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Caroline Claire Toups
A Mass of Christian Burial for Caroline Claire Toups, 17, will be held Monday June 22, 2020 at 11:00 AM in Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, with Father Andre Metrejean officiating. Burial will...
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Brett Darby named Abbeville High principal
Abbeville High School has another new principal. On May 28, the Abbeville Meridional announced that the new principal at Abbeville High would be Milton “Mickie” Fabre, the former Morgan City High...
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The Mulas: Three successful atheltic generations with local ties
On Thursday, there was a high school senior from Parkview Baptist High School in Baton Rouge, who verbally committed to play football for the United States Air Force Academy. Why would anyone from...
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Search for new superintendent will begin this Wednesday
The search to find a permanent superintendent for Vermilion Parish will begin next Wednesday in a special meeting. At the end of a three-hour regular meeting on Thursday, a special meeting was called...
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As COVID-19 Cases Increase, Louisiana Will Stay in Phase Two
BATON ROUGE — Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that Louisiana will stay in Phase Two of reopening, as the number of COVID-19 cases and related hospitalizations have started to rise in several...
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Damion Roy Comeaux
December 14, 1980 ~ June 20, 2020ABBEVILLE — A memorial service will be held at a later date honoring the life of Damion “Truck” Roy Comeaux, 39, who was tragically killed in an automobile accident. He...
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Kaplan sex offender sentenced to 7-plus years in federal prison for...
LAFAYETTE – United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a Kaplan, Louisiana, man with a prior 2002 state conviction of carnal knowledge of a juvenile, was sentenced in federal court today for...
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Abbeville Main Street seeking Restoration Grant applicants
Abbeville Main Street is currently soliciting Main Street Restoration Grant applications from downtown commercial building and/or business owners. The Louisiana Main Street program offers grants...
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Prohibition and the good Bordeaux
Jim Bradshaw LSN columnistWhen Prohibition became the law of the land, it was not very popular in south Louisiana. I’m told that some of the best illegal whiskey made anywhere during those supposedly...
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Cajun musician Jamie Bergeron fired by Acadian Ambulance after posting cartoon
A Cajun musician is without a job after he was fired because of a cartoon he posted on the Internet. Jamie Bergeron of Jamie Bergeron and the Kickin’ Cajuns, a successful recording group with at least...
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Willie André Broussard
With a heavy heart, we say good-bye to Willie André Broussard, who peacefully passed away on June 22, 2020. For over 45 years, he served as a public servant in Vermilion Parish, with great dedication...
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Trisha Michelle LaGrange Landry
ERATH – Funeral service for Trisha Michelle LaGrange Landry, 46 will be held in David Funeral Home of Erath on Wednesday June 24, 2020 at 2:00 PM with Pastor Dick Menard officiating. Burial will follow...
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Donna Lange Breaux
ERATH – Funeral services for Donna Lange Breaux, 67, will be held Friday June 26, 2020, at 2:00 PM at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Erath, with Fr. Sam Fontana officiating. Visitation will be...
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CONGRESSMAN HIGGINS ADDRESSES CRAWFISH FARMERS
Steve Bandy, La. State NewspapersMIDLAND — Coronavirus relief dollars are out there for crawfish farmers in South Louisiana. Getting to it, however, might be a little tricky. U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins...
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Louisiana to begin spending $811 million in federal COVID-19 aid
By David Jacobs | The Center SquareBATON ROUGE – More than 450,000 Louisiana small businesses may be eligible for grants under a federally funded COVID-19 relief program, State Treasurer John Schroder...
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Trump unbowed after five years of abuse
On June 16, 2015, the future President and his wife rode down the escalator at Trump Tower in New York City and the political world will never be the same. The occasion was the presidential...
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Moody inducted into LPA’s 50-Year Club
Braxton “B.I.” Moody III was inducted to the Louisiana Press Association’s 50-Year Club at the association’s annual stockholders meeting June 22. LPA’s 50-Year Club honors and recognizes men and women...
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Senate unanimously approves bill to levy tax on fantasy sports
By Kathleen Peppo LSU Manship School News ServiceBATON ROUGE--The Senate voted 36-0 Tuesday to give final passage to a bill to levy an 8 percent state tax on the net revenue from fantasy sports...
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What to do with the old Herod High School in Abbeville?
Today, the old Herod High School on Martin Luther King Drive in Abbeville sits empty, but some Abbeville citizens want to bring it back to life. The school opened in 1955 and closed as a high school...
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LG Charles Matte
August 26, 1934 ~ June 22, 2020KAPLAN — A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 1:00 PM on Thursday, June 25, 2020 at Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Church honoring the life of LG...
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