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Blake Miguez takes part in a recent national shooting contest.
Blake Miguez will appear on reality TV show ' Top Shot' this Wednesday
Growing up in the Loreauville area, Blake Miguez loved to target practice with a .22 caliber rifle. What he did not know at the young of age 12, 19 years ago, was that all that practicing would...
May 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Tammy Bertrand of Tammy’s Flowers (right) hands flowers to Nichole Green, the teacher Whisper Reyes (middle) wrote about.
LeBlanc Elementary student/teacher wins essay contest
Nichole Green makes no qualms about it - she loves to teach. On Friday at LeBlanc Elementary, she also learned that her passion also has meaning. The Abbeville Meridional held a voluntary 5th gra...
May 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Abbeville Council discusses workers’ comp, ways to limit claims
The Abbeville City Council voted Tuesday at its regular meeting to renew the city’s workers’ compensation insurance through Louisiana Municipal Risk Management Agency. The premium for the renewal i...
May 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Vermilion Parish LEAP, iLEAP scores improve better than state average
Vermilion Parish school district improved its 2013 LEAP and iLEAP scores better than the state average. The percentage of Louisiana students scoring at the Basic level or above on tests of four s...
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Abbeville Council votes on measures to help offset lower utility revenues
Utility revenues in large part fund payroll for Abbeville employees. Those revenues are down from one year ago and the city is taking immediate measures to help offset some of what has been lost. ...
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Different ways to wear saggy pants.
Vermilion Parish Police Jury looks into adopting 'saggy' pants ordinance for rural areas of parish
Six years ago the small community of Delcambre made national news by adopting an ordinance that would charge $500 to anyone caught wearing saggy pants that exposed underwear. At Monday night’s Ver...
May 21, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Tracey Harris
Guilty verdict gives closure to Abbeville family
Thursday’s guilty verdict puts and end to a difficult year for Johnny Nguyen and his wife Diana Pham. A 12-person jury took less than two hours to convict Tracey Harris of multiple crimes includi...
May 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Dana Primeaux
Vermilion Parish School Board approves the hiring of four new principals
The Vermilion Parish School Board approved the hiring of four new principals on Thursday night - all are products of the parish school system. • Marc Turner is the new principal at Erath High Schoo...
May 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Tracy Harris
Abbeville man found guilty of beating, robbing convenience store clerk
A jury of seven men and five women found Tracey Harris, who was being accused of armed robbery, aggravated second degree battery and a convicted felon carrying a concealed weapon, guilty on all ...
May 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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With all the daily difficulties Olivia Lemaire faces, she always has a big, beautiful smile.
Five year old diagnosed with extremely rare disease
KAPLAN - While most people are very familiar with Muscular Dystrophy, many of us have never heard of Infantile Neuroaxonal Dystrophy (INAD). Mike and Leslie Lemaire, however, know first hand what ...
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Randy Schexnayder
Vermilion Parish's Schexnayder ending one chapter of career; Former superintendent ‘retiring’ as administrator, wants to return to classroom
Former Vermilion Parish Superintendent Randy Schexnayder’s retirement will be official in August. It is not a move that will catch anyone off guard. “I announced it to the school board two years ag...
May 21, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Abbeville man gets 15 years for selling $60 worth of cocaine
An Abbeville man took a plea deal of 15 years in prison for selling $60 worth cocaine out of his house. Assistant District Attorney Stanton Hardee, III, prosecutor for Mike Harson reports that Jo...
May 21, 2013 | 2 2 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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St. Martin jury convicts in 1984 rape case
May 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
St. Martinville – Relying almost solely on the memories of an ordeal that occurred when the victim was only 10 years old back in 1984, St. Martin Parish Assistant District Attorney Pamela Lemoines ...
Raises possible for some sheriffs, parish presidents
May 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
By John Maginnis and Jeremy Alford LaPolitics.com The pay raise proposals winding through the Legislature for clerks of court, assessors and judges could potentially increase the salaries of sheri...
New Iberia woman gets 26 months in $12 million IRS scam
May 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
LAFAYETTE – A New Iberia woman was sentenced Monday to 26 months in federal prison and for filing false claims of more than $12 million with the IRS and receiving tax refunds she was not owed. She...
Martin will put $20 million into Chopin plan upgrade, expansion
May 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
CHOPIN – Gov. Bobby Jindal and President and Chief Financial Officer Roy O. Martin, III of RoyOMartin-Martco Ltd. Partnership announced Monday that the company will invest $20 million to modernize...
Trio of personal care attendants face Medicaid fraud charges
May 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
ZACHARY – Three Zachary women are charged with Medicaid fraud, each accused of filing false claims. All three were arrested May 15 by the State Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit with a...
Eunice teen dies from wounds in Branch shootout
May 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
BRANCH – A Eunice teenager died from wounds received in a shooting Sunday evening at the Branch/Church Point highway crossroad. According to Acadia Parish Sheriff Wayne Melancon deputies responded ...
Dana Primeaux
Vermilion Parish School Board approves the hiring of four new principals
The Vermilion Parish School Board approved the hiring of four new principals on Thursday night - all are products of the parish school system. • Marc Turner is the new principal at Erath High Schoo...
May 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Tracy Harris
Abbeville man found guilty of beating, robbing convenience store clerk
A jury of seven men and five women found Tracey Harris, who was being accused of armed robbery, aggravated second degree battery and a convicted felon carrying a concealed weapon, guilty on all ...
May 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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With all the daily difficulties Olivia Lemaire faces, she always has a big, beautiful smile.
Five year old diagnosed with extremely rare disease
KAPLAN - While most people are very familiar with Muscular Dystrophy, many of us have never heard of Infantile Neuroaxonal Dystrophy (INAD). Mike and Leslie Lemaire, however, know first hand what ...
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Randy Schexnayder
Vermilion Parish's Schexnayder ending one chapter of career; Former superintendent ‘retiring’ as administrator, wants to return to classroom
Former Vermilion Parish Superintendent Randy Schexnayder’s retirement will be official in August. It is not a move that will catch anyone off guard. “I announced it to the school board two years ag...
May 21, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Abbeville man gets 15 years for selling $60 worth of cocaine
An Abbeville man took a plea deal of 15 years in prison for selling $60 worth cocaine out of his house. Assistant District Attorney Stanton Hardee, III, prosecutor for Mike Harson reports that Jo...
May 21, 2013 | 2 2 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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A top view  of the Henry Hub Gas Plant.
Broussard family from Henry settles lawsuit with Chevron over contaminated land at Henry Hub Gas Plant
The battle between the big oil company and the small Cajun family is over after a settlement was reached Friday after 4:30 p.m.. The trial was expected to begin on Monday in Abbeville and last...
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Daniel Jude Broussard
May 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
March 29, 1965 ~ May 20, 2013 ABBEVILLE—Memorial services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Friday, May 24, 2013 at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church honoring the life of Daniel Jude Broussard, 48, who di...
Clara Bell Fournier Frederick
May 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
October 2, 1934 ~ May 21, 2013 Abbeville—Funeral services will be held Friday, May 24, 2013 at a 10:00 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church honoring the life of Clara...
Deaths Elsewhere
May 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
Former mayor HENDERSON – Services will be Friday for former mayor Earl “To-Bit” Patin. He died May 21 at age 74. He was mayor from 1996 to 22045 and was a village councilman for eight years prior ...
Deaths Elsewhere
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
Mud-logging exec LAFAYETTE – Services for mud-logging company founder William Scott will be Friday. He died May 20 at age 90. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II’s European theater, recommen...
Deaths Elsewhere
May 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
Long-time vet METAIRIE – Services for long-time vet Dr. Thomas Melius, Jr. will be Thursday. He died May 19 at age 90. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He was former veterinarian for Aud...
George Ernest LeBlanc
May 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
July 21, 1980 ~ May 18, 2013 ABBEVILLE—Funeral services will be held Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. at Vincent Funeral Home - Abbeville honoring the life of George Ernest LeBlanc, 32, who di...
Abbeville Arrest Report: April 29 - May 13
May 13, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Stephain Brailey (Male) DOB: 3/19/1994 Charge: Felon Possession of Firearm (3 counts) Charge: Possession of Firearm with Obliterated Number Charge: Resisting an Officer Charge: Illegal Possession ...
Kaplan Police Report
Apr 30, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Chief Boyd Adams advises officers investigated the following: April 18 Alarm on the 100 block of S. Cushing. Loose dog on the 1200 block of W. Seventh. Disturbance on the 400 block of W. Veterans ...
Abbeville Arrest Report: April 22-29
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Tamiya R. Allen (Female) DOB: 12/18/1989 Charge: Possession of Marijuana Walter Jabrice August (Male) DOB: 12/16/1994 Charge: Warrant Arrest Jonathan C. Baudoin (Male) DOB: 8/25/1966 Charge: Th...
Kaplan Police Report
Apr 16, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Chief Boyd Adams advises officers investigated the following: April 4 Alarm on the 100 block of S. Cushing. Loose dog on the 100 block of N. LeMaire. Disturbance on the 200 block of N. Frederick. S...
Abbeville Arrest Report: April 8-15
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Roland Bernard III (Male) DOB: 8/4/1992 Charge: Simple Battery Aubrey Alan Berryhill (Male) DOB: 1/13/1996 Charge: Aggravated Second Degree Battery Elias J. Bilski Jr. (Male) DOB: 1/9/1954 Charg...
Abbeville Arrest Report: March 12-18
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Clay Bodin (Male) DOB: 9/10/1976 Charge: (Felony) Theft of Goods Brandon Bourgeois (Male) DOB: 7/13/1993 Charge: (Felony) Theft of Goods Nathisha Nicho Delcambre (Female) DOB: 9/18/1979 Charge: ...
Fire was big threat to towns
by Jim Bradshaw
May 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Fire was a huge hazard to south Louisiana communities in the days before modern firefighting equipment and good water supplies, when wooden homes and buildings were illuminated by oil lamps and can...
Remembering Mary Alice
by Jim Bradshaw
May 12, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
It's hard to believe that today marks the tenth anniversary of the death of Mary Alice Fontenot, the newspaperwoman, teacher, and storyteller who knew and was known by practically everyone in Acad...
Cinqo de Mayo and Louisiana
by Jim Bradshaw
May 05, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Cinqo de Mayo, the fifth of May, commemorates the Mexican army's defeat of French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, It was a huge victory for the Mexicans who were outnumbered two to ...
Egg knocking serious business
by Jim Bradshaw
Mar 31, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 21 21 recommendations | email to a friend
"Pacques Pacques" means "Easter Easter" in French, but it is also the name in Louisiana of a contest that began innocently enough but that has become a major tradition in some Louisiana communities...
Opera houses saw more than singers
by Jim Bradshaw
Mar 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
"Opera Houses" were scattered across south Louisiana in the late 1800s and early 1900s, a good number of them, like the Grand Opera House of the South in Crowley, on the upper floor of a mercantile...
Lafitte wasn't only pirate
by Jim Bradshaw
Mar 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 28 28 recommendations | email to a friend
Jean Lafitte was the most notorious — and successful — of the pirates operating from Louisiana in the early 1800s, but he wasn't the only one. A federal grand jury in New Orleans reported in July 1...
On amendments, we recommend ...
Oct 31, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 6 and a very busy ballot awaits taxpayers. With early voting underway, we remind everyone that there are nine state constitutional amendments on the ballot and one loc...
Mitt for President
Oct 29, 2012 | 2 2 comments | 20 20 recommendations | email to a friend
You have seen and heard the candidates running for president. After a year or more of listening to all the rhetoric it is time to make a decision. Whether you are a Democrat or Republican, you shou...
“Play on!”
by Russel Hebert
Jan 11, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 20 20 recommendations | email to a friend
Each day, in countless methods and manner, We have the opportunities, ( hundreds of them it seems ), to witness the unabashed dissection of each of the individual candidates, attempting to be the G...
The Man: Wall Street protesters
by Milo A. Nickel
Nov 14, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 23 23 recommendations | email to a friend
A woman I don’t know wrote the letter below to the protesters camping out in major cities. It says it all. You won’t see it in the liberal news media that delights in giving these protesters wide...
Numbers Games
by Thomas Sowell
Nov 14, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 28 28 recommendations | email to a friend
One of the things that has struck me, when I have gone on luxury cruise ships, is that most of the passengers look like they are older than the captain -- and luxury cruise ships don't have juvenil...
The Media and “Bullying”
Oct 31, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 21 21 recommendations | email to a friend
Back in the 1920s, the intelligentsia on both sides of the Atlantic were loudly protesting the execution of political radicals Sacco and Vanzetti, after what they claimed was an unfair trial. Supre...
Life from the outside looking in
by Duncan Boutwell
May 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
My wife and I moved to Abbeville in June of 2004, “in the course of human events.” Anyone who has lived here for the last nine years knows it has been a mixed bag, and in the hazy shape of the next...
I wanted to cut grass, but there were some problems
by Duncan Boutwell
May 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
Country living and city living, both have the same problem, but with different solutions: wildlife management. Last week I rediscovered this old problem. I’m getting close to finding a solution. Wh...
Alcohol is not worth much as a lifestyle
by Duncan Boutwell
May 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
Alcohol, the drinking kind, has only played a small role in my life. There was none in the house as I was growing up. But alcohol has long tentacles, and while high school was mostly a sort of inno...
Everyone has a birth order, but does it matter?
by Duncan Boutwell
Apr 30, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
I don’t choose books to write about. They choose me. I choose when I do the writing, even if it’s in the middle of the night. A colleague lent me this one: Dr. Kevin Leman’s 2009 (rev.) “The ...
Examining our rights and those who seem bent on taking them all away
by Duncan Boutwell
Apr 16, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
Beside me as I write this is a small monthly publication from Hillsdale College, called Imprimis, published in Hillsdale, Michigan, a small city in the southern part of the state. This is the March...
Two New Books: Both Good Reads But Very Different
by Duncan Boutwell
Apr 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
Coincidences - two or more events happening around the same time - seem to bring with them a sense of purpose, that they are happening at the same time for some reason. We wonder if there is a l...



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