There is mud built up in the culverts under the bypass behind Burger King.
A contractor cleans Valcourt Coulee in Abbeville.
The Vermilion Parish Police Jury thought they had a solution to help fix the flooding problem along the La. 14 Bypass in Abbeville, but as it turned out, their solution did not prevail.
Cade Sonnier of Gueydan.
GUEYDAN - A second victim has died as the result of a recent single-vehicle crash near Mermentau in Acadia Parish.
Cade Sonnier, 21, of Gueydan, succumbed to his injuries on Friday, June 1.
Sonnier was one of seven passengers in the 2009 Ford F-250 that crashed at about 6:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 16, on Louisiana Highway 92 south of U.S. 90.
Kriss Stoute, 32, of Morse, was pronounced dead at the scene of that crash. S toute was ejected from the vehicle during the crash. He was not wearing a seatbelt, troopers say.
The Campbell family, including his children and their children in front of the Charles Campbell Curriculum Annex Building.
Vermilion Parish residents may notice a difference while visiting the school board. Wednesday evening, the school board held a reception dedicating and re-naming the Vermilion Parish School Board Curriculum Annex Building.
The buildings’ new name is the Charles Campbell Annex Building, dedicated to the late Charles Campbell who was a long time school board member. He passed away while in office.
Campbell’s entire career was dedicated to education, part of his career being at UL, but mostly at the VPSB.
This will be the new permanent location for the Cattle Festival. Located on Rodeo Road in Abbeville.
If you are a festival goer, you will notice that the Cattle Festival set up will not happen in downtown Abbeville any longer.
The Louisiana Cattle Festival Board shared on their Facebook page Monday that the board unanimously decided to relocate the 2018 festival.
Four Vermilion Parish School Board members are suing the board president Stacy Landry and Superintendent Jerome Puyau.
During the Vermilion Parish School Board meetings, many topics are on the agenda due to previous meetings where board members put in a motion or substitute motion for topics to be discussed at a further meeting.
Sara Duplechain, Laura LeBeouf, Dr. David Dupuis, and Kibbie Pillette argue that this is not the case for them. Several times, they have been left pacified, left out, or forced to reconsider in which led these board members to seek civil suit.
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