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LAFAYETTE – United Way of Acadiana has announced its first grants cycle targeting educators and schools in Lafayette Parish public schools.
The funding for the grants was made possible by the merger with Lafayette Education Foundation (LEF) in 2021.
In the merger agreement, United Way of Acadiana assumed the responsibilities of the LEF endowment, investing the earnings in educational programming for the benefit of Lafayette Parish students. The funds will be overseen by an advisory committee made up of five former LEF board members for at least five years.

For the last 12 years, Vermilion Parish residents could always puff their chests out because they knew they lived in one of the best school districts in Louisiana.
They could travel to surrounding parishes and brag to their friends that they live in Vermilion Parish because Vermilion has the best public school systems in Acadiana and one of the top 10 in the state.
Three years ago, Vermilion climbed as high as the state’s No. 2 ranked school system.

Abbeville Police is looking for information on a shooting that occurred this past weekend.
​On April 9, 2022, at approximately 2:50 p.m. officers of the Abbeville Police Department responded to the area of East Oak Street and North Bailey Street in reference to a “Shots Fired” call.