ERATH — Acadian Ambulance and Abbeville General Hospital are hosting two free community CPR training sessions in Erath on Saturday, June 29.
The sessions will be held at the Erath Community Center, located at 100 City Park Dr. in Erath. The first session will be from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., with the second taking place from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Aneliese Hebert (left) and Laura Humble will perform with Lauren Daigle’s choir at Carnegie Hall. Humble’s husband, Brody, on the drums, will also take part.
Two women from Kaplan are set to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City on June 29 as part of Lauren Daigle’s choir.
Laura Humble and Aneliese Hebert, who grew up just miles apart, will be lending their voices to this prestigious event, sponsored by "True North Presents."
Vermilion Parish Sheriff Mike Couvillon (left) and Col. Kirk Frith are set to retire at the end of this month.
Sheriff Michael A. Couvillon will retire from the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office after over 42 years of service, and Chief Deputy Colonel Kirk J Frith will retire after 40 years of service.
Both will exit the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office at midnight on June 30, with a combined total of 82 years of service.
While working in law enforcement for over 40 years is a lifelong achievement for both men, it is remarkable that both served all their years at a single agency in their home parish, the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office.
At Wednesday night’s police jury meeting, the jurors agreed e to ask Vermilion Parish voters to vote for two renewals that the parish voters defeated earlier in the year.
The jury voted to put two failed tax renewals back on the ballot for the Nov. 5, 2024 election.
On April 27, a parish-wide preposition renewal was defeated 1,106 votes to 1,003 votes. The 3.26 mill renewal would have collected around $1.1 million for the year for a period of 10 years.
Abbeville City Attorney Bart Broussard (right) talks with Matthew Thomassee after the city council meeting. Thomassee questioned a public records request policy change.
Due to a sudden surge in public records requests, the city of Abbeville is considering revising its policy for public records requests.
During Tuesday night’s city council meeting, the council had planned to propose changes to the public records request process. However, they decided to postpone the idea after receiving public comments and asking questions about the proposed changes.
Here are the following changes to the public records requests the city is considering:
• Reducing the cost per paper copy from $1 to 25 cents.
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