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After killing a man on the East End of Charleston in a June 2023 shooting, George Yea was sentenced Tuesday to the maximum penalty of his plea agreement. In January, Yea, 30, pleaded guilty to two felony counts of wanton endangerment with a firearm, one felony count of owning a firearm as a felon and one misdemeanor count of involuntary manslaughter. Yea killed Tevin Jackson, 21, on June 20, 2023.

Charleston had seven homicides in 2023, down from 13 in 2022. In December alone, Sherry Jean Russell, Ritchie Hancock, 10, and Beverly Hensley were killed in City of Charleston. Kanawha County Sheriffs deputies investigated eight homicides, up from seven last year. South Charleston also had a homicide.

One man is dead after a shooting overnight in Charleston, police say.

The 23rd Judicial District Attorneys Office, which includes the parishes of Ascension, Assumption, and St. James, reported guilty pleas during the week of July 18-22.

A Houma man suspected of shooting and injuring someone in Village East last year has been booked into the Terrebonne Parish jail.

A Houma man suspected of shooting and injuring an individual last year has been booked into the Terrebonne Parish Jail after being apprehended by Ascension Parish deputies and Gonzales police officers.

In a leaked email, the owner of Kavasutra Kava bar used racial slurs to describe a retail property in Lake Worth, Florida.