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Assistant superintendent Marc Turner (right) instructs Ken Small (left), head of the school district’s transportation department, to send an email to all bus drivers letting them know to start their pickup route with all of the windows down on the busses. In the middle is Scott Myers, who is the risk manager for the school district.

Is it too hot to ride in a school bus these days?

Wed, 08/16/2023 - 1:57pm

Riding on hot school buses has been an issue throughout the United States, not just in Vermilion Parish. However, that does not help cool off the daily bus rides that students have to make.
In Vermilion Parish, the temperature has hovered around 100 degrees for the last three weeks with an average heat index of 105.
On Thursday, public school began in Vermilion Parish, and on the second day of school, KATC TV3 interviewed a parent about her child riding a hot school bus.

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Temperature shows 87.3 degrees in a bus traveling 40 MPH.

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It was 88.4 degrees inside the school bus at it traveled on the streets of Abbeville at a slower speed.

Temperature in traveling school bus was 87 degrees

Wed, 08/16/2023 - 1:53pm

How hot does it get in a school bus when the temperature is 97 degrees outside?
On Monday, assistant superintendent Marc Turner and school district risk man ager Scott Meyers went on a school bus ride at noon to see the actual temperature in a school bus with no air conditioner.
Long-time school bus driver Tony Meaux drove the bus through Abbeville and then to Perry. Half of the windows were down, creating a nice breeze when the bus moved.
The temperature outside at noon was 97 degrees in the sun and 96 in the shade.

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After driving into a drainage ditch, an SUV caught fire. The driver and passengers managed to escape without injuries. (photo taken by Mandy Brook Trahan)

Joy ride goes wrong

Wed, 08/16/2023 - 11:16am

Three people decided to go joyriding in a sugar cane field off Montgomery Road. The ride, however, did not end too joyfully.
A 20-year-old male, his girlfriend, and a friend decided to go off-road riding in a sugar cane field on Sunday just after 8 p.m. The male was driving a Cadillac Escalade SUV through a sugar cane field, and then he crashed head-on into a drainage ditch.
The three got out of the SUV before it caught fire and burned.
Volunteer fire departments responded and were able to put out the fire before it spread into the field or homes nearby.

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The Drought Monitor Map shows parts of Vermilion Parish are under extreme drought conditions (in red) while the rest of the parish is under severe drought conditions (in orange).

Vermilion Parish experiencing extreme drought

Wed, 08/16/2023 - 10:02am

Everyone knows it is hot. But what many don’t know is that Vermilion Parish is having major drought issues.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor’s latest map, one third of Vermilion Parish is under extreme drought conditions. The other two thirds of the parish is under a severe drought.
Also experiencing extreme drought conditions are parts of Iberia, Lafayette and Acadia parishes.
Since 2000, it is only the second time Vermilion Parish has experienced extreme drought conditions. The last time was in 2011.

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Agents with the Vermilion Municipal and Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force recovered evidence during the arrest.

Investigation results in arrest made by Vermilion Narcotics Task Force

Tue, 08/15/2023 - 1:15pm

According to Sheriff Mike Couvillon, the Vermilion Municipal and Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force made the following arrest for narcotics related offenses within the parish.
On Aug. 7, after a lengthy investigation, agents were able to seize a large amount of various narcotics as well as a firearm from Fabian Mitchell, (Date of birth: 7-23-1982).  Mitchell was placed under arrest without incident after attempting to discard the narcotics and the firearm.  Mitchell was charged with the following offenses:
• Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon

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