Avery Grace Hebert
Avery Toups
Two students from Vermilion Parish are members for the 2025 University of Louisiana at Lafayette Homecoming Court.
Avery-Grace Hebert and Avery Toups, both of whom are Erath High graduates, are among the 10 UL Lafayette students to receive the honor.
Charles Levine, shown searching for Allen Bares’ killer in 2014, was a long time member the Sheriff’s Office and he once worked for the Abbeville Police Department.
More often than not, when someone saw Charles Levine, he had a smile on his face.
The Vermilion Parish community is mourning the loss of Levine, who died in a crash that occurred last Friday morning. Levine, a retired deputy with the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office, was 55.
On Friday, Sept. 12, shortly after a.m., Troopers from Louisiana State Police Troop I began investigating a two-vehicle fatality crash on Louisiana Highway 338 near Bonvillian Road in Vermilion Parish.
For over 30 years, Gary’s Men’s Wear occupied the building across from the Courthouse in Abbeville. After the clothing store closed, MedXcel later purchased the building. MedXcel moved out, and the building has been empty for four years.
A long-vacant downtown property is set to take on new life as the Abbeville Harbor & Terminal District announced this week it has purchased the building to house its Port Security Network, a public safety initiative developed in coordination with other state and local governmental entities, as well as the potential to include federal partners.
There could be drones flying over the Delcambre Shrimp Festival this weekend.
Vermilion Parish Sheriff Eddie Langlinais wants to make one thing clear - law enforcement is not stopping you from flying your drone over large gatherings like festivals and parades. Law enforcement wants to be aware of who is operating the drone.
Starting this weekend with the Shrimp Festival in Delcambre, anyone who wants to fly a drone over the festival and surrounding areas must register with the Sheriff’s Office.
Fête-Dieu du Teche 2025 to take place Friday August 15.
The 40-mile Eucharistic Procession by boat this year coincides with the Great Jubilee Year celebrated in the Church around the world every 25 years. The procession this year will highlight the Christian’s Pilgrimage of Hope as we follow our Eucharistic Lord to the Father’s House au Ciel!
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