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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.

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The Cultural and Historical Alliance Center in Abbeville.

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The Vermilion Parish Government Complex (old Hibernia building).

Council discusses options to keep Cultural Center in place

Tue, 03/10/2026 - 1:59pm

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.

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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.

CITY OF KAPLAN MAKES LEPA ITS NEW ELECTRICITY PROVIDER

Wed, 03/04/2026 - 8:50am

The City of Kaplan has signed on as a wholesale electric customer of the Louisiana Energy and Power Authority (LEPA), effective June 1, 2026.

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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.

Cecil Picard Elementary honored as Blue Ribbon School

Tue, 03/03/2026 - 10:22am

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.

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