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Abbeville High Principal Phillip Freeman

Abbeville High principal explained why football game was stopped on Friday

Abbeville High Principal Phillip Freeman explained why the football game between Abbeville High and Franklinton was stopped with 7:30 to play in the fourth quarter.
The WIldcats were losing 50-12 when the homecoming game was stopped.
The Abbeville Meridional first reported that the game was stopped because an Abbeville fan, who was being escorted out of the football stadium by the police, made the threat that he would return to the game with a gun.

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Francis LeBlanc will be missed by many.

Abbeville sadden by loss of former chorus director

Francis LeBlanc was a soft-spoken man who significantly impacted Abbeville High School and J.H. Williams Middle School. He passed away over the weekend of a short illness.
He was the chorus director at Abbeville High School and J.H. Williams Middle School for 27 years. He retired this past May.
As of Monday, the Meridional had not received any funeral arrangements for LeBlanc. 

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Abbeville High players walk off the field when the game was stopped.

Abbeville football game stopped after coaches hear fan threaten to get a gun

The Abbeville High/Franklinton football game was halted with 7:33 remaining in the fourth quarter after Abbeville High assistant coaches overheard a spectator behind the AHS players threatening to get a gun.
Abbeville was losing 50-12 when the game was stopped.
The young man who allegedly made that statement had just been in a pushing match with another person sitting in the first row of the AHS stadium.

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Councilman Brady Broussard Jr., Councilwoman Terry Broussard and Councilman Carlton Campbell (seated L-R) listen while Jason Akers explains details of the process of financing improvements for the city’s water plant.

City capitalizing on ‘good deal’ for water plant improvements

Officials with the city of Abbeville set off to devise a plan to use nearly $3 million in grant funding to improve the city’s water treatment plant.
As that planning progressed, estimates for needed improvements climbed to around $8.5 million. Now, there is a plan in place that would allow for the full cost of that work and for the city to ultimately be on the hook for around 1% of the price tag.
During its meeting on Oct. 1, the Abbeville City Council approved an ordinance providing for incurring debt and issuing a bond

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