Billy Gunn
Baton Rouge Advocate
Contact Billy
Discover and connect with journalists and influencers around the world, save time on email research, monitor the news, and more.
| Recent: |
|
| Past: |
|
Past articles by Billy:
Some St. Anne Catholic Church faithful pushing to keep Youngsville house of worship that church officials say is too far gone to repair
Baton Rouge, /News/: YOUNGSVILLE — During Mass last weekend at St. Anne Catholic Church, the Rev. Jason Mouton announced plans to build a new church and demolish the old structure, which church officials say is too small for a growing congregation and too damaged by time and → Read More
Franklin mourners remember Mayci Breaux, young woman looking forward to married life, new job
<span class="Dateline">FRANKLIN</span> <span class="Dateline"> </span>Mayci Marie Breaux was anticipating married life with her boyfriend, a new job at a Lafayette hospital and the birth of her → Read More
A case of misplaced trust and missing millions unfolds in Morgan City as wealthy businessman’s heirs seek answers to where the money went
<span class="Dateline"> MORGAN CITY —</span> Peter V. Guarisco and his children for decades trusted James Scott Tucker to run the family-owned holding company, Capital Management Consultants Inc., → Read More
Barges sit idle, Louisiana workers furloughed as oil price drop hits home
Baton Rouge, /News/: Tucked away in a slip at the far east side of the Port of Iberia, a dozen Parker Drilling inland barges are lashed together, three wide and four deep. The Parker rigs won’t be drilling for oil or gas again anytime soon. “They laid off close to 300 — most → Read More
Candidates sound off on coastal suits
<span class="Dateline"> LAKE CHARLES —</span> Gubernatorial candidates told an oil and gas audience Friday that Louisiana’s coastal loss is a problem and that repairs need to be → Read More
Breaux Bridge woman pleads guilty in mother’s strangling death
<span class="Dateline">ST. MARTINVILLE — </span>A Breaux Bridge woman Tuesday admitted to a judge that she was one of two people who strangled her elderly mother in → Read More
Father accused of scalding 4-year-old Sunset girl in bath
Baton Rouge, /News/: SUNSET — A father angered by his 4-year-old daughter’s inability to write the letter “B” during homework ended up putting the girl in scalding water, causing injuries severe enough she’s been admitted to a Baton Rough hospital burn unit, officials said. → Read More
Lafayette airport officials to vote on director candidate tomorrow
Lafayette Regional Airport commissioners Tuesday morning will vote on a contract offer for the Lafayette director position to the current deputy director at the Amarillo, Texas, airport. → Read More
Official: The longer gas prices remain low, the worse it’ll be for Louisiana
A Louisiana Oil and Gas Association official on Wednesday told industry officials that no one knows when the price of oil would begin to rise from its current → Read More
New district attorney sworn in for 16th Judicial District
<span class="Dateline"> NEW IBERIA —</span> The career path for Bofill Duhé, new district attorney for the 16th Judicial District, wasn’t a typical one. He attended law school → Read More
Lafayette Regional Airport finalists pared to 3 contenders
A search committee for the Lafayette Regional Airport Commission pared its finalists for airport director from four to three Wednesday, eliminating New Iberia-based Acadiana Regional Airport Commissioner → Read More
Meet Alexandria's Lamar White Jr.: The blogger who penned story about U.S. Rep. Scalise speaking to David Duke-led group in 2002
A 32-year-old blogger from Alexandria who has kicked a national hornet’s nest by tying Louisiana Republican U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise to David Duke perhaps best exemplifies the → Read More
Hackers attack municipally-owned Internet server in Lafayette
<span class="Dateline">LAFAYETTE — </span>LUS Fiber’s Internet server was attacked late Tuesday and on Wednesday by an outside “flood of data” that overwhelmed the system and left many → Read More
Court filings reveal new details in fatal shooting of Lafayette teen
<span class="Dateline"> </span> <span class="Dateline">LAFAYETTE — </span>The morning Seth Fontenot killed 15-year-old Austin Rivault, he pulled the trigger of his 9 mm Beretta wearing only → Read More
Judge orders judicial candidate to exit race, says not a lawyer long enough
<span class="Dateline">NEW IBERIA —</span> A district judge early Friday ordered 16th District judicial candidate Carolyn Deal to withdraw from an election that currently is underway in early → Read More
Buswell gets 10-year-plus sentence in Lafayette fraud case
<span class="Dateline"> LAFAYETTE —</span> A former Lafayette stock broker was sentenced Tuesday to more than 10 years in federal prison for his role in defrauding his working-class → Read More
Disabled Louisiana man files slew of ADA lawsuits against stores, shopping centers
<span class="Dateline"> LAFAYETTE —</span> A wheelchair-bound man filed three federal lawsuits Monday against separate businesses and property owners in Lafayette, including one suit against the owners of → Read More
State Police submit report on death of New Iberia man, federal civil rights investigation continues
State Police investigators this week submitted their the report on the March death of a handcuffed and arrested Iberia Parish man to the District Attorney’s Office, which → Read More
Local attorney convicted in drug case
<span class="Dateline">LAFAYETTE –</span> Lafayette attorney Daniel Stanford was convicted Friday on federal drug conspiracy and money laundering charges involving synthetic marijuana in a trial that was rescheduled → Read More
Experts: Suicide of handcuffed man in squad car a rare, but not unusual, circumstance
The State Police investigation and the full autopsy report on Victor White III, whose death while handcuffed in the rear of a police car has been ruled a → Read More