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Students take part in Vermilion Parish Government Day
The Vermilion Parish Government Day is currently being held on January 21-22, 2020 in the Vermilion Parish Courthouse in Abbeville.
Former Kaplan Police Chief Boyd Adams
KAPLAN - There is a warrant out for the arrest of former Kaplan Police Chief Boyd Adams.
Front Row, Left to Right - Chad Vallo District 14, Scott Broussard District 11, Paul Bourgeois - Vice President District 7, Dane Hebert - President District 1, Wayne Touchet District 5, Ronald Darby District 4, Brent Landry District 3. Back Row, Left to Right - Sandrus Stelly District 13, Chad Lege District 9, Ronald Menard District 10, Dexter Callahan District 12, Errol Domingues District 8, Mark Poche’ District 6 and Jason Picard District 2.
Some new faces are joining familiar ones on the Vermilion Parish Police Jury.
The 14 members of the police jury took their respective oaths during a meeting Monday night.
Photo by Bruce Schultz/LSU AgCenter
A harvester cuts sugarcane in a Vermilion Parish field. The amount of cane was down in 2019, but sugar recovery
increased slightly.
CROWLEY — Kenneth Gravois, LSU AgCenter sugarcane specialist, said the muddy 2018 harvest affected the recent sugarcane crop with reduced cane tonnage.
Sports
There are two head football coaching jobs available in Vermilion Parish.
AnnMarie Broussard's 13 foot vault at the Texas A&M indoor meet. She cleared the bar by almost a foot.
Abbeville’s own AnneMarie Broussard began her sophomore indoor track season at Northwestern State on a positive note.
LSU topped Clemson, 42-25, to win the national title.
NEW ORLEANS - A dense fog enveloped the Crescent City Monday which brought about thoughts of things emerging from the poor visibility like the ghost of Marie LeVeau or Jean Lafitte.
By By: TONY MARKS La. State Newspapers
Rontrel Broussard scored six points for North Vermilion in the win over Erath.
ERATH - -The North Vermilion Patriots beat Erath 59-40 on the road Tuesday night.
North Vermilion jumped out to a 22-8 first-quarter lead and never looked back.
Roderick Moy talks to his players after a win this year.
Abbeville High School has a new head football coach.
Abbeville High Principal Dr. Janet Guerrini has selected Gueydan head football coach Roderick Moy. She informed him on Wednesday.
Lifestyle
The following students were selected as the STAR Students of the Month for December. Students selected demonstrate positive behavior by being ready to learn, responsible, respectful, and safe.
Students at Seventh Ward Elementary that met their Accelerated Reader goal for the second nine weeks of school were treated to a bowling trip on Friday.
2019 Vermilion Catholic Beta Results: Reed Guarino: 5th place Math, Megan Guarino: 3rd place Mixed Media, Hoa Nguyen: 3rd place Digital Media, Trimmy Broussard: 4th Place Language Arts, Marie-Elena
Obits
ABBEVILLE – Homegoing Services will be held for Ruth Elaine Huntly Brown on Friday, January 24, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at Kinchen Funeral Home.
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