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Among the projects, Abbeville will take on this year is an upgrade to its sewer system, a project that will help ease some issues on the west side of the Vermilion River.
The City Council made the step toward the start of the project during Tuesday’s meeting when it authorized the advertisement of bids.
“We’ve scheduled the first advertisements to start on Jan. 18,” Engineer Gene Sellers said during Tuesday’s meeting. “The bids are scheduled to be awarded on March 1.”

As of now, the Vermilion Parish Public School system will continue to have face-to-face learning.
With the rise of COVID 19, some school systems around the state are going to virtual learning.
As of Monday, there were 600 parish public school students (out of 9,700 total students) who have missed the last five days due to COVID. Of those 600, 500 will be back to school on Wednesday. The students will have to wear a mask at school for another five days.

According to Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office’s Public Information Officer Eddie Langlinais, the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office is receiving information about another SCAM that involves scammers posing as Vermilion Parish Sheriff Deputies.
The scammer advises the victim, who may be a sex offender, that they are an employee of the Sheriff’s Office and that the Sheriff’s Office has a warrant for their arrest for failing to update their registration. The victim is then advised that the warrant could be paid through the website site “Jpay”.