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The Police Jury Public Works Committee voted 7-5 to stick with the same trash pickup company, even though another company offered to do the same job for $108,000 less each year.
The public works committee will let the whole police jury know what they recommend, and then the Police Jury board will vote on it in the next two weeks. For the last 10 years, Waste Connections Bayou has been picking up the trashcans in the parish.  They first signed a five-year contract with the Police Jury, and then the Police Jury renewed its contract for another five years. 

State Fire Marshal (SFM) deputies arrested an Abbeville man for defrauding an insurance company by intentionally setting fire to his home.
Last week, State Fire Marshal deputies arrested Jonathan D. Lovett (44) of 9437 Louisiana Highway 343, Abbeville and booked him into the Vermilion Parish Jail today on a charge of Arson with Intent to Defraud.

According to Sheriff Eddie Langlinais, on April 23, at approximately 11:20 p.m., Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office Patrol Division responded to a drive-by shooting that took place on South John Hardy Drive in Abbeville.
Upon arriving, Deputies learned that the house was struck multiple times by gunfire. No injuries were reported as a result of this incident. Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office Detectives were then requested and arrived shortly after, to begin a thorough investigation.