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KAB member Lisa Faciane waters snap dragons.
Abbeville businesses can help with Cleanest City contest
April 2 and the Cleanest City Contest is just around the corner and “you” can make a difference and help the city recapture the State Title for District G. Think about this: What could be more unin...
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Timber bridge near Gueydan to close next week for repairs
A timber bridge on LA 91, just south of Gueydan, 1.4 miles south of La. 14 in Vermilion Parish, will be closed for emergency repairs beginning on Monday, April, 1, 2013, at 8:00 a.m. The work is e...
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British Petroleum awards Vermilion Parish $500,000 grant for promoting parish
For the second straight year, Vermilion Parish was awarded $500,000 from British Petroleum (BP) to promote Vermilion Parish. Last year BP set aside $30 million for tourism recovery caused from the ...
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More retire from Vermilion Parish school system
The retirement list continues to grow as the public school education winds down for the 2012-2013 year. At last week’s school board meeting, the board members are given a personnel list of the empl...
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U.S Senator David Vitter will be in Abbeville on Wednesday
U.S. Sen. David Vitter announced that he will host a townhall meeting next Wednesday to hear from constituents in Vermilion Parish. He will also host an open house at his office in Lake Charles....
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Police Juror Paul Bourgeois speaks during a recent Maurice council meeting.
Maurice on board to support economic development
MAURICE — Police Juror Paul Bourgeois Jr. remains steadfast on his quest to implement economic development in Vermilion Parish. Bourgeois’ goal is to create an economic development department for t...
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Out-of-state pharmacies help Vermilion Parish drug users
Prescription drugs continue to play a major role in illicit drug activity within Vermilion Parish today. One of the reasons for this is the ease in which suspected drug dealers can get their hand...
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Stir the Pot in need of cooking teams at Palmetto State Park
Stir the Pot: Louisiana Seafood Cook-off and Festival is back for a third year and accepting submissions for cook-off teams, sponsorships and volunteers for this year’s festival being held Saturday...
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Former Delcambre police officer denied new trial
Ernest Billiot was hoping Judge Ed Broussard would grant him a new trial on Friday. Judge Broussard denied his request, buying Billiot a sentencing delay. Billiot was expected to be sentenced by Ju...
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New speed-limit signs have been placed in Maurice.
New speed limit sign in Maurice
MAURICE — The Village of Maurice is a gateway to Vermilion Parish. With that comes a high volume of traffic, much of which travels at a high rate of speed. The main stretch through Maurice is famo...
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Early voting begins Saturday for Gueydan election
Gueydan residents will get a chance to vote early, starting Saturday, to elect a new alderman to replace Manson Saltzman, who passed away. Running for Saltzman’s seat are Marilyn Camel and Angie To...
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Mayor Mark Piazza gives Kim Guidry the key to the city.
Abbeville awards Vermilion Catholic's Guidry key to city
Vermilion Catholic’s Kim Guidry has been in demand. Such is the case when you win a state championship, as Guidry and the Lady Eagles did earlier this month in capturing the Class 1A state title. T...
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Lovelace and Gertrude Hebert located these bottles near Holly Beach buried in the mud as a result of Hurricane Audrey.
Vermilion Parish couple collected bottles from store that washed away due to Hurricane Audrey in 1957
The Hebert family has a unique bottle collection and the way they obtained the bottles is also unique. Lovelace and his wife Gertrude have about 25 bottles stored in a box in their utility room. So...
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Phone call leads to drug charges against Kaplan woman
Dialing the wrong phone number usually ends up with you apologizing to the other party on the line, and possibly wishing them a good day. For a Kaplan woman the wrong call got her locked up for sev...
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Superintendent Jerome Puyau talks to the Kwanians at last week's meeting.
More financial challenges for Vermilion Parish school system
While the Vermilion Parish School Board is looking at a $1.5 million shortfall six months into the fiscal year, the next six months financially does not look better because of the state cuts and...
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The driver of this van allegedly pulled out onto the La. 14 Bypass in Abbeville, hit a SUV, causing the SUV to hit a car. The driver of the van was not seriously injured.
Three vehicle accident in Abbeville near McDonald's
There was a three-vehicle accident near the corner of the La. Bypass 14 and South State Street near McDonald's in Abbeville on Monday. According to a witness, at around 11:15 a.m. a Harvest T...
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Matt Suire of Abbeville won Festival Volunteer of the Year.
Two Vermilion Parish festivals shine by winning top awards
Two festivals from Vermilion Parish took home top honors in their division at last week’s 2013 Louisiana Association of Fairs and Festivals Convention held in Baton Rouge. The Louisiana Cattle Fes...
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Members of the Junior Auxiliary of Abbeville recently held the second “JA Jewels.” The event, which took place on Feb. 23, offered 24 Vermilion Parish juniors and seniors an opportunity to shop for prom.
‘JA Jewels’ offers prom shopping experience for Vermilion Parish students
The Junior Auxiliary of Abbeville once again helped make going to prom a reality for several Vermilion Parish students. The group held its “JA Jewels” event last Saturday in Abbeville. This marks ...
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Abbeville priest speaks highly of departing Pope Benedict
Fr. William Blanda , the pastor at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church in Abbeville, praised Pope Benedict as the Pope departed. On Pope Benedict’s final day Thursday, Fr. Blanda had a busy day. He ...
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Albert Steen was big into the Shriners.
Family, friends remember Albert Steen as a hard working man
Someone broke the mold when they made Albert C. Steen, who many, including his wife, described as the hardest working man they have known. Steen, in his late 80s, passed away Wednesday at 2:30 a....
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Abbeville police arrest man on bike with stolen GPS device
Late Monday night, the Abbeville Police Department arrested Cuong Nguyen when they discovered he was hiding something allegedly stolen in his jacket. According to a press release issued by the Abb...
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Rain continues to delay construction of North Vermilion Middle School
Mother Nature is not being too kind to the contractors who are trying to build a new North Vermilion Middle School. The new school will be located behind North Vermilion High School. Because of r...
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Pictured is Kelbi LaShare, the Vermilion Parish Elementary School Student of the Year with her Dozier Elementary school leaders (left) Assistant Principal Natalie Hebert and (right) Principal Karla Toups.
Vermilion Parish Students of the Year named
Kelbi LaShare: Elementary ERATH - Dozier Elementary’s Kelbi LaShare was named the Vermilion Parish 2012-13 Student of the Year. Dozier Elementary Principal Karla Toups made the announcement on Feb...
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The Vermilion Parish School Board Central Office.
School Board’s budget short $1.5 million so far; Increased cost of insurance, retirement contribution reasons why
Six months into the current fiscal year, financially, the Vermilion Parish School Board’s General Fund operations is $1.5 million behind the same period last year. The school board’s financial yea...
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