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There is a new, albeit familiar, face helping to lead the Vermilion Chamber of Commerce.
Claire Broussard has been named the chamber’s new executive director. She will replace Lauren Trahan, who stepped down from the role during the summer.
Broussard has been involved with the chamber as a board member and other capacities for several years.

On Thursday, the Louisiana Department of Education released the district and school performance scores for the 2024-2025 School Year and, once again, Vermilion Parish's public school system did extremely well and remained an “A” district.
This set of scores is the final of its kind as the LDOE moves to a new accountability system for this school year.
The Vermilion Parish School System district performance score is a 91.3. This signifies a one point growth for the school system. Vermilion is one of 12 school districts in the state that achieved an “A” status.

When you walk into Walmart, you never know who you’ll see.  But no one expects to see six horses with riders walking through Walmart. 
On Sunday at 4:30 p.m., people who shopped in the Abbeville Walmart saw exactly that.
At least eight people on six horses entered the Abbeville Walmart through the west entrance near the grocery aisles.
A video posted on social media shows two horses, each with two riders, walking past the Subway restaurant and near the grocery aisle. Another horse stopped in front of Subway.