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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...
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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. ...
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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...
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Marcus LeBlanc, an Erath native currently attending McNeese State, will leave Friday to attend a drum academy in Arizona.
Vermilion Parish native to spend summer making music
While most college students will be working this summer to help pay for their tuition, there is one college student who plans to perfect his musical craft. Marcus LeBlanc, a 2011 Erath High gradua...
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Dates announced when Palmetto Island State Park roads will be overlaid
Louisiana State Parks staff will be overlaying roads at Palmetto Island State Park during the week of June 3-7. Normal park operations are not expected to be affected by the work, but visitors are ...
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Emma, Mason top baby names in Louisiana
The Social Security Administration today announced the most popular baby names in Louisiana for 2012. Emma and Mason topped the list. Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, a...
May 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Vermilion Parish School Board OKs new teaching positions
As the school year ends, there will be plenty teachers in different classrooms next year when school starts in August. At a special meeting this past week, the Vermilion Parish School Board approve...
May 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Trisha Rood
Erath's Tricia Rood graduates with top honors from LSU; parish students graduate from LSU
BATON ROUGE – Erath’s Tricia Rood was one of 52 LSU seniors who received University Medals for graduating with the highest undergraduate grade-point averages as part of LSU’s 280th commencement ...
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1000 applications received for SLEMCO Scholarship Drawing
SLEMCO has received more than 1,000 scholarship applications for the twenty, $2,000 college scholarships that will be awarded by random drawing at the SLEMCO Annual Meeting at the Cajundome in Lafa...
May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 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 | 3 3 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...
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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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Kentry Trahan
Standoff ends with no injuries
KAPLAN - On May 19, 2013, officers with the Kaplan Police Department were conducting an investigation which lead them to a residence on West 10th Street. Officers attempted to make contact with the...
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Louisiana will have Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday this weekend
Shoppers can prepare for the hurricane season while saving some pennies during the Louisiana Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday. The 2013 sales tax holiday begins at 12:01 a.m. May 25 and e...
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Two UL top graduates have Vermilion Parish connections
Two of the eight students honored during the Spring 2013 Commencement ceremonies as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Alumni Association’s Outstanding Graduates has Vermilion Parish connecti...
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The Maurice Volunteer Fire Department has responded to nearly 300 calls this year.
Maurice Fire Chief discusses possible funding with village council
MAURICE — Like most everything else in life, the expenses of running a fire department have grown since the early 1970s. In ‘71, the day-to-day expenses for the Maurice Volunteer Fire Department sa...
May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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New proposal would affect blood-alcohol content limit for drivers
The National Transportation Safety Board announced earlier this week the recommendation to all 50 states to adopt new cut-off standards for blood-alcohol content. The board suggested the blood-alc...
May 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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