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Hard work pays off for Kaplan High as performance score improves
KAPLAN - Over the last four years Kaplan High School has increased its school performance scores, and this year it made a big leap by going from a C school to a B-plus school due to a 15 point inc...
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(Photo courtesy of Ann Lori Hebert) The Erath High 2011 Homecoming Court members are: Top Row: Lauren LeBlanc, Meagan Perkins, Samantha Cawyer, Jena Suire; Middle Row: Christen Landry, Alyssa Hernandez, Noelle Hebert; Bottom Row: Chasity Theriot and Alexis Chiasson. The 62nd Erath High Homecoming Queen will be named and crowned at the game Friday. The Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be Thursday in Erath.
Erath Homecoming court

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Erath High gets 'A' grade from state; all Abbeville schools score a 'D'
The good news is that all Vermilion Parish Schools passed based on the Louisiana Department of Education newly released letter grades. The Department of Education released the letter grades of ea...
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Contractors work Wednesday to make repairs to the Schwegmann’s building on Veterans Memorial in Abbeville.
Old Schwegmann's building receiving repairs
Abbeville Councilman-at-Large Francis Plaisance mentioned in June his displeasure with the state of former Schwegmann’s building. “I am going to stay on this issue,” Plaisance told a representative...
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Vermilion Parish Police Jury bans 18-wheelers from Pumping Plant Road
About the same time the Perry Bridge will open for traffic in two weeks, 18-wheelers will be banned from passing on Pumping Plant Road. At Monday night’s Police Jury meeting, the jurors passed an...
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The loss of Rotocraft, a helicopter company south of Perry, cost the parish money.
Property assessed values in Vermilion Parish up in 2011
The news is more good than bad when it comes to the 2011 tax assessment values in Vermilion Parish, Assessor Kathy Broussard told the police jurors. Broussard gave her yearly report to the jurors a...
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Jimmy Henry
Abbeville sex offender going back to prison
The State agreed to reduce the charge of Jimmy Dale Henry from failure to register as a sex offender second offense, which is a felony, to failure to register as a sex offender first offense. The p...
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Tony Meaux of Abbeville tailgates and checks on his food.
Vermilion Parish residents tailgate at UL football game
Walking among the sea of tailgates set up next to Cajun Field during the Saturday of an Ragin’ Cajun football game, there are some things that people just absolutely know they are going to see. ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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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Maurice woman upset that teen that wrecked into her house may have bought alcohol in a Maurice bar
Denise and Darrell Clark are lucky to be alive after the car that 18-year-old Monica Connell was driving slammed into their house last weekend on La. 92. Connell, a senior at North Vermilion High ...
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Three Abbeville men arrested for alleged oyster violations
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries News L.D.W.F. Agents Cite Six Louisianans for Oyster Violations March 18, 2011 - Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Enforcement Div...
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Cooyon Duhon
Kaplan resident creates "Cooyon Duhon" Internet star
KAPLAN - Move over “Poo Poo Broussard” of Lafayette because Vermilion Parish has “Cooyon Duhon.” Five months ago Keith Duhon of Kaplan had an idea to help promote his t-shirt business - make a vide...
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Darsha Patel
Patel: Class Act Student of the Week
Darsha Patel is a senior at VC. If you had a choice to take a trip, where would you travel? Why? India, because it is where my family is from and I love it there! Before you graduate high ...
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Mathew Craig
Abbeville police arrest two for forgery
Four men from out of state were not too smart when it came to cashing four forged payroll checks. On April 26, 2010, four white males forged four business checks at a local bank in Abbeville for th...
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St. Joseph is the patron saint of Sicilians.
St. Joseph feast celebrated this Saturday
“Honoring St. Joseph has been going on in Abbeville forever,” said Janice Bourgeois Macomber, a member of I Cugini Della Sicilia (The Cousins of Sicily) . “St. Joseph has always been honored by...
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Guarino artwork unveiling to be held Saturday
“Spirito Della Forgia Ardente” (Spirit of the Flaming Forge) will be unveiled this Saturday at 6:00 p.m. The museum will be opened for the unveiling from 5:30- 6:30 p.m. The interpre...
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Two weeks until Cleanest City Contest
The City of Abbeville will be competing in the Cleanest City Contest on March 29. The city will be judged in 10 categories: the approach within city limits, public and or municipal buildi...
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Abbeville High Seniors Hector Pena (left) and Henry Holmes (right) stand with some of the trophies they have won during their speech career.
Competing in D.C.
Abbeville High School Seniors Hector Pena and Henry Holmes will be competing in the National Speech Tournament held in Washington D.C. during the last weekend in May. Holmes and Pena are competing...
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Two Lafayette policemen take part in the farewell procession as they pay their respects to former police chief Tan Romero.
Former police chief laid to rest in Kaplan
The Kaplan community was saddened this past week by the death of former Chief of Police Alton”Tan” Romero. Romero died at his residence in Kaplan on Sunday, March 13. He was 91. With sirens blazing...
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Abbeville Council on Aging not shutting down anytime soon
The Abbeville Council on Aging wishes to stress that the programs for the elderly including activities at Senior Centers, meal deliveries, transportation to dialysis and doctor visits, and more are...
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Traffic was not allowed to cross the bridge during working hours.
Downtown Abbeville bridge closed for eight working days
Those who travel downtown Abbeville and cross the old bridge over the Vermilion Riiver were stunned to see it closed on Tuesday. According to DOTD, the bridge will be closed for eight working days ...
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