It’s been a month since Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas, knocking out nearly 30% of the nation’s refining capacity, but motorists are now starting to see consistent declines in gas prices. That’s according to Patrick DeHaan, senior petroleum analyst at GasBuddy. He says we’re likely about to start seeing the downward momentum accelerate…:
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DeHann says the current statewide average for a gallon of regular in Louisiana stands at $2.35.

The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office has charged a man with negligent homicide after his brother was found dead pinned underneath the wheel of a truck. They say investigators arrived on the scene in a parking lot to find 30-year-old Stephen Hebert half-conscious in the drivers seat of a vehicle, and his brother, 32-year-old Kirk Hebert dead below the truck. Stephen Hebert said he last remembers the victim being in the front seat, and they’d been drinking.

An Oklahoma man has been arrested in Lafayette for allegedly breaking into a woman’s home and sexually assaulting her then demanding she drive him to an ATM. Cpl. Karl Ratcliff with the Lafayette Police Department says they were able to catch 22-year-old Devon Bell after a dispatcher remembered a recent call about a suspicious person in the neighborhood…:
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Bell is charged with home invasion, sexual battery, aggravated kidnapping, and criminal trespassing.