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For 29 years, the Boys and Girls Club’s Celebrity Waiter event in Vermilion Parish has been growing, and this year is no exception.
Residents and businesses in the area have joined forces to raise funds for the Boys and Girls Rodney Simon Unit in Abbeville.
In 29 years, this popular fundraiser has generated over $2 million for the Abbeville Club.
“Our focus each year is to raise as much money as we can for the local club,” said Brian Ford, Operator of Development of the Boys & Girls Club of Acadiana.

The Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested a man from Lake Charles and charged him with three counts of home improvement fraud.
According to the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s website, Brent Dugas, 48, was initially arrested on July 17 and charged with two counts of home improvement fraud.
Then, on July 26, he was arrested again on the same charge.
As of Monday, Dugas was still in the parish jail.

According to Sheriff Eddie Langlinais, on July 20, 2024, at approximately 1:50 a.m., the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office Patrol Division, during active patrolling, heard and then responded to the area of Louisiana Highway 82, just north of McDonald’s in Abbeville, in reference to multiple gunshots.
Upon arrival in the area, no one was found outside, and no one had reported any shootings or injuries. Deputies maintained additional patrol following the shooting, but no calls were received from citizens.