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The University of Louisiana at Lafayette has announced vaccination guidelines.

UL Lafayette issues student vaccination requirement guidelines

LAFAYETTE — Students who plan to take winter intersession or spring semester courses at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette will need to submit proof of COVID-19 vaccination.
UL Lafayette announced vaccination guidelines Thursday in a message to the campus community.

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Sheriff’s deputies recovered multiple firearms.

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Jeremy Cole Briggs

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Damien Damon Briggs

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Dante’ DeShawne Citizen

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Travon Travel Citizen

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Tawaski Tavon Lewis

Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office makes multiple arrests after investigating burglary of gun shop

According to Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office’s Public Information Officer Eddie Langlinais, in the early morning hours of Sept. 7, 2021, the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office received a call about a burglary in progress at a local gun shop on Woodlawn Road within Vermilion Parish.

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Farrell Trahan of Cut Off spent at least 20 minutes at the gas pumps in Abbeville filling up at least 300 gallons of gas to bring to Cut Off, his home town.

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Farrell Trahan of Cut Off was filling at least 10 red gas cans, along with 5 white gallon buckets with gas at a gas station in Abbeville on Wednesday morning. He was taking the gas back to Cut Off to help families keep their generators running.

Helping their community

In Cut Off, Grand Isle, Raceland, and the Houma areas, gas is being called “Liquid Gold.”
Farrell Trahan, a resident from Cut Off (located south of New Orleans), was in Abbeville filling up 300 gallons of gas to transport to his hometown of Cut Off. Trahan and his wife have been living with Abbeville friends Ricky Dupree for the last week because their home suffered wind damage and there is no electricity in Cut Off. Because there is no electricity, there are no gas stations open to supply gas to keep generators operating.

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Jermaine Guidry

Abbeville Police looking for suspect allegedly involved in fatal ‘18 shooting

Abbeville Police has already made multiple arrests in connection to the 2018 shooting death of Marlon Brown.
Wednesday morning, the department announced that it is looking for another suspect allegedly involved in the case. ​Jermaine Guidry of Abbeville is wanted for Principle to 2nd Degree Murder and Obstruction of Justice. Guidry should be considered armed and extremely dangerous. Guidry’s last known location was in Abbeville and may still be in the area.

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Swamp Pop icon Warren Storm passed away on Tuesday.

Vermilion Parish loses another musical icon; Warren Storm passes away at 84

Swamp pop musician Warren Storm died Tuesday at age 84, according to multiple sources, including KBON 101.1.
According to reports, Storm had been hospitalized since the middle of August
Storm is the second music icon from the parish to pass away within the past few days. Last week, Cedric Benoit, 62, a Kaplan native and a star in Branson, Missouri, suddenly passed away. Benoit performed at the Silver Dollar in Branson from 1988 to 2018.

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