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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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There were 13 Eagle Scouts who attended the special gathering Thursday to honor Eagle Scouts. They are (bottom row) left to right: Ernest Girouard, Ken Taylor, Robert Marceaux, Jesse Boudreaux and Charles Dill Jr. Top row (left to right) Chris Touchet, Carson Schexnaider, Carlos Russo, Richard Minville, Claude Ledet, John Perry, Thomas LeBlanc and Marty Hebert.
Vermilion Parish Honored 184 Eagle Scouts
Reaching the rank of Eagle Scout in Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is not something too many young men are able to accomplish. So, when it does occur, there is a reason to celebrate. Thursday night, a...
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This photo (left) shows Bob Broussard's exhibit at the Vermilion Parish Ag Fair. Bob Broussard from Henry owned and operated Bob Broussard's Red Chain Feed Store in Erath for many years. The photo shows his exhibit at the Fair, and also a band that he sponsored. The fiddle player is Nelson "Nap" Lange from Erath. Note the old Erath High School Gym can be seen in the background.
It was Ag Fest before Erath 4th of July
ERATH - Erath had been the home of the Erath 4th of July Celebration since the 1930’s, with no festivals being held in 1942, 1943, 1944, and 1945 due to World War II. Once the war ended, the ret...
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Louisiana Cattle Festival honors Dupuy’s Oyster Shop; Abbeville eatery named festival’s Restaurant of Year
Dupuy's Oyster Shop has been selected as the 2011 Louisiana Cattle Festival Restaurant of the Year. For many years Dupuy's Oyster Shop has solely built their business on seafood and oysters. Wit...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Competing will be (left to right) Matt Hebert, Taylor Mencacci, Monica Broussard, Anne Sagrera and Chas Bourgeois. Missing from photo is Richard Creig.
Going from Baton Rouge to New Orleans on foot
Saturday night when everyone else is going to be sleeping, six people will be traveling from Baton Rouge to New Orleans. However, these six are not making the trip in a vehicle. Instead, they are ...
Mar 03, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 17 17 recommendations | email to a friend
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Point guard Denzel Scott and the Wildcats play tonight in a quarterfinal game at home. Game time is 7 p.m.
Abbeville High's basketball game: Hottest ticket in town
Abbeville High Principal Ivy Landry is warning people who plan to go tonight’s basketball game at Abbeville High to go early because he expects a packed gym. The Abbeville Wildcats tip off Friday a...
Mar 03, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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