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Despite rain, Palmetto Island State Park will be open Labor Day weekend
Rain may continue to have an impact today and tomorrow, but Labor Day plans at Palmetto Isand State Park will not be washed out. “We will be open,” Park Manager Marcelle Guidry said. “Unless there ...
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Olivia Marie Spallino recently completed her first book, “Flower Picker.”
Spallino, 16, writes, publishes first book
Olivia Marie Spallino loves writing, something she has done as she puts it...“forever.” “At least ever since I can remember,” said Spallino, who grew up in Vermilion Parish. Forever is not exactly...
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Keith Campbell, who works for Vermilion Council on Aging, grabs bags of sand at the city barn in Abbeville.
Sand bags available in Abbeville, Erath and rural parts of Vermilion Parish
With Tropical Storm Lee expected to bring heavy rains, sand bags will be made available today for citizens in Abbeville, as well as those in the surrounding Vermilion Parish area. Abbeville Mayor M...
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Vermilion Parish garbage cans breaking too easy
If you are having trouble keeping your large black plastic garbage can from breaking, you are not alone. The Police Jury, who provides the garbage cans for parish residents, is having to order mo...
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Gov. Bobby Jindal
Gov. Jindal gets update on the storm in the Gulf
BATON ROUGE - Governor Bobby Jindal held a Unified Command Group (UCG) meeting today to get an update on the tropical system in the Gulf of Mexico. Governor Jindal emphasized that state agencies a...
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Tropical system will generate Louisians rain, at a minimum
A low pressure system in the Gulf of Mexico is not expected to reach hurricane force but may meander off the Louisiana coast long enough to strengthen into a named tropical storm. The...
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Dave Baker, a meteorologist, speaks to the Abbeville Rotarians about the tropics and the chances of a tropical storm hitting south Louisiana this weekend.
Tropics heating up; parish expected to get rain over weekend
The tropics are heating up, which is not good news for Vermilion Parish residents. Starting Friday, Vermilion Parish and southern Louisiana could be hit with rain and tropical-force winds if a tro...
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Too much rain could be bad for Vermilion Parish soybean crop
The forecast is calling for the strong possibility of rain this Labor Day weekend. While that could derail some final summer fun for families, the possible drench is causing some concerns for Vermi...
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Heidi Broussard, an R.N. manager at Abbeville General shows the case study on patient falls she, along with her assistant Rhonda Foreman, will be presenting in Las Vegas.
Abbeville General case study produces results, gets published
Two years ago, Heidi Broussard, a registered nurse Manager at Abbeville General, went to the hospital’s board to request up-graded beds that would help in the reduction of patient falls. “I knew t...
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Will FEMA's financial problems affect Vermilion Parish?
With less than $800 million in its disaster aid coffers, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has been forced to freeze rebuilding projects from disasters dating to Hurricane Katrina to c...
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Cattle Festival will be celebrated on Oct. 14-16 in Abbeville
The 63rd annual Louisiana Cattle Festival will take place in downtown Abbeville, October 14-16, according to Francis Plaisance, president of the festival. “The 2011 festival will be outstanding, fe...
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Jennifer Gage is wanted by the Youngsville Police Department for theft.
Woman involved in Youngsville church scam may be hiding in Vermilion Parish
The Youngsville Police think a person who was involved in a church scam in Youngsville may be hiding in Vermilion Parish. Lt. Byron Romero of the Youngsville police said Jennifer Gage may be hiding...
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More Local News
La. 339 north of Erath will be repaved
BATON ROUGE - Drivers who travel on La. 339 each day are getting some good news. Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) Secretary Sherri H. LeBas announced that the Federa...
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Pedestrian killed in Kaplan
According to Kaplan Police Chief Boyd Adams, on Feb. 1, his officers were dispatched to the 200 block of East 9th Street in Kaplan for a pedestrian accident. Barbarella Istre, 37, was struck by a ...
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Hernandez
Abbeville police arrest man for fighting at Dee's Lounge
The Abbeville Police Department was able to arrest the man who allegedly hit Jason Duhon of Abbeville and landed him in a Lafayette hospital, fighting for his life. Daniel Hernandez was arrested a...
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Laura Couvillon
Couvillon will sing at Hornets' basketball game
KAPLAN - Laura Couvillon, a junior at Kaplan High School, was informed last week she was selected to sing the national anthem at the Feb. 12 Hornet’s home game in the New Orleans arena. The Hornet...
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No school on Friday
For the second straight day, Vermilion Parish schools are closed due to weather conditions. Vermilion Parish School Superintendent Randy Schexnayder made a decision at 11 a.m. on Thursday to not o...
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Delcambre man happy to be back home after spending two nights in Egypt
DELCAMBRE - Last week Sonnia Young was glued to the TV watching the protest in Egypt, and it was not because she was a history buff. She watched because her husband David was stuck in the middle ...
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School busses will not roll on Thursday.
Parish schools will close Thursday
Vermilion Parish joined Lafayette Parish and Iberia Parish closing its schools because of cold weather on Thursday, Vermilion Parish School Superintendent Randy Schexnayder said Wednesday at 5:30...
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DOTD issues winter travel advisory
BATON ROUGE – With the possibility of snow, rain and sleet in the forecast, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) announced that the department staff is prepared to dea...
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Jason Duhon of Abbeville was injured in Dee's Lounge over the weekend.
Man suffers brain damage at Dee’s Lounge in Abbeville
Jason Duhon, 33, from Abbeville is fighting for his life in ICU in a Lafayette hospital, and the Abbeville Police Department have no clue as to how he suffered brain damage early Saturday morning. ...
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Meningitis vaccine in demand in Kaplan
Monday morning phones were ringing at doctors’ offices in Kaplan in search of the meningitis vaccine. The problem was that doctors did not have a large supply available because there is hardly a de...
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Brigg Gary
Meningitis may have killed Kaplan man
Friends and family are mourning the loss of 20-year-old Brigg Gary from Kaplan who passed away Friday morning of possible meningitis. Gary died in a Lafayette hospital Friday at 4 a.m. after arri...
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The car was stopped by the trees in the woods.
Man steals police car in Kaplan, wrecks it in Abbeville
A 40-year-old man, who was first stopped by the Kaplan Police for allegedly shoplifting three T-Bone steaks from a Kaplan store, now faces more serious charges after stealing a Kaplan police car a...
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