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Abbeville Chief of Police Mike Hardy had numerous department members approach him about becoming the new resource officer at Abbeville High School.
Officer Anaiz Gonzalez did so first, mainly because she was eager to fill a role she saw as vitally important.
“I am a single mom of six kids,” Gonzalez said. “I have five of my own and one adopted. I have seen a lot of things that youth go through in school. I think kids need someone they can talk to, somebody they may relate with a little more.
“I wanted to give whatever I had to this because they are good kids.”

CROWLEY — It’s a few months early for most people in Louisiana to have crawfish on their minds. But the cycle of producing crawfish for those eagerly anticipated springtime boils is already underway — and this summer’s drought conditions could have an impact.
Three key problems are facing Louisiana’s $230 million crawfish industry as the state copes with the effects of a weekslong streak of record-high temperatures and minimal rainfall.

According to Vermilion Parish Sheriff Mike Couvillon, at approximately 1:09 p.m., patrol deputies were dispatched to a shooting on La. Hwy. 92 near Roy Foreman Road.