Project Backpack: Junior Auxiliary of Abbeville looking for school supply...
School began around Vermilion Parish Thursday morning. Social media filled with smiling students on their first day. Students settled in their new desks with their new teachers. It’s an emotional and...
View ArticleEarl Warren Allain
November 28, 1922 ~ August 9, 2017ABBEVILLE — A Memorial Mass will be held at 10:00 AM on Monday, August 14, 2017 at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church honoring the life of Earl Warren Allain, 94, who...
View ArticleVermilion Parish School board members expected to meet
It sounds like they are all expected to attend for the first time in a few weeks. The last time that all members of the Vermilion Parish School Board sat together was a month ago for committee...
View ArticleMyrna Faye Simon Michaud
Myrna Faye Simon MichaudErath – A Mass of Christian Burial for Mrs. Myrna Faye Simon Michaud, 74, will be held at 1:00PM on Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church with Fr....
View ArticleLorna Marie Latour Langlinais
Lorna Marie Latour Langlinais November 9, 1944 ~ August 10, 2017Abbeville—Memorial services will be held at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church honoring the life...
View ArticleApplications needed for White Lake youth hunt
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) is accepting applications for the 2017 youth waterfowl lottery hunts on White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area in Vermilion Parish. There is no...
View ArticleKaplan man accused of second degree murder
LAFAYETTE, La. - A Kaplan man is behind bars after he was arrested in connection with an overnight shooting in Lafayette. Tyler Benoit, a 2015 Kaplan High graduate, turned himself into Lafayette police...
View ArticleLorna Marie Latour Langlinais
November 9, 1944 ~ August 10, 2017Abbeville—Memorial services will be held at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church honoring the life of Lorna Marie Latour...
View ArticleMyrna Faye Simon Michaud
Erath – A Mass of Christian Burial for Mrs. Myrna Faye Simon Michaud, 74, will be held at 1:00PM on Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church with Fr. Andre Metrejean...
View ArticleLaura M. Meaux
A Memorial Mass will be held Friday, August 18, 2017, at 9:30 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Langenfeld, Germany for Laura M. Meaux, a resident of Monheim, Germany and native of Louisiana, who...
View ArticleRonnie Wayne Lege
November 1, 1957 ~ August 13, 2017ABBEVILLE — A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 2:00 PM on Thursday, August 17, 2017 at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church honoring the life of Ronnie Wayne...
View ArticleAbbeville Police to hold DWI checkpoint
On the night of Friday, August 18, 2017 the Abbeville Police Department will be conducting a Sobriety Checkpoint looking for impaired drivers and other traffic related offenses. The checkpoint will be...
View ArticleVermilion Parish will conduct aerial mosquito spraying
Vermilion Parish Mosquito Control will be applying mosquito adulticide by airplane from time to time, based on mosquito surveillance in various areas of Vermilion Parish. Most applications will occur...
View ArticleNew Vermilion Parish AD gave presentation to school board about paying...
Those who volunteer as coaches in high school and middle school in Vermilion Parish may finally get compensated for all of the work they put in. Paul Hebert, the assistant superintendent, was recently...
View ArticleMillions in unclaimed tax refunds headed for Unclaimed Property unless...
BATON ROUGE – Millions of dollars in state income tax refunds will become unclaimed property if taxpayers don’t claim them by Sept. 6, 2017. The Louisiana Department of Revenue (LDR) sent letters to...
View ArticleTHE 67 TH DELCAMBRE SHRIMP FESTIVAL BEGINS WEDNESDAY NIGHT
DELCAMBRE — Since 1950, the Delcambre Shrimp Festival has hooked visitors with good food, cold drinks and fais-do-do music. Scheduled from Aug. 16 to Aug. 20, the festival marks the beginning of...
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View ArticleI-10 Crash Kills a Lafayette Resident, Lands a Scott Man in Jail
LAFAYETTE — On August 16, 2017 shortly after 9 p.m., Troopers from Louisiana State Police Troop I responded to a four vehicle fatal crash that occurred on Interstate 10 west near Louisiana Avenue in...
View ArticleElla Ruth Sneed
ABBEVILLE — Funeral Service will be held on Saturday, August 19, 2017 at 2:00PM at St. Mary Congregational Church for Ella Ruth Sneed. Interment will be held at Hill Rudd Cemetery following the...
View ArticleAlice Lou Hebert
ABBEVILLE — Funeral services for Alice Lou Hebert is scheduled for 1:00 P.M. Saturday, August 19, 2017 in the chapel of Kinchen Funeral Home. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery. Rev. Lane Payne,...
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