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LAFAYETTE — On July 29, 2025, just before 11 p.m., Troopers with Louisiana State Police Troop I began investigating a single-vehicle fatality crash on Louisiana Highway 724 (South Fieldspan Road) near its intersection with Paul Molbert Road.
The crash claimed the life of 36-year-old Schuyler Lewis of Abbeville.
The preliminary investigation revealed Lewis was driving a 2023 Kia Sportage south on LA Hwy 724. For reasons still under investigation, the Kia traveled off the roadway to the right while in a curve before striking an embankment, a tree, and a utility pole.

Dr. Joseph Savoie is stepping down as president of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette following a transformational 17-year tenure.
Savoie, a two-time UL Lafayette graduate and its sixth president, has been named president emeritus by the University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors. His last day as president is Thursday.
Dr. Jaimie Hebert, the University’s provost and vice president for Academic Affairs for the past seven years, will serve as interim president during the search for a permanent successor.

A Delcambre man is in custody and has been charged with multiple sex crimes against a juvenile in Lafayette Parish, officials said.
Reni James Landry, 37, turned himself in Monday after an investigation by the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office led to warrants for his arrest.
He faces two counts of indecent behavior with a juvenile, three counts of first degree rape, sexual battery under 13 and five counts of sexual battery and oral sexual battery.
Landry is being held in the Lafayette Parish jail on a $1.75 million bond.