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The Abbeville Police Department is trying to do its best to keep a finger on former criminals roaming the city streets.
Abbeville Police Chief Mike Hardy has set up an ID Board with mug shots of past criminals. He even has them grouped by who they have hung out with.
“This is very helpful,” said Chief Hardy. “If I see a person walking on the streets of Abbeville and I am curious to see who he is and who he hangs out with, I walk to the ID board and search for him.”
When Chief Hardy finds the person, he also sees who he is affiliated with.

The National Science Foundation’s annual index of research and development spending contains a bevy of good news for the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
According to NSF’s 2021 Higher Education Research and Development, or HERD, Survey, UL Lafayette:
• Is, for the second consecutive time, the seventh-best university in the United States for research that’s funded through partnerships with business and industry.

MAURICE — Last year proved to be a year of changes for Maurice.
In the spring, Maurice moved from a village to officially become a town. That expanded the Board of Aldermen from three to five members. Then, elections took place in November, bringing a new mayor and members to the board.
Those new faces kicked off this year during the first Maurice Board of Aldermen meeting on Jan. 18.
“I thank everybody for coming for our first meeting of the year,” Mayor Neil Arsement said. “We appreciate your support through this whole process.”