It’s been a month since Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas, and gas prices are slowly starting to go down after about 28% of refining capacity was knocked out because of the storm. Patrick DeHaan, senior petroleum analyst at GasBuddy, says with the switch-over to winter-blend gasoline, demand beginning to slow and Gulf Coast refineries coming back, consumers can expect to see much lower prices at the pump next month…:
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A councilwoman in Arcadia has been suspended from her position after she was convicted of stealing more than 37-thousand dollars when she was the town water clerk. Louisiana Inspector General Stephen Street says Patricia Hampton was found guilty of theft charges from an investigation sparked by an audit…:
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Street says Hampton took payments for water bills and collecting them for her personal use.

The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office says a man has been arrested for allegedly running over and killing his brother with his vehicle early this morning. 30-year-old Stephen Hebert is charged with negligent homicide and DWI in the death of the victim, 32-year-old Kirk Hebert. Investigators say Stephen Hebert was semi-conscious in the driver’s seat of his Dodge truck with his brother, Kirk, pinned under the rear driver’s side tire. He told cops they’d both 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 detectives were able to receive surveillance video showing that 22-year-old Devon Bell was the suspect they were looking for…:
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Bell is charged with home invasion, sexual battery, aggravated kidnapping, and criminal trespassing.