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Photo by Bruce Schultz/LSU AgCenter
Water is pumped onto a rice field that will be used for crawfish. Mark
Shirley, an agent with the LSU AgCenter and Louisiana Sea Grant, recommends
crawfish producers wait for cooler temperatures before flooding their fields.
It’s almost time to flood crawfish ponds and get started on another season, said Mark Shirley, aquaculture specialist with the LSU AgCenter and Louisiana Sea Grant.
Jerome Puyau
On Wednesday, Superintendent Jerome Puyau’s attorney Lane Roy sent a letter to all eight school board members offering them some legal advice for free.
ERATH — The Town of Erath will be without power early Wednesday.
Mayor John Earl LeBlanc announced Monday afternoon that power will be shut off from midnight on Wednesday until 4 a.m.
In the time since he brought the issue to the table earlier this month, Abbeville Councilman Francis Touchet Jr.
Heidie Stelly Romero
A Kaplan women was arrested by the Louisiana State Police on forgery and filing or maintaining false public records.
Sports
Abbeville's Tavion Menard rushed for a team-high 125 yards.
The Abbeville Wildcats needed to beat the Jeanerette Tigers on Friday.
The week before, the Wildcats committed 11 turnovers and were beaten badly by Church Point.
GUEYDAN - Could history be in the making at Gueydan High School this football season?
Kendrick Baudoin (10) breaks up a pass.
Coach Matt Desormeaux’s Ascension Episcopal Blue Gator took momentum from a 95-yard drive and opted to go for the win instead of overtime Friday night here at Patriots Stadium.
The VC Eagles run onto the field before the Erath game.
The VC Eagles beat parish rival, the Erath’s Bobcats, 34-11, on Friday.
John Robert Allums kicked two field goals in final three minutes of game for VC.
When the game was on the line, the Vermilion Catholic Eagles answered in a big way.
Lifestyle
Kaigen Pillete
TEAGUE, TX –Kaigen Pillette a Senior at Teague High School in Teague, TX attended the All Access Medical Internship in Monterrey, Mexico from July 13th to the 28th.
2018 Petite Queen and her court (l-r) Halleigh Frederick, 1st Alternate; Olivia Mason, Photogenic; Reese Menard, 2nd Alternate; 2017 Petite Queen Ahna Malorin; 2018 Petite Queen Addisyn Adams and Miley Spallino, 3rd Alternate.
Pageants were held on September 8, 2018 at Abbeville High School. The winners will reign over the Louisiana Cattle Festival held October 11-14 at the Red Barn
Eastridge Nursing and Rehab Center appreciates and honored their three employees that celebrated their ten years of service. Employees include (l-r) Latisha Viltz, CNA supervisor; Kristal Abshire, dietary supervisor and Gikenzey Brown, dietary cook.
Obits
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 2:00PM on Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church for Mrs.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, September 18, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. at St.
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