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Jonathan Zenon coached football at Abbeville for 14 games.

Jonathan Zenon no longer the Abbeville High head football coach

Thu, 10/09/2025 - 10:33am

Abbeville High School will be looking for a new head football coach, starting in December, after former LSU defensive standout and Breaux Bridge High graduate Jonathan Zenon was relieved of his head football coaching duties.  
This past Wednesday, Abbeville High head football coach Jonathan Zenon was informed by the AHS administration, with the backing of the central office, that his head football coaching duties were being taken away, effective immediately.

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Abbeville man arrested after high-speed vehicle pursuit, faces multiple charges

Tue, 09/30/2025 - 3:07pm

According to Vermilion Parish Sheriff Eddie Langlinais, at approximately 2:45 p.m. on Sept. 29, a Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office Task Force agent initiated a traffic stop on a white Chevrolet pickup truck on Old Kaplan Highway.
The vehicle was registered to a known and wanted felony narcotics suspect.

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Superintendent Tommy Byler speaks to Abbeville Kiwanis Club this past week.

Vermilion Parish School System millage renewal will be on Nov. 15 ballot

Fri, 09/19/2025 - 9:53am

On Nov. 15, voters will decide a millage renewal for the Vermilion Parish School System.
The 10-year renewal, initially approved by voters in 1996, is for a 10-mill property tax. The funds generated from the 10 mills support transportation, instructional programs, and a roofing and AC maintenance initiative.

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Five year old Clay Hebert

Five year old from Vermilion Parish dies as a result of head-on collision in Lake Charles

Fri, 09/19/2025 - 9:50am

LAKE CHARLES -A Vermilion Parish child died from injuries because of a head-on collision that happened earlier this month in Lake Charles, police confirm.
Around 6:30 a.m. on Sept. 5, Dominique Hilliard was driving a 2016 Dodge Challenger near Southpark Drive when he crossed the center line and crashed into another vehicle, Lake Charles police said.
Hilliard was taken to the hospital, where he later died. Police said the other driver is stable and expected to survive, while a child, 5-year-old Clay Allen Hebert was airlifted to Baton Rouge with serious injuries.

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The Policy Jury room was filled with members of the non-profit organizations that use the cultural center.

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The outside of the cultural center.

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There are empty rooms being used for storage on the second floor.

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Another empty room being used for storage.

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This is a meeting room used by different organizations.

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This large room sits empty except for the boxes.

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The bottom floor of the cultural center is used.

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This is Tourism Director Alison Miller's office on the second floor.

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These are two old chairs from the Frank's Theater that are being stored on the second floor.

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More boxes and posters are also being stored from the Frank's Theater.

Will the Vermilion Parish Sheriff's Detective Unit locate in cultural center?

Fri, 09/19/2025 - 9:38am

Is it possible that the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Detective Unit will relocate to the cultural and historical center in the old library in downtown Abbeville? Not if a group of concerned Vermilion Parish residents has anything to say about it.
For the past few years, tenants in the former Hibernia Bank building on Charity Street have housed the Sheriff’s detective unit, located on the second and third floors of the old bank building.

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