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For the second time in 72 years, the Cattle Festival in Abbeville will not happen.
Louisiana Cattle Festival President Francis Plaisance announced Thursday morning that the 72nd Annual Louisiana Cattle Festival would not be held at its regularly scheduled time in October.
Plaisance said he contacted all of the board members, and they all came to the same conclusion, that it is too dangerous to hold the Cattle Festival in October due to the virus.
“The risk is greater than the reward,” Plaisance said.

While Vermilion Parish didn’t increase its population as a whole, the “gateway” to the parish more than doubled its number of residents during the past 10 years.
After a delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, results of the 2020 U.S. Census have been released. Results showed the soon-to-be town of Maurice as the only municipality in the parish to show growth.
Overall, Vermilion Parish decreased by 1%. In ‘10, the parish had an official population of 57,959. Now, that number is 57,359.

ERATH - Three elementary students are trying to bring back bilingual street signs in Erath.
Emily Savant (a second-grader from LeBlanc Elementary), Knoah Hebert (a third-grader from Dozier Elementary), and Amelia Katie Leblanc (a second-grader from LeBlanc Elementary) attended the Erath Aldermen meeting asking the aldermen and Mayor Taylor Mencacci to look into putting back bilingual signs in the community of Erath.
The three students read statements in French to the aldermen and mayor requesting the return of bilingual street signs.