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Abbeville will host what could be the largest Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday (April 19) at the Herbert Williams Baseball Field. There will be 1,000 eggs hidden to highlight the first-ever Easter Egg Hunt Kids Festival.
The festival is scheduled from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the baseball field located at 1600 Martin Luther King Drive in Abbeville.
Ravin St. Julien is the director of the nonprofit La. Dynasty Inc. is putting on the event.

According to Sheriff Eddie Langlinais, on April 9 at around noon, the Vermilion Municipal and Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force executed a search warrant at a business on Grosse Isle Road in Abbeville.
An investigation involving Nathan Zenon Jr., 41, led agents to the business. Occupants of the property were brought into a common area where Miranda Rights were read to and waived by all. Nathan Zenon Jr. and Kavian Zenon, 38, were arrested for narcotics-related offenses as a result of the investigation.

A man wanted in connection to a fatal shooting last August has been arrested.
On Tuesday, April 8, 2025, the Abbeville Police Department received a call from St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office advising that they had arrested D’Jacqney Mitchell, 21, on our outstanding felony warrant for:
• 1 count – First Degree Murder
• 1 count- Attempted First Degree Murder
This incident occurred on Aug. 26, 2024, when two victims were shot. One victim died from his wounds, and the second victim was transferred to a local area hospital where he was listed in stable condition.