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Vermilion Parish School Board OKs loan to build Kaplan softball indoor hitting facility

Wed, 06/22/2022 - 9:45am

Kaplan High School moved closer to getting an indoor air-conditioned hitting facility.
On Monday, the School Board Committee As a Whole approved loaning the Kaplan High Softball Program $250,000 to build a new indoor hitting facility next to the softball field.
The school board approved loaning the softball program the money, and softball head coach Brittney LeBeouf agreed to pay back the loan over 25 years. LeBeouf said she would pay $8,000 to $10,000 a year.

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Abbeville man allegedly involved in shooting faces attempted 2nd-degree murder charge

Tue, 06/21/2022 - 4:44pm

An Abbeville man is behind bars, accused of firing a shot that injured another person.
Tyreik Broussard, 21, faces attempted 2nd-degree murder charges for his alleged involvement in a shooting that occurred on Sunday.
​On June 19, at approximately 10:45 p.m., officers with the Abbeville Police Department received a call of “Shots Fired” in the 1700 block of Fairmont Ave.
​Responding officers located a male victim in a yard. Acadian Ambulance transported the victim to an area hospital. The victim suffered a single gunshot wound.

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Unrestrained Gueydan Man Dies in Vermilion Parish Crash

Tue, 06/21/2022 - 10:31am

VERMILION PARISH – On June 20, 2022, shortly before 5 p.m., Louisiana State Police Troop I responded to a two-vehicle crash on Louisiana Highway 14 near Odilon Road in Vermilion Parish.
The crash claimed the life of 63-year-old Walter R. Meyer of Gueydan.
The preliminary investigation revealed Meyer was driving east on LA 14 in a 2002 GMC Sierra pickup following behind a 2019 Chevrolet Silverado pulling a trailer. The driver of the Silverado slowed and began making a left turn onto Odilon Road. Meyer’s Sierra collided with the rear of the trailer and began to rotate.

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Delcambre Mayor Pam Blakely talks about the use of golf carts on town streets during Monday’s meeting of the Board of Aldermen as city attorney Gabe Duhon listens. The town is comparing ordinances passed in other communities like Erath and Youngsville to consider its own ordinance allowing licensed drivers to use golf carts to travel around town. State law prohibits the use of off-road vehicles on state roads, meaning golf carts would not be allowed to cross La. 14 or La. 330, two major thoroughfares in the community

Golf cart ordinance delayed: Delcambre researching similar ordinances in other communities

Mon, 06/20/2022 - 11:24am

DELCAMBRE — An interested group of residents packed Monday’s meeting of the Delcambre Board of Aldermen to discuss a possible ordinance that would allow the use of golf carts on the town’s streets, but left with no resolution to the issue yet as the board tabled the matter until next month’s meeting after a lengthy discussion.

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