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Mula’s Pharmacy in Abbeville has expressed concern after the school district distributed a letter stating that school board employees who use Mula’s Pharmacy or two other Abbeville pharmacies may incur an additional cost of $11.81 per prescription. Melissa Prejean, a pharmacist at Mula’s, asserts that this information is inaccurate and warns that it could result in significant financial losses for the business if customers choose to seek services elsewhere.
Three Abbeville pharmacies in Vermilion Parish are not happy with the Vermilion Parish Public School District.
Update: The water boil advisory issued by the city of Abbeville on Wednesday has been lifted.
Some police juries around the state are using iPads to stream meetings.
State law says that any parish governing body with at least 25,000 people must film or broadcast its public and committee meetings.
Holly Franks Boffy holds her Principal of the Year trophy that she recently won. It will sit next to her Louisiana Teacher of the Year Award she won in 2010.
An Abbeville High graduate was named the 2027 Louisiana High School Principal of the Year, earning statewide recognition for her work expanding student pathways at the W.D.
Clarence Fusilier
Hello, my name is Clarence Fusilier, and I am running for re-election as Alderman for the Town of Erath.
Sports
Delcambre’s Emma Smith
CHICAGO — In its 41st year celebrating the nation’s best high school athletes, Gatorade on Thursday announced Emma Smith of Delcambre High School is the 2025-26 Gatorade Louisiana Girls Track and
Jacolby Campbell
If you catch an Abbeville Wildcats football game in the next two years, you might be watching a future LSU Tiger wide receiver.
Colby Berberich holds his club championship trophy.
Colby Berberich might be the only person to win the Southern Oaks Club Championship twice with a 14-year gap between his first and second titles.
Abbeville High School is seeking a new head boys basketball coach following Trevor Eaton’s decision to transfer to North Vermilion High School.
John Thompson is no longer the Kaplan head football coach after only one season.
KAPLAN — Kaplan High School is now looking to fill the head football coaching position after filling it less than a year ago.
Lifestyle
Wade Benson Landry
While Wade Benson Landry’s lengthy music career may have earned him “Living Legend” status, the Abbeville native is not resting on those laurels as he looks to bring his sound to a new audience.
Hooked on Crochet is among the many activities offered at the Vermilion Council on Aging.
The Vermilion Council on Aging, Inc.
Photo by Paul Kieu / University of Louisiana at Lafayette
UL Lafayette conferred 1,775 degrees, including nearly 100 from Vermilion Parish, during Spring 2026 Commencement exercises on Friday, May 15.
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette awarded 1,775 degrees on Friday, May 15, during Spring 2026 Commencement exercises.
Public Safety
According to Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office’s Public Information Officer Eddie Langlinais, the Vermilion Municipal and Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force made the multiple arrests for narcotics rela
Kinnie Leshon Henderson Jr.
Two people have been booked in connection to a shooting earlier this month that left one man dead.
Obits
Vermilion Today
Abbeville Meridional
318 N. Main St.
Abbeville, LA 70510
Phone: 337-893-4223
Fax: 337-898-9022
The Kaplan Herald
219 North Cushing Avenue
Kaplan, LA 70548