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Ella Caillouet. holds up her award she won.
Ella Caillouet knows exactly what she wants to be in her future professional life.
Brent Landry won the Fireman of the Year Award.
On Tuesday evening, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4158 held an awards dinner to show appreciation for those who serve Vermilion Parish.
These three dogs, Sasha, Pepper, and Ringo, were euthanized 10 years ago, which blew up the internet because people were upset.
NUNEZ - Sasha, Pepper, and Ringo were the names of the three dogs who unknowingly sacrificed their lives to save 13,923 animals in Vermilion Parish.
Senior Chief Petty Officer Tony Hardin, a native of Abbeville
By Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jerome Fjeld, Navy Office of Community Outreach
BATON ROUGE - An investigation into a drug trafficking network in the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola led to the sentencing of 13 people including guards and inmates, one of them from Erath
Sports
North Vermilion’s Kallie Gibson prepares to fire a pitch during her no-hitter on Wednesday. Gibson’s effort helped the Lady Patriots to a 5-0 win over Minden in the second round of the Division II Non-Select playoffs. North Vermilion will play host to Iowa in a quarterfinal game this afternoon.
LEROY – The North Vermilion Lady Patriots advanced to the quarterfinals of the Division II Non-Select playoffs with a 5-0 second-round win over the Minden Lady Tiders Wednesday afternoon.
By Rosco Harrington, Sports Writer
Abbigale Ford (22) smacks a double in the Kaplan Lady Pirates’ 11-0 win on Tuesday. Kaplan, the No. 4 seed, will play host to No. 5 Jena on Saturday in the quarterfinals.
KAPLAN – After a first-round bye, the No. 4 Kaplan Lady Pirates began their march back to Sulphur with a dominate 11-0 victory over the No. 13 St James Lady Wildcats Tuesday.
By Rosco Harrington, Sports Writer
Erath's Thomas Collins high-fives head coach Jeremy Picard when he rounds third base after hitting a home run.
ERATH – The Erath Bobcats topped the Vermilion Catholic Eagles 8-1 Saturday afternoon at Ross Granger Field as both teams jockey for playoff positioning.
North Vermilion senior wrestlers Cameron Hebert (left) and Mateo Peterson who competed in the Adidas Wrestling Nationals Meet in Missouri.
Louisiana Armor 8U clean sweeps and wins the division CHAMPIONSHIP in Breaux Bridge this past weekend. Bottom Row Left to Right: Elijah Young, Cullen Dailey, Ryder Romero, Andrew Hebert, Tate Trahan, Liam Trahan. Middle Row Left to Right: Eli Faulk, Gunner Russell, Conner Meaux, Hudson Hebert, Liam Mathers, Hayes Trahan. Coaches Top Row: Josh Trahan, Head Coach Lou Hebert, Jared Trahan, Jake Hebert, Jaron Young.
Vermilion’s La. Armor 8-U baseball team went 4-0 this past weekend and won a tournament in Breaux Bridge.
The local boys outscored its opponents 32-8 over the four games.
Lifestyle
The community of Meaux came out and supported the ninth annual Gumbo Cook-Off, held at the Red Barn in Abbeviille.
Nine years ago, a group of parents identified a need to improve the playground at Meaux Elementary School and decided to form a committee with the goal of bringing positive change to the Meaux comm
By Submitted by Brook Stelly
Mrs. John Michael Doeseckle
Miss Leslie Anne LaCour, of Abbeville, Louisiana and Major John Michael Doeseckle, of New Braunfels, Texas were united in the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony during a ceremony at six
YEP! Easter is a week away. My weather app says Easter Day will present “Broken clouds, a high of 82, and a low of 61.” I think broken clouds mean partly sunny, and I would be happy with that.
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
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 17, 2024 in St. Alphonsus Catholic Church - Maurice for Jane Nolia Bouillion, 87, who passed away on April 15, 2024.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 13, 2024, in St. Joseph Catholic Church – Milton for Martha Briggs Landreneau, 87, who passed away on April 5, 2024.
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
The Gueydan Journal
311 Main Street
Gueydan, LA 70542