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RV parks like this one could be built in the next year or two. The parks will be filled with workers who are expected to be building SpaceX in the near future
Anticipating a surge of workers next year because of the construction of SpaceX in South Vermilion Parish, the Police Jury has started planning for the arrival of hundreds of workers and their camp
In Brownsville, Texas, the building with the X is SpaceX’s office. The three taller buildings behind it are called GigaBays, where rockets are made and kept. Vermilion Parish will have a GigaBay and an office building, just like in Brownsville. The Tesla trucks parked there are the company vehicles used at the SpaceX site in Brownsville.
Get ready, because after Tuesday, Vermilion Parish will shed its quiet, rural reputation and step onto the world stage.
Residents near Pecan Island fear their homes will be be destroyed when and if rockets lift off near the Gulf of Mexico.
Rumors alone have stirred unease in Vermilion Parish, where locals are already anxious about what the future might bring to their corner of South Louisiana.
Several races for Nov. 3 are now set.
The three-day qualifying period, which began on Wednesday, ended Friday at 4:30 p.m.
Photo by Chris Rosa
SpaceX’s Starbase is located near Brownsville, Texas. The company could soon move on a facility located near the coast of Vermilion Parish.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — When SpaceX locates in Vermilion Parish in the near future, the Mayor of Brownsville, Texas has witnessed firsthand the positives it will bring to Cajun Country.
Sports
Delcambre’s Emma Smith
CHICAGO — In its 41st year celebrating the nation’s best high school athletes, Gatorade on Thursday announced Emma Smith of Delcambre High School is the 2025-26 Gatorade Louisiana Girls Track and
Jacolby Campbell
If you catch an Abbeville Wildcats football game in the next two years, you might be watching a future LSU Tiger wide receiver.
Colby Berberich holds his club championship trophy.
Colby Berberich might be the only person to win the Southern Oaks Club Championship twice with a 14-year gap between his first and second titles.
Abbeville High School is seeking a new head boys basketball coach following Trevor Eaton’s decision to transfer to North Vermilion High School.
John Thompson is no longer the Kaplan head football coach after only one season.
KAPLAN — Kaplan High School is now looking to fill the head football coaching position after filling it less than a year ago.
Lifestyle
Wade Benson Landry
While Wade Benson Landry’s lengthy music career may have earned him “Living Legend” status, the Abbeville native is not resting on those laurels as he looks to bring his sound to a new audience.
Hooked on Crochet is among the many activities offered at the Vermilion Council on Aging.
The Vermilion Council on Aging, Inc.
Photo by Paul Kieu / University of Louisiana at Lafayette
UL Lafayette conferred 1,775 degrees, including nearly 100 from Vermilion Parish, during Spring 2026 Commencement exercises on Friday, May 15.
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette awarded 1,775 degrees on Friday, May 15, during Spring 2026 Commencement exercises.
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.
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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