News
The Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office released an updated list Monday afternoon of roadways affected by Hurricane/Tropical Storm Barry that hit Vermilion Parish over the weekend.
A tree near Maurice after Barry hit during the weekend.
The office of Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon offered this guide for people affected by tropical weather:
As Tropical Storm Barry continues toward Louisiana, officials from towns in Vermilion Parish are issuing curfews.
Gueydan will have a dusk until dawn curfew on Friday-Saturday.
BAYOU VISTA – At approximately 7 a.m. on July 11, 2019, Troopers from Louisiana State Police Troop I began investigating a two-vehicle crash on US Hwy. 90 near Delmar Road in St. Mary Parish.
The City of Abbeville has issued a city-wide curfew for the entire city of Abbeville.
The curfew is in effect from 11 p.m. tonight until sunrise.
Sports
Tony Robichaux
LAFAYETTE – Louisiana Baseball head coach Tony Robichaux passed away Wednesday morning with his family and loved ones at his side at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans.
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) is accepting applications for the 2019 lottery teal hunts on the White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area (WCA) in Vermilion Parish.
Brittany LeBeouf is the new Kaplan softball coach.
KAPLAN - No other person knows Kaplan High softball better than Brittany LeBeouf. She has been associated with the softball program since she was four years old.
Ethan Lege playing infield for VC.
Vermilion Catholic senior Ethan Lege closed out his high school career by landing on the Class 1A Sports writers All State Baseball Team.
Andy Lee, a six-time national champion and three-time national coach of the year, is leaving LSUE for the head softball coach job at Northwest Florida State College. (File photo)
FROM NORTHWEST FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE
Lifestyle
Mrs. Aaron James Crochet
Abigail Veazey Broussard and Aaron James Crochet were united in the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony during the evening of June 28, 2019 at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church in Abbeville, Louisiana.
Laney was born with epilepsy and had seizures 5-6 times a week for the first few years of her life.
Obits
ERATH — A mass of Christian burial will be held for Norvin Paire Langlinais, 91, on Wednesday, July, 17, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Erath. Fr.
Vermilion Today
Abbeville Meridional
318 N. Main St.
Abbeville, LA 70510
Phone: 337-893-4223
Fax: 337-898-9022
The Kaplan Herald
219 North Cushing Avenue
Kaplan, LA 70548
The Gueydan Journal
311 Main Street
Gueydan, LA 70542