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Abbeville Mayor Roslyn White shows on the map what state roads will be transferred to the city.

MAP NOTES regarding the city of Abbeville’s Road Transfer proposal:
• Green routes are part of the first Phase
• Orange/Reddish routes are proposed future improvements to local streets
• Purple Routes are future phases of improvements to state highways prior to transfer

Abbeville mayor explains DOTD Road Transfer Proposal

Tue, 06/20/2023 - 4:33pm

The City of Abbeville is working on a road improvement plan for downtown and beyond.
The city is working with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) on a plan to prioritize road repairs and also transfer the authority over some streets back into the hands of local government.

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Tommy Byler

Vermilion Parish Superintendent inks new four-year contract that gives him only a 2.5 percent pay raise

Tue, 06/20/2023 - 10:13am

Tommy Byler will continue to be the superintendent of Vermilion Parish public schools for another four years.
The Vermilion Parish School Board approved a four-year contract, and Byler signed it on Friday.
Byler has been the superintendent for the last three years. His first contract was a three-year deal that paid him $141,000 yearly.
His new contract gives him a 2.5 percent pay raise. In other words, he will now be paid $145,300 a year or a $3,525 pay increase.

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The man was wearing a mask and a hoody when he robbed Dollar General with a gun.

Masked man robs Dollar General on U.S. Hwy. 167

Tue, 06/20/2023 - 9:58am

On Sunday, the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office was notified of an armed robbery that had occurred at the Dollar General Store located on US-167.
Investigators with the Criminal Investigations Division were called out to the scene to assist the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office Patrol Division.
It was learned that the pictured individual entered the store just before closing and cased the inside before he threatened the associates that were working with a firearm. The suspect then robbed the register of an unknown amount of cash before departing.

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Chris Landry / The Abbeville Meridional
John Caro of Brown & Brown Insurance talks to the Delcambre Board of Aldermen about how insurance property rates rising in Louisiana are affecting government bodies throughout the state.

Increased property insurance cost vexes Delcambre aldermen

Mon, 06/19/2023 - 2:11pm

DELCAMBRE — Skyrocketing insurance premiums are not only hitting Louisiana homeowners hard but also local governments hard.
Delcambre’s elected town representatives struggled with that new reality at Monday’s meeting of the town Board of Aldermen, who sought a way to cut back on the money they’re paying to insure town-owned structures.