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A U.S. General Accounting Office report cites leadership improvements at the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement during Scott Angelle’s tenure.
Angelle, of Breaux Bridge, served from May 2017 to this January as the agency’s fourth director.
The Bureau was created in October 2011 in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. Eleven people died and 17 were injured in the incident. About 4.9 million barrels of oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico.
Prior to Angelle, the Bureau was cited as high risk by the GAO.

Continued efforts to bring the COVID-19 vaccine to more people this week will include a special event in Abbeville.
The special event will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. this Wednesday, March 17, at the St. Theresa Catholic Church Holy Family Center. The center is located at 101 N. Leonard Ave. in Abbeville.
Those taking part will receive the Moderna Vaccine. The event is by appointment only. To schedule an appointment, visit OPH4.timetap.com.

An Abbeville man faces multiple charges, including Second-degree murder, after a shooting last month left another man dead.
​On Feb. 16, at approximately 5:20 p.m., officers of the Abbeville Police Department responded to a “Shots Fired” complaint on Green Street near its intersection with South Lamar Street.
Upon officers arriving on scene, the observed a male victim who suffered at least one apparent gunshot wound. The victim, identified as 32-year-old Brandon Johnson, of Abbeville, died as a result of the shooting.