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Carl Toups

Toups will step down as the Justice of the Peace of Ward 1

Wed, 07/01/2026 - 10:01am

Carl Toups has announced that he will not seek re-election as Justice of the Peace for Ward 1 in Vermilion Parish and has formally notified the Louisiana Secretary of State that he will step down from the position effective June 30, 2026.
Toups was first elected to the office during a special election in 2018 and was subsequently re-elected without opposition in 2020. Throughout his tenure, he has served the Vermilion residents of Ward 1 by performing the duties of the office with dedication and commitment to the community.

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Rockets could be launching south of Pecan Island in the near future.

Sen. Bob Hensgens updates Vermilion Parish on SpaceX locating here

Sun, 06/28/2026 - 2:13pm

Seven weeks after first breaking possible SpaceX news to the Abbeville Meridional , State Sen. Bob Hensgens (District 26) spoke with the Abbeville Meridional about the still-probable SpaceX transaction and what it could mean for Vermilion Parish and the broader Acadiana region.

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Bang Bui, Rachel Touchet Mouton elected to Abbeville City Council

Sat, 06/27/2026 - 9:53pm

There are two new members ready to join the Abbeville City Council.
Bang Bui and Rachel Touchet Mouton won their respective runoff races Saturday night.
Bui defeated incumbent Carlton Campbell for the at-large seat on the council. Bui received 894 votes (63%). Campbell finished with 514 votes (37%).
Mouton claimed the District B seat on Saturday. Fifty-eight percent (210 votes) of the votes went to Mouton on Saturday. Incumbent Francis Plaisance took 42% (154 votes).

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Two shot on Hawthorne Street in Abbeville after earlier altercation at local business

Thu, 06/25/2026 - 9:40am

On Tuesday, June 23, 2026, at approximately 4:28 p.m., the Abbeville Police Department responded to a call at 501 Veterans Memorial Drive (Popeye’s) for a complaint of customers fighting.
When officers arrived, they found Xavion Broussard and Anayla Williams in a verbal altercation. The manager requested that they all be removed, and both parties went their separate ways.

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Father arranges for 16-year-old son to turn himself in after shooting in Abbeville

Thu, 06/25/2026 - 9:26am

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.

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