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On Saturday, June 20, at 12:27 p.m., the Abbeville Police Department received a call from an Abbeville General Emergency Room nurse who advised that a person had just come in with a gunshot wound.
The victim, Kobe Vital, Black Male, advised that as he was passing in front of a house on N Lamar Street in Abbeville, a young Black Male subject shot at him and the passengers in his vehicle, striking the vehicle and hitting the victim in the neck.

Despite knowing that the Vermilion Parish School Board may have to spend $2.1 million on teacher salaries next year because of the governor’s unfunded mandate, and considering a possible rise in health insurance premiums after July, plus, the school district is expected to finish this school year in a deficit, the School Board unanimously voted 5-0 to grant all full-time school employees a 13th check (an extra end of the month check).

Circumstances, one tragic and another legislative, have affected the upcoming transition for the local government in the city of Abbeville.
Following the untimely passing of Councilman-elect Neal Richard, the City of Abbeville has called a special election for the District A seat. The council also voted to cancel the July 7 meeting and to hold a special city council meeting on July 14, which will allow more time for the June 27 elections to be certified. The council made both moves during Tuesday’s meeting.