for Red Lerille will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 22 at St. Mary, Mother of the Church in Lafayette. Lerille died Friday at age 88. Interment will be held in Holy Mary Mother of God Cemetery in Lafayette. The family requests visitation be observed from 1 to 7 p.m. Friday at Martin & Castille's downtown location. There will be no public visitation on Saturday.

  • Freezing temps, historic snowfall predictions prompt warnings to stay off Acadiana roads

    Jan 20, 2025 | theadvocate.com | Kristin Askelson

    Acadiana residents should prepare to stay home and off the roads beginning Monday night, officials said, as the region prepares for an historic storm that could bring as much as 8 inches of snow. The latest forecast calls for a chance sleet and freezing rain starting after midnight Monday.

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