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Ducks enjoy visiting Vermilion Parish in the winter months.
Vermilion Parish benefits financially from the millions of ducks in the parish
Ducks seem to love Vermilion Parish, and the parish loves ducks and how they benefit the parish each year. Each year, just over nine million ducks fly south and call Vermilion and Cameron Parish ho...
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Abbeville electricity rates going down in 2014
The Abbeville City Council voted 5-0 Tuesday at a special meeting to execute an agreement with a new provider of the city’s electricity. Representatives of the new provider, Constellation, a Baltim...
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Unrestrained Driver Dies in Crash
VERMILION PARISH — Wednesday morning, Troopers with Louisiana State Police Troop I investigated a single vehicle fatal crash on LA Highway 82 at Gallet Road which claimed the life of a Youngsville ...
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Vermilion Parish School Board continues to deal with finding personnel and retiring teachers
Six months into the school year, there is a still a revolving door when it comes to School Board personnel. Thus far, there have been a total of 135 teachers and personnel who have retired. Prio...
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Weiner Dog Race in Erath on Saturday
The Vermilion Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce the date of our third annual Wiener Dog Race. All you two-person pet crews start getting revved up for the second annual Wiener Dog Race on...
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Abbeville sixth grader found with bag of marijuana at middle school
The Abbeville Police Department charged a sixth grader, who was at J.H. Williams Middle School, with possession of marijuana. Recently, the police were called to J.H. Williams when another student ...
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$5,000 of merchandise stolen from house in Abbeville
A homeowner on South Louisiana Street in Abbeville returned home from work and discovered there was close to $5,000 worth of merchandise stolen from her home. The Abbeville Police were able to get ...
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Traffic stop, undercover stings lead to arrests by Vermilion/Muncipal Task Force
According to Sheriff Mike Couvillon, Chief Tony Hardy and Chief Boyd Adams, the Vermilion / Municipal task force made following arrests recently for drug related offense. -While working criminal pa...
Feb 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Charlene Beckett, Sandra Creswell and Odile Segrest talk about the play.
Vermilion Parish residents will put on folk-life play about local citizens
This spring, Vermilion Parish residents will be putting on a folk-life play about residents from Vermilion Parish. The idea to do this came about when Abbeville native Mike Hollier traveled to Col...
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Maurice looks into automatic-read utility meters
MAURICE — In many ways technology has made everyday living easier. Just as individuals utilize new technologies, so do government entities. The Village of Maurice is looking to streamline the way i...
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Funds are available for Vermilion Parish residents hurt by BP oil spill
Funds are available to Acadia and Vermilion Parish residents who have lost income due to the BP Spill. Whether or not you have received a settlement yet or other money related to the spill, this m...
Feb 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Amy Breaux (middle) takes a photo with her daughters Kiley (left) and Lacey. They took this picture after all three purchased jean jackets.
Not forgetting how Amy Breaux of Gueydan was killed
Today Amy Breaux turns 41 years old, but there will not be much celebrating going on with family and friends. Last year for her 40th birthday, her family threw her a big party because she feared t...
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Charlotte Waguespack will be walking out of the school board office for the final time Wednesday.
Charlotte Waguespack's last day on the job for the Vermilion Parish School Board is Wednesday
Charlotte Waguespack’s last day working for the Vermilion Parish School Board is Wednesday. It was an end to a 36 year education career. Jerome Puyau is now the new superintendent. Randy Schex...
Jan 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Wi-Fi is now available in Magdalen Square. Displaying the technology at the square’s gazebo are (first row L to R) Abbeville Councilman Wayne Landry, Mayor Mark Piazza, Film and Visitor Commissioner Tony Mayard and Film and Visitors Chairman Gale Luquette. The back row includes Councilman Brady Broussard Jr., Councilman Francis Plaisance, KTC Telecom’s Nell Faulk and Richard Hebert, who helped install the equipment.
Wi-Fi now offered in Abbeville's Magdalen Square
Magdalen Square can offer a good view of Historic Downtown Abbeville. Now, thanks to Abbeville and its Film and Visitors Commission, the square can offer a view of the world, at least via the Inter...
Jan 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
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Johnnie Theall Jr.
Vermilion/Municipal Task Force busts Kaplan man for allegedly manufacturing meth
According to Sheriff Mike Couvillon, Chief Tony Hardy and Chief Boyd Adams, the Vermilion / Municipal task force made following arrests recently for drug related offense. After receiving informatio...
Jan 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Gladys Briggs enjoys sitting on her porch in Abbeville during the day.
Briggs not worried about living in tough area of Abbeville
Gladys Briggs lives in one of the dangerous neighborhoods in Abbeville. Her house is smack in the middle of what is known as “The Front.” Despite living there for 32 years, Briggs is not scared. T...
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Linda Ledet has been with Abbeville General since 1966.
Four ladies at Abbeville General Hospital have 196 combined years of experience
Abbeville General Hospital opened its doors on February 2, 1966 and four ladies who were hired that first year to work in the hospital can still be found working in the hospital today. For the las...
Jan 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Aaron Trahan is the grand marshal of the MLK Parade.
Aaron Trahan to serve as grand marshal of Abbeville's MLK Day Parade
Aaron Trahan had many goals in life, retiring at 55 among them. Trahan, a 1962 graduate of James A. Herod High School in Abbeville and currently a resident of Delcambre, came up short of that goal...
Jan 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Transportation Superintendent Ken Small (left), Gary Landry, shop superintendent, and mechanics Paul Stott and Mike Rodrigue show off the eight new parish school buses.
Eight new buses included to what Vermilion Parish transportation superintendent calls ‘one of the best fleets in the state’
Vermilion Parish Superintendent of Transportation Ken Small has been on the job since July...and he is enjoying the work. “I love my job,” Small said. “I’m still excited about going to work every d...
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Teachers still taught during the partial lockdown.
Abbeville elementary school goes on partial lockdown due to threats
Herod Elementary in Abbeville went on partial lockdown Thursday morning from about 9:30 until about 11 a.m. Incoming Superintendent Jerome Puyua said there was a potential threat made against the ...
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Homes in Gueydan were flooded.
Flood causes Vermilion Parish to declare state of emergency
The Vermilion Parish Police Jury declared a state of emergency on Monday because of all the flooding that occurred in the parish last week. The parish joins the surrounding parishes and the state i...
Jan 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Abbeville woman could not outsmart police, Wal-Mart security
An Abbeville woman thought she could outsmart Wal-Mart security and the Abbeville Police Department. She found out she was wrong. According to the Abbeville Police Department Calls’ List, Wal-Mart...
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Dianne Ducote goes over possible locations on the computer for Robbie Bryan’s movie if he locates filming in Abbeville.
Abbeville scouted as possible independent film location
Abbeville and Acadiana are being scouted as possible movie locations for a $2 million budget independent movie, directed by an up-and-coming young director named Robbie Bryan. Ryan was in Abbevile...
Jan 14, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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As recent picture of Brant Exley.
Father looking for son who was last seen in Abbeville
Bobby Exley is worried about his 19-year-old son, Brant, because he has not heard from him in a week. He is asking Vermilion Parish for help to try and locate him. Bobby Exley, who went to school i...
Jan 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
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