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2,207 vote early for Saturday's election
Early voting ended Saturday and the number who voted was about the same as the same election four years ago. Over seven voting days, there were 2,207 people who voted from Vermilion Parish. There w...
Oct 17, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Abbeville Lowe's not on the list to close
MOORESVILLE, N.C. - Lowe’s Companies, Inc. announced today the company is closing 20 underperforming stores in 15 states. The good news is that the Lowe's store in Abbeville is not on the list to ...
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October Fete next week in Kaplan
KAPLAN - Mark your calendars and make plans to attend the Holy Rosary and St. Francis Cabrini Church’s annual October Fete in Kaplan. The fete will be held on the weekend of October 21-23 on the Ma...
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Mayors from around Vermilion Parish gathered Thursday afternoon to sign a proclamation in honor of October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Joining Faith House’s (back row left to right) Trisha Breaux, Cindy Triche and Chassatey Jackson are Kaplan Mayor Kirk Champagne, Maurice Mayor Wayne Theriot, Abbeville Mayor Mark Piazza, Delcambre Mayor Carroll Broussard, and Donald Menard, representing Erath Mayor George Dupuis.
Vermilion Parish's Faith House hands out ‘Kisses for Cops’ to honor commitment to stopping domestic violence
Faith House is a nonprofit organization that helps victims of domestic violence and their children. Domestic Violence does affect women of all education, social, and economic levels, all ages, al...
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Bishop Jerrell says mass in Kaplan
Bishop Michael Jerrell celebrated Friday morning mass with the students at Maltrait Memorial Catholic School in Kaplan. A reception followed. The school was happy Bishop Jerrell attended and they...
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Coalition for Louisiana Public Education differs with state implications on release of district letter grades
Baton Rouge, LA – The state recently released letter grades for Louisiana’s schools and school districts. Predictably, a major newspaper endorsed those BESE (Louisiana Board of Elementary and Seco...
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Kaplan man found guilty of robbery
A Kaplan man accused in the March 2010 killing of a Pizza Hut delivery driver in Lafayette was found guilty Wednesday in an unrelated April 2009 second-degree robbery. A jury of 12 deliberated for ...
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Plenty to do in Abbeville this week
Fall has arrived in Vermilion Parish and the days and nights are starting to fill up with events and festivals. For all those who think that there’s little to do in Abbeville, you haven’t been look...
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Austin Gaspard and Keisha Marceaux
Kaplan's Gaspard named national junior beef ambassador
Recently, Keisha Marceaux, a senior at North Vermilion High School, and Austin Gaspard, a sophomore at Kaplan High School, traveled to Wooster, Ohio, to compete in the National Beef Ambassador Prog...
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Task Force sting lead to arrest in Abbeville
The Vermilion / Municipal Narcotics Task Force conducted an undercover sting this week which led to the arrest of an Abbeville man. Agents received information that one Prince Davis (Date of birth...
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Empty mobile home burns to the ground
Saturday morning at 11 o clock an empty mobile home caught fire at the end of Hickory Street, just outside of the Abbeville City Limits off of Pine Street near Lowes. Neighbors said two men were in...
Oct 15, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Cattle Festival in Abbeville creates obstacles for early voters
Streets will be closed in downtown Abbeville, starting Friday evening and all day Saturday, which is going to create problems for early voters at the Vermilion Parish Courthouse. For the last week...
Oct 13, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Single-sex class lawsuit still alive against Vermilion Parish School Board
A federal appeals court has refused to kill a legal challenge to single-sex classes in a middle school in Vermilion Parish. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesd...
Apr 07, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Lawrence Levy III
Ex Abbeville drug dealer to put on event in Abbeville
Lawrence Levy III will try again to hold the first-ever Unity in the Community, a one-day event on Saturday designed to help save the youths of Abbeville. The event was first scheduled a month ago...
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Abbeville Carousel of Arts to kick off Thursday
The 18th Annual Carousel of Arts is kicking off tomorrow night and will take place through April 10. Chet & Billie Jazz Duo will be playing Thursday in the Magdalen Square gazebo from 5:30 p.m.-6:...
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Signing a proclamation is Kaplan Mayor Kirk Champagne (bottom left). Also in the photo are (bottom row) Diane Meaux Broussard and Abbeville police chief Tony Hardy. On the back row are Johnny Gaspard (cancer survivor). Darlene Bares (publicity chairman), Amanda Habetz (American Cancer Society), Lindsay Blanchard (chairperson) and Sandy Sagrera (a team captain). Missing from the photo is Abbeville Mayor Mark Piazza.
Relay For Life date set for April 29 at Kaplan High
As long as there will be cancer in Louisiana, expect Relay for Life to be here. For the last 12 years, Vermilion Parish had been putting on a 12-hour Relay For Life that generates money to help fi...
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Engineer Gene Sellers explains to the jurors the new lines.
Vermilion Parish police jurors look at possible new district lines
Because of the new census numbers, Vermilion Parish Engineer Gene Sellers is having to move district lines in order for each police juror to have an ideal population of 4,143 in each of their distr...
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Cox Communication raising its rates
When Cox Communications customers in the area received their bills this past month, they likely were surprised to see that they would now be playing more for their internet, phone and/or cable serv...
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Harley driver killed when bike hits curve sign, then driveway
A motorcycle rider died Saturday when his Harley struck a curve sign and turned over near here. State Police said Troy Trahan, 43, of Esterwood was traveling south on LA 91 when his bike traveled o...
Apr 03, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 25 25 recommendations | email to a friend
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Liz Cavalier Choate is the new shooter of alligators on Swamp People.
'Gator Queen' on 'Swamp People' lives in Vermilion Parish
The second season of “Swamp People” began Thursday and what many people do not realize is that one of the characters on the new season lives in Vermilion Parish. Her name is Liz Cavalier Choate ...
Apr 02, 2011 | 2 2 comments | 29 29 recommendations | email to a friend
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Bryce Quebodeaux, assistant administrator at Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital, speaks at the Kaplan Rotary Club on the hospital’s transition to electronic medical records.
Switch in professions leads to fulfilling career
Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital serves a vital role in our community. Many people think of the hospital as a stand alone entity, but behind the scenes are many workers who do their part to keep Abro...
Apr 01, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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The opening of Palmetto Island State Park in Vermilion Parish was the biggest story in the parish.
Palmetto Island State Park will remain open for another year
Lt. Governor Jay Dardenne is announcing that Palmetto Island State Park will remain open next fiscal year, thanks to the support of the surrounding community. Campers can begin making reservation...
Mar 31, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Abbeville teen found not guilty of murder
On Wednesday evening a jury of 12 persons returned a verdict of not guilty in the matter of the State of Louisiana vs. Roland Bernard, III. Bernard, now 18, was charged with second degree murder i...
Mar 31, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Erath police officer Larry Landry places Victor Shabanah in handcuffs.
Erath police arrest man who may have burglarized vehicles
ERATH - Wednesday morning the Erath Police arrested the man who they think was responsible for breaking into at least 15 vehicles and stealing four from driveways. After an eight hour search, Victo...
Mar 30, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 21 21 recommendations | email to a friend
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