On March 28, at approximately 12:30 p.m. officers of the Abbeville Police Department responded to a call of a shoplifting at Tractor Supply on Veteran’s Memorial Drive.
The complainant advised that several items, including a portable welding machine, had been stolen.
Board of Commissioners at Abbeville General: (L-R): Kelly Richard, Jody Landry, John R. Budden, M.D., Anita Levy, John Boudreaux (Chairman), Oswald Broussard (Vice-Chairman), Daleon Promeaux; (front) and sitting, Michael Bertrand II, new CEO.
John Boudreaux, Chairman of the Hospital Board of Abbeville General, has announced the appointment of Michael Bertrand II, MS, MBA as Chief Executive Officer of Abbeville General. He will officially assume this role on May 2, 2022.
Mr. Bertrand has over 23 years of business management experience. He is an experienced executive with business operations and medical facility management. His diverse experience includes leadership roles and operational expertise.
Abbeville Mayor-Elect Roslyn White
Mayor Mike Kloesel
This election cycle is guaranteed to bring a significant amount of change to the local political landscape.
Longtime Abbeville Mayor Mark Piazza announced last summer that he would not seek re-election.
On Saturday, voters selected Roslyn White to become Abbeville’s next mayor. White received 1,303 (59%) of the votes, with Francis Plaisance collecting 903 votes (41%).
Voters in Kaplan approved a second term for Mayor Mike Kloesel. He received 709 votes (63%). Alderwoman Melissa Guidry, Kloesel’s challenger on Saturday, received 425 votes (37%).
Emma Hebert
North Vermilion senior Emma Hebert is doing her part to make Hwy. 167 safer between Maurice and Abbeville.
Hebert is a 17-year-old North Vermilion student taking a dual enrollment English class from LSU.
She was also a best friend of NV senior Ramsie Baumgardner, who recently died in a car accident on Hwy. 167.
Rontrel Broussard
The Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office was able to locate and arrest the people who were allegedly throwing large rocks from their vehicle and hitting vehicles going in the opposite directions.
According to Eddie Langlinais, Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer, Crime Stoppers Coordinator, and Violent Crimes Task Force Director, on March 15, the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office received several reports of criminal damage to vehicles involving objects being thrown from an oncoming vehicle on La. Hwy 92 and La. 699 near Maurice.
318 N. Main St.
Abbeville, LA 70510
Phone: 337-893-4223
Fax: 337-898-9022
219 North Cushing Avenue
Kaplan, LA 70548