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DOTD issues travel advisory for Thanksgiving
BATON ROUGE, La. – The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) today advised drivers of upcoming work schedules for interstate and major road projects throughout Louisiana for...
Nov 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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The courthouse was busy with early voting on Saturday.
Year-long of elections over with in Vermilion Parish
One man’s decision to step down as a Louisiana senator caused a chain reaction that resulted in twice as many elections in Vermilion Parish that were scheduled. At the start of 2011, there were onl...
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Abbeville Rotary Club turns 75
This past Friday, the Rotary Club of Abbeville turned 75 years old. To mark the anniversary, the club held a celebration at the Eastridge Nursing facility on Thursday. Current and past members, pas...
Nov 19, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Pictured left to right: Richard Watkins, Patsy Hebert, Charlene Beckett, Sandra Creswell, Lauren Daspit, Todd Travasos
Keep Abbeville Beautiful attends ‘Green’ workshop
A workshop, “Building Green Cities” was held in Lafayette on Nov. 10. This day-long program was presented by the Louisiana Urban Forestry Council and hosted by Trees Acadiana and co-sponsored by th...
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Thanksgiving dinner decreases by 3.6 percent
Louisiana cooks shopping for Thanksgiving will find the costs of basic dinner items down this year. The 2011 Thanksgiving market basket will average $39.10 for 10 people, according to an LSU AgCen...
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Movies in the Square Friday in Abbeville
The November screening of Movies in the Square will take place Friday night. Grab your lawn chairs or blankets and spread out as we watch a classic family film under the stars. Gates open in Magda...
Nov 17, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Mike Scallan of Bits Technical installs one of the 16 cameras in the school.
Eaton Park's 16 cameras will be working on Friday
Wendy Stoute has been the principal at Eaton Park Elementary since the start of this school year, and already, she has had to deal with five break-ins at her school. Today, Stoute and her staff ar...
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Gueydan Memorial Guest Home has chosen Donna Kibodeaux as Employee of The Month for November.
Gueydan Memorial Guest Home November News
GUEYDAN - November is the month of Thankings. Ask any residence of the Gueydan Memorial Guest Home and they will tell you they do indeed have a lot to be thankful for every day this year. November ...
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Boyd Girouard, running the Boston Marathon, has run in 16 marathons and is training for his 17th.
Girouards have combined for 19 marathons
KAPLAN — It is said that life is a marathon, not a sprint. That can be taken almost literally for Boyd and Olivia Girouard. The father and daughter from Kaplan have run a combined 19 marathons. And...
Nov 16, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Abbeville City Council denies road-block request
The Abbeville City Council is certainly interested in the safety of the citizens it serves, but there are limits. In a 5-0 vote Tuesday, the council denied a request by Amir Batoej, who owns Live O...
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Neighbors in Erath do not like to have a high hill like this one in their backyard.
Erath aldermen get tough on building dirt mounds
Starting next year, anyone who wants to place dirt for a foundation in Erath is going to need a permit and follow certain rules. At Monday night’s aldermen meeting, the discussion was about residen...
Nov 15, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Vermilion Parish School Board discusses summer kindergarten program
Vermilion Parish Elementary Supervisor Ann Hardy reported to the School Board the success of Kindergarten Intervention Developing Successful Students (KIDSS), a summer program for Kindergarten stud...
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Karen Pommier waters a small tree.
Plants, trees in need of watering because of drought in Vermilion Parish
Vermilion Parish is in a drought and not only farmers are feeling it. Residents are starting to worry about their lawns and trees in their yards because it has not rained in eight weeks. Over the l...
Jun 06, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Gregory Menard was given a DWI ticket by the Sheriff's Office for driving drunk in a boat on the Vermilion River.
Gregory Menard no stranger to drinking, driving; he has been arrested on Vermilion River, at AA meeting
Gregory Menard of Abbeville is no stranger to drinking and driving, based on his past criminal record. The police have found him intoxicated on the streets of Abbeville, on the Vermilion River whi...
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Abbeville man killed in car accident; driver gets 4th DWI offense
Saturday morning, Louisiana State Police Troop I investigated a two-vehicle crash on Louisiana 82 south of Abbeville that claimed the life of an Abbeville man, left a Lafayette woman in critical co...
Jun 05, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Vermilion Parish School Board votes to suspend single-sex classes
The Vermilion Parish School Board unanimously voted to suspend same-sex classes at Rene Rost for the 2011-2012 school year. During a presentation given to the board Thursday evening by David Dupui...
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Children of all ages enjoy the new splash pad at Palmetto Island State Park.
Cool at Palmetto Island Park; New splash pad busy due to hot days
The Dallas Mavericks found a way to beat the Heat, and those living in Vermilion Parish now have a place to help combat the rising temperatures. Palmetto Island State Park, located eight miles sout...
Jun 04, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
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The structure located on 205 Charity burned early Friday morning. The Abbeville Fire Department responded.
Abbeville Fire Department Responds To Structure Fire
At approximately 4:20 a.m. on June 3, 2011, the Abbeville Fire Department received an alarm for a medical emergency. While en route to the medical emergency, AFD rescue unit driver/operator...
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Therese Falcon made her way into the music business by playing drums in her husband’s band, ‘Joe Falcon and his Silver String Band.’
Therese Falcon proved women could play drums
Many stories have been told about the shortage of men during wartime to satisfy employment vacancies, where women were given the opportunity to fill those spots while men were gone. These opportuni...
Jun 03, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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Miss Dubois accepts roses from her students as school ended.
Erath's Cecile Dubois retires from teaching after 45 years
ERATH - If the saying “You never really leave a place you love, part of them you take with you, leaving a part of yourself behind” is true, then retiring educator Cecile Dubois will not only be car...
Jun 02, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
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A black bear like this one was spotted near Delcambre walking through yards.
Black bear spotted south of Delcambre
DELCAMBRE - Three days after seeing a black bear, residents who live south of Delcambre on Isadore Road have yet to stop the bear again. The bear was spotted Tuesday morning in the yards of reside...
Jun 02, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Month later, Abbeville Police still not 100 percent sure who skeleton is in bank chimney
Thursday marks the one month anniversary of the skeleton found in Bank of Abbeville, and the Abbeville Police Department are still not 100 percent sure who the person is. What the police do know i...
Jun 01, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Major Tommy Rigsby leads the ceremony.
Abbeville's Rigsby continues to pay his respects to fallen comrades by hosting Memorial Day ceremony
Each year residents from Vermilion Parish visit Graceland Cemetery for a Memorial Day ceremony to pay their respect for those who were killed in war. Leading the special ceremony for at least the ...
May 31, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Kaplan's Suire gets jail-time for 3rd DWI
Brock Charles Suire will spend 45 days in jail after being sentenced by the courts following a Nolo Contendre plea for his third DWI charge earlier this month. Suire, from Kaplan, was arrested in ...
May 31, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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