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Children can take part in egg-knocking on March 30 in Abbeville
Call it whatever you may prefer...egg-tapping, egg-knocking or egg pocking. All that really matters come March 30 is whether your egg, if you are ages 5 through 12, can hold up against all challen...
Mar 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Maurice mayor asks for public awareness after burglary in Village of Maurice
MAURICE — A string of home burglaries in the North Vermilion area has included one within the limits of the Village of Maurice. Maurice Mayor Wayne Theriot said he hopes awareness from the public ...
Mar 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Abbeville contributes to economic development plan
There is at this time no department in Vermilion Parish with the sole task of focusing on economic development. Vermilion Parish Police Juror Paul Bourgeois Jr. is in the early stages of trying to ...
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Jaron Guidry gets into morphsuit character to show his Kaplan pride.
Kaplan’s Guidry named March Kiwanis Student of the Month
The Abbeville Kiwanis Club has named Kaplan High senior Jaron Guidry its March “Student of the Month.” Along with a sign that he can display in his front yard, Guidry will also receive a $25 gift c...
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Abbeville Kiwanis Club to put on golf tournament in Abbeville
The Abbeville Kiwanis Club will hold its annual Fund Raising Golf Scramble this Saturday. The event will take place at the Abbeville Country Club with a shotgun start set for 12:30 p.m. Registrati...
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Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge receives $1 Million to rebuild research complex
NEW ORLEANS — The Federal Emergency Management Agency recently announced more than $1 million in recovery aid to build a new Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge Fish Lab and Fish Lab Complex, which were de...
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Vermilion Parish cattle producers urged to attend cattle producing meeting
The Acadiana Beef Cattle Producers Field Day is set for this Saturday. The event will take place at the Iberia Research Station in Jeanerette. Registration will begin at 8 a.m. Vermilion Parish is...
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Vermilion Parish High school personnel doing all they can to prepare students for ACT exams
It is now required in all public schools that all juniors take the ACT college entrance exams despite if they are going to college or not. The test, being paid for by the state’s education departm...
Mar 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Five qualify for La. Open $1 million Hole-in-One
LAFAYETTE – Darren Meyers of Youngsville had the closest shot and led the first five qualifiers Friday for the Cypress Bayou Casino & Hotel $1 Million Hole-In-One Shootout that kicked off Chitimach...
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Timber bridge to close Tuesday on La. 35
Beginning at 8:00 a.m. Tuesday, March 5, 2013, a timber bridge on La. 35 in Vermilion Parish approximately 6.8 miles north of LA 82 near Forked Island will be closed to traffic. The work will take...
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Abbeville Library’s ‘Bits and Bites’ program Monday to explain tech devices
Technology is abundant in everyday life. Smart phones and tablets have become common tools in the daily routine of many. New tech items are being introduced all the time. The gadgets are exciting ...
Mar 01, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Skie Sagrera
Vermilion Parish, two other parishes unite to form coastal protection board
Vermilion Parish, along with Calcasieu and Cameron parishes, just got a little closer to getting help to save their coastlines. On Thursday, a group of nine people, consisting of the Chenier Plain...
Feb 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Abbeville High’s Jabian August receives his Kiwanis Student of the Month Sign. Joining August are Kiwanis Club member Dr. Anita Chaisson, AHS Principal Ivy Landry and Kiwanis Club President Dickie Durr.
Abbeville Kiwanis Club honors AHS senior August as Student of the Month
Jabian August is many things. The Abbeville High senior is a 3.8 student, a drum major in the band and an athlete. He can add Abbeville Kiwanis Club Student of the Month. The group named August wit...
Feb 05, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Nick Breaux (in blue) stands behind his two baskets of groceries he yanked off the shelves of Robies on Tuesday morning. Also in the photo are NV student Jordan Jraeff, NV band director Jude Gaspard and Robies assistant manager Chris Richard.
Abbeville man grabs frozen pizza, Hot Pockets in Robie's food dash
It was evident Nick Breaux has children based on the food he yanked off the shelves of Robies Tuesday morning. Breaux was the lucky person picked out of 13,000 tickets sold for a fund raiser for th...
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Joseph Lugo was wanted in New York state for stealing an ATM from a college book store. On Monday, the Sheriff's Office located Lugo in the parish and arrested him.
Vermilion Parish Sheriff's Office captures New York man wanted for stealing ATM machine
The Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office helped capture a man wanted in up-state New York for allegedly stealing an automated teller machine stuffed with cash from a university book store. Three mont...
Feb 04, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Larry Harrington allegedly shot and killed his son this week in Cow Island.
67-year-old Vermilion Parish father now charged with second degree murder for allegedly killing his 40-year-old son
Charges against Larry Harrington have been upgraded from manslaughter to second degree murder for allegedly killing his son MaCade Harrington on Wednesday. According to assistant district attorney ...
Feb 01, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 20 20 recommendations | email to a friend
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67-year-old father arrested for killing 40-year old son from Cow Island
The Vermilion Parish Sheriff's Office arrested 67-year-old Larry Harrington and charged him with manslaughter after allegedly shooting and killing his son, MaCade Harrington, Wednesday night at 7:2...
Jan 30, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 39 39 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ronald Drez, after viewing Louis Raynaud’s “The Harvest” at the Alliance Center in Downtown Abbeville. Drez is the late Raynaud’s nephew.
New Orleans man visits Abbeville to see uncle’s painting
Ronald Drez, a New Orleans native, had been to Abbeville before. “I came here once years ago when my son played in a state baseball tournament,” Drez said. “But that was many years ago.” Drez, alon...
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Many teachers are getting out of education this school year.
127 Vermilion Parish teachers either retired or resigned thus far this school year; retirements/resignations have almost tripled this school year
Superintendent of Education John White sent a press release Monday saying there is no evidence that there are a greater number of teachers leaving since tougher job performance is required under Go...
Jan 29, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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The following administrators were recognized at Thursday's School Board meeting: Pictured L to R: Joan Romero, Assistant Principal at North Vermilion, Marc Turner, Assistant Principal at Kaplan High, Leslie Green, Counselor at Gueydan High, Greg Theriot, Principal at North Vermilion High, Susie Stephen, Principal at Meaux Elementary, Karla Toups, Principal at Dozier Elementary, and Natalie Hebert, Assistant Principal at Dozier Elementary.
Four Vermilion Parish schools earn Top Gains
To recognize schools that make significant growth from one year to the next, Louisiana designates schools that achieve their growth target as a Top Gains school if they are not in subgroup componen...
Jan 29, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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The white car came to a stop in between two trees. The driver crawled out of the car and walked away from the accident. She was transported to a hospital.
Lafayette woman escapes serious injury in single-car accident on La. 167 in Vermilion Parish
The driver of a wrecked car escaped serious injury Monday morning after her car veered off the road, crossed a fence and smashed into a tree in the front yard of Carrol Duhon’s house on La. 167. Th...
Jan 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Jerome Puyau
Puyau officially takes over as the new superintendent of public schools in Vermilion Parish
On Thursday, Jerome Puyau (pronounced P.O.) officially took over as the new superintendent of the Vermilion Parish public school system. He has been in the Vermilion Parish School system since 199...
Jan 26, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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The building is 31 years old and the inside of the building was destroyed by fire last year.
Abbeville's RiverFront Restaurant will be torn down on Friday
RiverFront Restaurant, which is located on the Vermilion River in downtown Abbeville, is being torn down Friday. Co-owners Jenny LeBlanc and Brian Rush have decided, after talking to an architect,...
Jan 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 20 20 recommendations | email to a friend
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Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge, located in eastern Cameron and western Vermilion Parishes, photo taken January 14 causes a debate.
Was it Mother Nature or man made?
GUEYDAN - Two weeks later there is still signs of the worst flooding in our area since 1942. Because of the millions of gallons of water that recently inundated homes, farm land, and roads many are...
Jan 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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