BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) has launched the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline — the new 3-digit number that replaces the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline to make it easier for people to receive assistance during a mental health crisis.
A total of six pounds of marijuana was allegedly found on a New Iberia man’s possession.
The Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force seized six pounds of marijuana worth a street value of $6,000.
They also arrested a New Iberia man.
According to Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Eddie Langlinais, the Vermilion Municipal and Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force made the following arrests for narcotics related offenses within the parish.
Within the past month, agents were able to identify a suspected narcotics trafficker bringing large amounts of illegal narcotics into Vermilion Parish.
Lane Payne
I believe there comes a time in everyone’s life when they take an assessment of everything going on around them and say “ENOUGH!”. Well, that time has come for me. As the Pastor of New Life Church in Abbeville, La for almost 20 years and working with our local leaders to help bring about change in people’s lives, it has become apparent to me that something is dreadfully wrong with our nation.
According to Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office’s Public Information Officer Eddie Langlinais, in the early morning hours of Sunday, the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office received a call of a possible shooting incident located on Victoria Drive near Maurice.
Upon arrival, patrol deputies found a victim with wounds consistent of a gunshot. The victim was transported to a nearby hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
The Town of Maurice has applied for a grant to purchase a ladder truck for the Maurice Volunteer Fire Department. Fire Chief David Landry said the truck would help the town’s fire rating, which would help keep residents’ home insurance costs down.
Maurice Fire Department Chief David Landry, right, talks with Cecil Picard Elementary School students during Fire Prevention Month in October of 2021.
MAURICE — A successful fundraiser held June 25 at Mendoza Ford in Maurice will help offset some of the costs for the Maurice Volunteer Fire Department, chief David Landry said, but there’s still more that the fire department needs to do in order to keep up with a rapidly growing community.
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