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Department of Health shares regional data informing decision to extend Stay...
BATON ROUGE — Governor John Bel Edwards extended Louisiana’s Stay at Home order until May 15 to continue to slow the spread of COVID-19. Louisiana does not currently meet the White House criteria for...
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Senior Highlight: Gueydan High's Rebekah Lepretre
What are your plans after high school? I plan to attend McNeese State University to major in Natural Resource Conservation Management. I hope to one day be apart of the restoration efforts of the...
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Abbeville Police investigating homicide
Abbeville Police are investigating a shooting that resulted in the death of an Abbeville man. On May 3, at approximately 10:25 p.m., officers of the Abbeville Police Department were dispatched to the...
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Senior Highlight: Gueydan High's Kendra Lacomb
What are your plans after high school?I will be attending Unitech in Lake Charles to become a massage therapist.Who is/was your favorite teacher?My favorite teacher was Mrs. Shari Touchet, because she...
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Birth Announcements for May 3
Parker Reign Bessard A daughter, Parker Reign Bessard, was born Thursday, April 16, 2020, at Abbeville General to Mr. and Mrs. Draklen Damon Bessard of Abbeville. The mother is the former Twyla...
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Louisiana Department of Health COVID-19 Updates for May 4
BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Department of Health has updated its website to reflect the latest number of COVID-19 positives and will continue to update its website at noon each day.Nursing homes and...
View ArticleLegislature starts as protests increase
Leaders at odds with Governor LEO HONEYCUTT BATON ROUGEAfter a weekend that started with a show of American strength and unity with B-52 flybys, Saturday ended with the largest display of disunity so...
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Motorcyclist Dies in Acadia Parish Crash
RAYNE – Shortly after 7:30 p.m. on May 4, 2020, Troopers from Louisiana State Police Troop I responded to a two-vehicle fatal crash that occurred on LA Hwy 35 at Standard Mill Road in Acadia Parish....
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Mail-in voting contested
Paige Daniel and Abigail Hendren LSU Manship School News ServiceBATON ROUGE--Three blue states–Washington, Oregon and Colorado–conduct all of their elections through mail-in votes, and four red...
View ArticleNotes On The Coming Meat Shortage
by Michelle MalkinThe Great Toilet Paper Scare of 2020 has come to end, but don't breathe a sigh of relief just yet. The Spring Meat Stampede is here. At my local Costco in Colorado Springs on Monday,...
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Trust is a two-way street
About two weeks ago, certain businesses in Lafayette Parish opened their doors to a new way of doing things. They wear masks if interacting with customers. They established systems for spacing...
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Vincent hopes to go from softball to med school
Her softball senior season cut short at Northwestern StateElise Vincent, a North Vermilion graduate, was the leadoff hitter for Northwestern State this year. The senior was off to a great start,...
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Elworth Joseph Petry, Jr
September 1, 1945 – April 26, 2020Elworth Joseph Petry Jr., known as; Popeye, Junior, Tetan, and Red, was born on September 1, 1945, in Abbeville, Louisiana. He passed away after a long battle with...
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Businesses do find positives: Vermilion Chamber of Commerce sends out survey...
In trying times, it can be difficult to find and focus on positives. During its “Refocused Coffee & Conversation” virtual meeting on April 24, the Vermilion Chamber of Commerce found that many...
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Delcambre mayor hands out masks to citizens
DELCAMBRE - On Thursday, Delcambre Mayor Pam Blakely drove around town handing out masks to those who needed. Her goal was to make sure that everyone had a mask to help flatten the curve of Covid-19....
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Senior Highlight: North Vermilion's Connor Goldsmith
What are your plans after high school? I want to serve my community in the fire department or the police department. Who is/was your favorite teacher? Ms. Meraiah YoungWho has had the greatest...
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Vermilion Parish School Board in no hurry to begin search for new superintendent
How long will interim superintendent Brad Prudhomme keep the word “interim” in front of his name? The answer to that question is for at least another 90 days. At Thursday’s three-hour school board...
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Graduation Protest Held in Vermilion Parish
Parents, seniors want to have one large graduation, not individual graduationsA group of Vermilion Parish graduating seniors and parents held a protest on Tuesday to try to change the way seniors will...
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Jonathan Mouton
Public Viewing following CDC Guidelines wearing Mask and Social Distancing will be held on May 9, 2020 at Fletcher Funeral Home of Abbeville, located at 1116 Greene St., Abbeville, LA. Viewing Hours...
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Verian Ann Broussad Bertrand
July 13, 1946 ~ May 5, 2020ABBEVILLE — A private graveside service will be held honoring the life of Verian Ann Broussard Bertrand, 73, who died Tuesday, May 5, 2020 at Lafayette General Medical...
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