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Chad Briggs gets DWI offense reduced from 3rd to 2nd offense
Chad Joseph Briggs of 701 S. East in Abbeville was facing a third DWI offense, but before the trial began in the 15th Judicial Courthouse in Abbeville, the state amended the charge to DWI second ...
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Vermilion/Municipal Task Force arrests five
The Vermilion / Municipal Narcotics Task Force conducted the following narcotics stings and arrests recently. While working criminal narcotics patrol agents recognized a man who had an outstanding ...
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St. John’s Catholic Church is now high off the ground.
St. John's Catholic Church in Henry will reopen this Saturday after lifting renovations
HENRY — The St. John’s Catholic Church is ready to reopen its doors. For the first time since April, parishioners will attend mass in the church building. That will take place this Saturday at 4 p...
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Broussard thanks co-workers for helping her win her third term as Vermilion Parish's clerk of court
If you look at the wall to the left when you enter the clerk of court’s office in Vermilion Parish, one of the first things you notice is that the wall has pictures of men and one woman. The men a...
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Abbeville High graduate wins BESE Board seat
History may have been made Saturday when Holly Boffy, an Abbeville High graduate, was elected as a new Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) member. Boffy unseated incumbe...
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West-end of Vermilion Parish helps Marceaux win assessor's office
When an election is expected to be close, like the assessor’s race in Vermilion Parish, a candidate hopes to get many votes from the area the candidate is from. That was the case for Gabe Marceaux ...
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At nearly 41 percent, voter turnout in Vermilion Parish tops state average
A higher percentage of voters hit the polls in Vermilion Parish compared to the state average. Between early voting and this past Saturday’s scheduled election day, 15,455 voted. That left the par...
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Taste of Vermilion on Nov. 3
The Greater-Abbeville-Vermilion Chamber of Commerce fall event is going to be an evening of great food and great music and you’re invited! The Eleventh Annual Taste of Vermilion, scheduled for Thur...
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Abbeville's Ron Darby elected police jury association region president
Elected and appointed officials from eight parishes gathered recently for a meeting at the Creole Fire Station in Creole, LA.  Cameron Parish hosted the meeting for members of the Police Jury Asso...
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The DHS football players wore a sticker with Cory Bourque's initials on it it.
Delcambre High remembers principal on Friday
On Friday, Delcambre High School remembered their principal Cory Bourque, who passed away last week. In front of the high school, there was a special ceremony on Friday where teachers and students ...
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Palmetto Island State Park splash pad was a big attraction this year at the park.
Friends of Palmetto Island State Park throwing park one year old birthday on Saturday
The Friends of Palmetto Island State Park invite the public to join in the one-year anniversary of the park’s opening with special events scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 29. From 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., v...
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Lamplighters of Vermilion Parish
A lamplighter was a person, hired by the U. S. Coast Guard to light kerosene wick lanterns at unmanned lighthouses. There were also lanterns attached to an arm on a pole or upon an unmanned tower....
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Daniel Hernandez is now a free man.
Grand Jury does not return true bill against Abbeville man arrested for manslaughter at Dee's Lounge
The Vermilion Parish Grand Jury returned no true bill against Daniel Hernandez, who was being charged with manslaughter in the death of Jason Duhon because of a fight at Dee’s Lounge in Abbeville. ...
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Ria Laseter at the finish line after she completed the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in Houston. Ria was among the hundreds of participants that completed the event.
Gueydan woman walks 39 miles to raise money for cancer
Ria Laseter walked in the 39-mile Avon Walk for Breast Cancer recently in Houston. After training for several months she took on the task of walking the walk and raising $1,910 to help fight bre...
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Funeral arrangements made for Erath man who died in motorcycle accident
Funeral services will be held Friday in Erath for Robert Everett Ross, 46, who died in a single vehicle motorcycle accident in Iberia Parish. The crash occurred Wednesday morning around 8:20 a.m. ...
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The courthouse was busy with early voting on Saturday.
District 47 Representative candidates stay busy in Vermilion, Cameron parishes
With days before the District 47 Representative special election, the two candidates are still busy trying to win votes. Bob Hensgens of Gueydan and Linda Hardee of Kaplan have been busy campaignin...
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Higher Court upholds Paxton Trahan’s sentence for being a principal to the murder of his father
The Third Circuit Court of Appeal has upheld Paxton Trahan’s conviction and life sentence for being a principal to the murder of his father James. James Trahan was allegedly shot and killed in Apr...
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Some of the streets in Abbeville began to flood because of a quick rain Tuesday morning.
Electricity off for eight hours in Kaplan
KAPLAN - The town of Kaplan stayed without electricity for eight hours Tuesday. A bolt of lighting may have caused an electric pole to catch fire, causing a chain reaction that resulted in Kapla...
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Abbeville police arrest man for 1986 rape
HOUMA - David B. Dore thought Thursday was going to be a routine day. He was going to visit his probation officer in Houma and then go home. But, instead, the 47-year-old was arrested by the Thibod...
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Former fireman dies in two-car accident
On Friday, Good Friday was not good for the Baudoin family in Abbeville. Louisiana State Police Troop I investigated a two vehicle crash at the intersection of Jacqulyn Street and John Hardy Drive...
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Erath man booked on sex charges involving minors and internet
ERATH -- An Erath man faces charges involving minors and the internet. He was arrested April 20, the Attorney General’s Office said, after allegedly caught chatting inappropriately with a minor on...
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This is what the bank robber looks like.
It had been 30 years since Gulf Coast Bank robbed at gunpoint
LAFAYETTE - A Gulf Coast Bank in Lafayette was robbed at gunpoint and an undisclosed amount of cash was taken on Wednesday. It had been 30 years since the last time a Gulf Coast Bank was robbed at...
Apr 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Vibram shoes popular with Cajun feet
Walking, our original mode of transportation, is so simple and natural an act that humans don’t need someone to teach it to us as children. As toddlers, once our legs become of proper strength and ...
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Funeral set for parish pilot killed in Arkansas
Funeral services for Timothy James Stanley, 52, will be held Friday in Abbeville. Stanley was killed in a single plane accident last week in Arkansas. He was living in Tulsa, Oklahoma and was on hi...
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