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It looks like oil and gas money from 16th Section Land is drying up, which is not good news for the Vermilion Parish School System.
For 50-plus years, the Vermilion school system has been getting oil and gas revenue because of wells drilled on 16th Section Land. The school system has 18,000 acres of 16th Section Land throughout the parish.
The land ranges from White Lake in Gueydan, marshlands near Pecan Island, to the land that North Vermilion Middle and North Vermilion High School sit on.

The City of Abbeville’s Parks Department offers a free cardio class. Hosted and taught by Simone Cavalier, the dance instructor, the class was first only offered on Monday nights, just a few short years.
Fast forward to the present time, and Cavalier was approved to teach the class on Sundays.
The class takes place in the Abbeville Parks and Recreation hall in the same building as the Boys and Girls Club. From 6:30 p.m. to 7:45 p.m., those who attend the class sign in and get to exercising. It is also free.

Vermilion Parish – Shortly before 7:30 a.m. on March 6, 2021, Troopers from Louisiana State Police Troop I were notified of a single-vehicle crash on Louisiana Highway 82 near Fin Road in Vermilion Parish. The crash took the life of 21-year-old Daxton Harrington of Kaplan.

The initial investigation by State Police revealed the crash occurred as Harrington was driving a 2013 Chevrolet Malibu, west on LA 82. For unknown reasons, the Malibu ran off the roadway, overturned, and struck a tree.