Back by popular demand, partners in Vermilion Parish are joining forces to host the Vermilion Parish Job Fair.
Joining the Vermilion Chamber of Commerce and the Vermilion Economic Development Alliance include the Louisiana Workforce Commission, Acadiana Workforce Solutions, Goodwill of Acadiana, One Acadiana and ExxonMobil.
Every full-time employee who works for and receives salary and benefits for the Vermilion Parish School District this past school year may be getting an extra check based on Monday night’s Finance Committee recommendation.
At tonight’s school board meeting, the board will vote on the 13th check and how much the check will be.
Matt Montz
According to Sheriff Mike Couvillon, the Vermilion Parish Sheriff Office assisted in the search on Wednesday for a missing boater who initially launched out of Vermilion Parish.
Due to the vessel being a commercial fishing vessel, the U.S. Coast Guard took over the investigation, with continued assistance from the sheriff’s office.
The boat was located unoccupied Wednesday afternoon.
The legacy of Kalix Broussard and Ramsie Baumgardner continues to live on by helping others despite them not being with us today.
Both 18-year-olds were killed in auto accidents in Vermilion Parish two years apart.
Broussard was killed on January 27, 2020 as a result of an automobile accident on La. 14. next to Southern Oaks Golf Course in Abbeville. A car crossed the center line and hit Broussard’s truck head on. He was 18 years old and a 1999 Vermilion Catholic graduate.
One day after deputies booked his son in connection to a shooting near Maurice, Cory Verret Sr. faced charges for allegedly confronting the complainant in his son’s case.
On July 9, Cory Verret Jr. allegedly fired from a black GMC Yukon when their vehicles crossed paths on McDonald Road. Verret Jr. was arrested and booked into Vermilion Parish Correctional Center for Aggravated Assault by Drive-by Shooting and Illegal Discharge of a Firearm.
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