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Crews worked Thursday morning to replace the transformer at the Felicity Street Electrical Substation. The city is reporting that, as of noon, power has been fully restored on the south side of Abbeville.
Power fully restored on the south side of Abbeville
Thu, 12/30/2021 - 12:12pm
As of noon on Thursday, power has been fully restored on the south side of Abbeville.
City officials announced that the damaged transformer at the Felicity Street Electrical Substation has been replaced.
Anyone who is in their home and does not have power can contact the city at 337-893-8550 to report localized outages.
Sharp increase in Omicron cases across Louisiana
Thu, 12/30/2021 - 8:14am
BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) estimates the proportion of Omicron cases in our state is 88.5% for the week ending Dec. 25.*
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates the proportion of Omicron in HHS Region 6 (which includes Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas) is 86.7%. Furthermore, 95% of parishes are at the 2 highest levels of community transmission.
*NOTE: LDH’s estimate for the Omicron proportion is preliminary and subject to change as more sequencing data are reported.
City workers put a replacement transformer at the electrical substation on Felicity Street. The old transformer had to be replaced because it had a bullet hole in it.
Transformer shot, results in power outage Wednesday in Abbeville
Thu, 12/30/2021 - 8:12am
Many in Abbeville woke up early Wednesday morning without power.
Inclement weather was not to blame, nor was there a breakdown of any equipment in the electrical system.
The cause...someone fired a weapon at an electrical substation, hitting a transformer. That led to an outage for at least 25% of the city.
“It’s very frustrating,” Mayor Mark Piazza said Wednesday morning.
At approximately 3:50 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 29, the Abbeville Police Department received a call of a blown transformer at the
This is a recent photo of Desiray Breaux.
Vermilion Parish Sheriff's Office Seeking Public Assistance with Runaway Juvenile
Thu, 12/23/2021 - 1:53pm
According to Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office’s Public Information Officer, Eddie Langlinais, the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office’s Criminal Investigations Division (CID) is actively attempting to locate a runaway juvenile identified as Desiray Breaux, (W/F, DOB: 12-27-2004, 5’4”, 130 pounds, Straight Brown Hair and Brown Eyes).
She has a tattoo of a dot with a heart on her right wrist. She may be in the Carencro, Cecilia, Rayne or Morgan City area.