Old VPSO divisions are now part of the newly for Technology Support Unit.
Vermilion Parish Sheriff Eddie Langlinais announces the consolidation and rebranding of the Sheriff’s Office Investigative Support Unit (ISU) and Information Technology (IT) divisions into the newly formed Technology Support Unit (TSU).
Lloyd Doré III speaks about the Cultural and Historical Alliance Center during Tuesday’s Abbeville City Council meeting. Doré, along with others, urged city officials to keep the center in its current location.
The Cultural and Historical Alliance Center in Abbeville.
The Vermilion Parish Government Complex (old Hibernia building).
Everyone who spoke on the matter agreed on one thing: the Abbeville Cultural and Historical Alliance Center should stay in its current location.
How that plan ultimately comes to fruition remains undecided, at least for the moment.
LAFAYETTE– On February 26, 2026, David Fail, a 43-year-old former Abbeville resident, was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison after his August 2025 conviction by a federal jury for transporting and possessing child sexual abuse materials (“CSAM”).
Shown after execution of the Full Requirements agreement are, from left, front row: Wayne Vidrine, Kaplan Electrical Foreman; Randy Campbell, Kaplan Councilman; Roslyn White, Abbeville Mayor and LEPA Vice Chairman; Mike Kloesel, Kaplan Mayor; Jason Willis, St. Martinville Mayor and LEPA Chairman; Vidalia Mayor Buz Craft, Vidalia Mayor and LEPA Secretary/Treasurer; Kishment McCloskey, Kaplan Utility Committee Member; Claude Huntsberry, Kaplan Public Works Director; and Kevin Bihm, LEPA General Manager.
The City of Kaplan has signed on as a wholesale electric customer of the Louisiana Energy and Power Authority (LEPA), effective June 1, 2026.
Teachers and staff from Cecil Picard Elementary are joined by officials from the Vermilion Parish School System during the celebration of the school’s Louisiana Blue Ribbon Award.
MAURICE — Wednesday morning at Cecil Picard Elementary began with a roar from the student body.
The cheers that filled the school’s gymnasium were certainly well earned.
Local and state officials joined students and staff to celebrate Cecil Picard Elementary being named a Louisiana Blue Ribbon School, one of eight schools in the state that received the prestigious designation. Cecil Picard is the fourth school in the parish to earn the honor, joining Erath High, Forked Island E. Broussard Elementary and Indian Bayou Elementary.
318 N. Main St.
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