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Marguerite Plowden and Abbeville Councilman Wanye Landry observe the damage.
Tropical Storm Lee damages home in City
The effects of Tropical Storm Lee left Abbeville largely unscathed last weekend. Not everyone in the city escaped without incident, though. At 2:30 a.m, Labor Day, Marguerite Plowden awoke to a boo...
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Parts of Abbeville were without lights
Parts of Abbeville lost power about 8 p.m. on Friday after a transformer blew at the Gertrude Substation near St. Theresa Catholic Church off Charity Street. The lights went off in homes south of...
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Corey Harrington lives in California today.
10 years later, former Kaplan High students recall letter they wrote days after 9/11
Kaplan High teacher Timmie Melancon realized 10 years ago that 9/11 was a traumatic event for America, including her high school students. After watching the events happen on TV, Melancon decided t...
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Vermilion Parish School Board in search of part-time bus drivers
As the new school year begins, the Transportation Department at the Vermilion Parish School Board once again finds itself with a shortage of substitute school bus drivers. However, this is not an...
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Ciara Brown
Vermilion Parish Class Act Student
Ciara Brown Age: 9 School: Herod Elementary Hometown: Abbeville Grade: 4th How have the first few weeks of school gone? Great !! What is your favorite thing about your new grade? That ...
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UL Lafayette will hold ceremony to mark 10th Anniversary of 9/11
LAFAYETTE – On the 10th anniversary of 9/11, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette community will remember the victims, including Robert Hymel, an alumnus who was killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, t...
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Interest rates for CCC loans announced
Commodity Credit Corporation's (CCC) variable interest rate for 2011 commodity loans disbursed in September 2011 is 1.125 percent per annum. CCC's commodity loan program for corn, cotton, rice, gr...
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Vermilion Parish once had 30,000 head of cattle. Today it is down to 26,000.
Vermilion Parish is no longer the top producing beef parish in the state
Vermilion Parish is home to the Cattle Festival (Oct. 14-16), but did you know the parish is no longer the top beef parish in Louisiana? The parish is not even number two. Based on the 2010 numbers...
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Gabe Marceaux (left) and Keith Meaux talked at this week's Kiwanis meeting in Abbeville.
Candidates explain what makes a good assessor in Vermilion Parish
Two candidates who are seeking to be the next Vermilion Parish Assessor squared off this week at the Abbeville Kiwanis Club meeting. Gabe Marceaux and Keith Meaux are the only two candidates who qu...
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Nate most likely no Acadiana threat
By Jim Bradshaw The tropical depression that has been developing in the Gulf of Mexico over the last several days is now Tropical Storm Nate. It continued to churn in the Bay of Campeche this m...
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When Aqua Dam is filled with water, it becomes a dam to stop water.
Vermilion Parish School Board looks into way to protect 3 schools from future storm surges
With the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) strapped for money because of all the disasters occurring in the United States this year, the School Board is searching for a way to protect thre...
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Qualifying continues in Vermilion Parish
Qualifying continued Wednesday in Vermilion Parish and throughout the state of Louisiana. It will end Thursday at 5 p.m. in the Clerk of Court’s Office in the courthouse. When qualifying ends toda...
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Senate candidates have a combine $472,000 to spend on election
One candidate for the District 26 Senate race has twice as much money on hand as the other candidate in hopes of winning a political position that pays $17,000 a year. Nathan Granger and Jonathan...
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Roy Stewart, Jr.
Abbeville man arrested for unauthorized entry
KAPLAN - An Abbeville man was arrested on Valentine’s Day after he forcefully entered one home, and tried to gain entry in another one on the east side of Kaplan. Roy Anthony Stewart, Jr. 43, of ...
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Kaplan may contest census totals
Mayor Kirk Champagne has contacted the Louisiana Municipal Association to inquire on the procedure of contesting the population estimated by the 2010 Census. Their estimates show Kaplan with a poul...
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An elderly woman was robbed of $3,000 in her Kaplan home.
93-year-old woman robbed in Kaplan
KAPLAN - Two men posing as City of Kaplan electric workers tricked and robbed a 93-year-old lady, according to Kaplan Police Chief Boyd Adams. According Adams, between 7 and 8 a.m.on Sunday, two wh...
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Quint Mire was arrested by the Sheriff's Office for possibly shooting Julien Gajan Jr.
Maurice man arrested for possibly shooting missing fisherman
Friday afternoon a Forked Island fisherman who heard 56-year-old Julien Gajan Jr. was missing said he would not be surprised to learn Gajan disappeared as a result of foul play. The fisherman said ...
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Church Point native Carrier takes Zydeco Grammy
Chubby Carrier and his Bayou Swamp Band claimed the Best Zydeco and Cajun Music Album Grammy at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards on Sunday in Los Angeles. The award was one of 98 issued in a pre-tele...
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Hundreds of new homes are being built in the northern area of the parish.
Vermilion Parish grows, but towns losing population according to census report
There is good news and there is bad news when it comes to the new 2010 U.S. Census Population totals. First the good. Vermilion Parish has grown 7.8 percent or 4,192 people over the last 10 years. ...
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Boats were used in the search on Friday.
Missing fisherman found dead with a gunshot
Friday afternoon a Forked Island fisherman who heard 56-year-old Julien Gajan Jr. was missing said he would not be surprised to learn Gajan disappeared as a result of foul play. The fisherman said...
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The front of the Frank's.
Frank’s Theater moves one step closer to being renovated
The Frank’s Theater in Abbeville was recently brought one step closer to its return to life. Closed for decades, the theater was purchased by the Allumé Society a few years ago, potentially savin...
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Tammy Bertrand, of Tammy's Flower and Gift Shop, holds roses to be used in arrangements.
Valentine's Day celebrated Monday
In case any Abbeville residents have forgotten, Monday is Valentine’s Day. Those who have forgotten will be happy to know that Jim’s Flower and Gift Shop and Tammy’s Flower and Gift are opened Sund...
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Boats were used in the search on Friday.
Cajun fisherman missing by White Lake
The Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office, Coast Guard and Wildlife and Fisheries are searching for a long-time fisherman from Little Prairie. As of noon on Saturday, there has been no sign of Julien G...
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Laura and Jeff Gaspard of Metairie with their children, from left, Dereje, Merhawit, Birknesh and Kaleta. All four children are adopted from Ethiopia.
Couple adopts four Ethiopian children
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