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Traffic is now flowing over the Perry Bridge.
Perry Bridge work should be completed by end of next week
The Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) began repairs to the Perry Bridge about three weeks ago. DOTD indicated then that the project would take five weeks. As of Monday afternoon, ...
Oct 03, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Judy Dronet (left) with her sister Dr. Virgie Dronet.
Kaplan sisters wait 60 years to build their new home
KAPLAN - Home ownership is one of life’s major decisions, and building one’s own home can be an extensive undertaking. Local sisters Dr. Virgie and Judy Dronet have been inseparable for years, so ...
Oct 02, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Vermilion/Municipal Task Force nabs alleged dealer
The Vermilion Municipal Narcotics Task Force executed a search warrant Wednesday which lead to the arrest of one man who they say has been at the forefront of numerous complaints of alleged illicit...
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Police Juror T.J. Prejean
18-wheelers will be off limits on Pumping Plant Road near Abbeville
It looks like large trucks will have only this weekend to travel on Pumping Plant Road because on Monday, the Police Jury is expected to approve an ordinance prohibiting certain size trucks from...
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Abbeville Patrolman William Proctor (left) talks with Abbeville Rotarian Charles Dill Jr. after the Rotary meeting. Proctor is one of the patrolmen who also work bike patrol.
Abbeville has late night bike cops
Three times a week, the “bike cops” are on patrol in Abbeville. If you have not seen them riding around in the city, that is a good thing because they only come out at night. For the past year, an...
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Gene Sellers at a recent Abbeville city council meeting.
Abbeville's 'Gene' Sellers wins Philanthropy award
LAFAYETTE - Community Foundation of Acadiana’s (CFA) inaugural 2011 Leaders in Philanthropy Awards Luncheon, presented by The Shaw Group, will be held on Nov. 10 at the Cajundome Convention Center...
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Delcambre's Homecoming Court
Delcambre Homecoming Court
The Delcambre Panthers will celebrate homecoming Friday. Pictured is the Delcambre High School Homecoming Court. The queen will be crowned at halftime at Friday night's football game. Top Row (from...
Sep 27, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Early voting in Vermilion Parish will begin Oct.8
Early Voting for the Oct. 22 election will be held during the following dates: Saturday, Oct. 8, through Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011 (Except Sunday, October 9, 2011) Please note that Cattle Festiv...
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5 amendments will be on ballot for Oct. 22 parish election
Voters will have more to choose than who takes certain political offices when polls open in October. A total of five proposed amendments to the Louisiana Constitution will be on the ballot for the...
Sep 27, 2011 | 1 1 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Just under 1,000 people walked into Stir the Pot on Saturday at Palmetto Island State Park.
Stir the Pot raises $14,000 for Palmetto Island State Park
The second annual Stir the Pot Seafood Cook-Off Saturday raised around $14,000 during the one-day event. The event was held at Palmetto Island State Park south of Abbeville. It began at 10 a.m. an...
Sep 26, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Refinancing will save Kaplan $1.6 million
With bank lending rates at record lows, the City of Kaplan wants to capitalize on the lower rates. The city is proposing to refinance $2.2 million, the outstanding principal, from the original debt...
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Saturday crash claims life of Abbeville man
According to State Troopers, an accident Saturday night claimed the life of Christian Dubois. Dubois, 21, is from Abbeville. The accident occurred in Jefferson Davis Parish. State Troopers reporte...
Sep 25, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Alonzo Williams and the Wildcats go for Abbeville’s first-ever basketball state title Sunday at 3 p.m. in the Cajundome. (photo by John Korduner)
Abbeville attempts to win rare boys state basketball title
Today the Abbeville Wildcats play for the Class 3A Boys Basketball State Title. Game time is at 3 p.m. in the Cajundome. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased in the Dome. Boys’ basketball state tit...
Mar 12, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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Christine Perry pins a Senator pin on her husband Jonathan after he had just been sworn in as state senator.
Senator Perry ready to go to work
Jonathan Perry is now a state Senator and ready to go to work. He and his fellow Senators and Representatives are facing a big challenge for the March 20 special session. Perry said the budget is...
Mar 11, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 21 21 recommendations | email to a friend
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Rory Hollier
Former Kaplan High School coach may face sex crime charges
A former coach at Kaplan High School is facing a sex crimes charge in Plaquemines Parish. Rory Hollier, 50 a softball coach in Port Sulphur, has been accused of inappropriately touching a child. Ho...
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Four Abbeville Council on Aging board members resign after vote to fire director not successful
Four volunteer board members, including the president and the treasurer, resigned Wednesday night at the monthly Council on Aging meeting in Abbeville. President Rossline Portier, along with treas...
Mar 10, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 26 26 recommendations | email to a friend
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Cameron Johnson: Class Act Student
Cameron Johnson School: Cecil Picard Age: 11 Grade: 6th I hate it when: People tease me. My first pet’s name was Spike. A food I won’t touch: Broccoli I listen to: Rap on the radio. My fri...
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Queen Jambalaya Linda Primeaux and King Gumbo Daniel Duhon
Chic-a-la-Pie Mardi Gras parade rolls on
KAPLAN - The 52nd Chic-a-la-Pie Mardi Gras parade may have begun a half hour early to beat the weather, but the eager crowd did not mind. With approximately 40 floats, parade watchers were able to...
Mar 09, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
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Emily Hargrave, junior queen of the Cattle Festival, gets ready to throw candy in the parade.
Rain holds out for Kaplan parade
KAPLAN - Despite the threat of heavy rain all morning long, the Kaplan parade rolled without a hitch. The parade, scheduled to begin at 2 p.m., started about 20 minutes earlier because of the th...
Mar 08, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Two-foot, eight inches tall Haylie Mouton stands by a poster at school.
Mouton tired of being called 'little' by classmates
Haylie Mouton is like any other seventh grader at Forked Island/E.Broussard Elementary with the exception of her height. She stands two-feet, eight inches tall, which makes her a dwarf. Throughout...
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Tornado recovery begins in Rayne; Jindal visiting there and Crowley
RAYNE -- The process of recovery began here this morning as the city began digging out from the destruction of a Saturday tornado that killed one resident, injured at least a dozen more and destroy...
Mar 06, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 31 31 recommendations | email to a friend
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Tornadoes rip Crowley, Rayne; one person dead, others injured, houses destroyed
LSN RAYNE -- This Cajun-land town normally dancing the night away on the Saturday before Mardi Gras is in mourning, at least one of its residents dead, others injured and dozens with homes destroy...
Mar 05, 2011 | 1 1 comments | 31 31 recommendations | email to a friend
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Abbeville High students react to a play.
Big crowd for AHS game; Wildcats play Thursday
Abbeville High fans began lining up at the door at 4:30 p.m. for a 7 p.m. basketball game. By 6 p.m, the gym was 90 percent full with 950 people. “This is by far the largest crowd I have seen watc...
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Herman Wimbly
Abbeville man arrested for shooting teen
An Abbeville man, who heard someone breaking into his house early Friday morning, is now in jail charged with attempted second degree murder. At around 1 a.m., while on patrol officers of the Abbe...
Mar 04, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
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