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Vermilion Parish School Board looks at increasing substitute worker pay

Thu, 09/16/2021 - 10:29am

Substitute support workers in Vermilion Parish School System have not received a pay raise in 16 years, which could be why the school system is having difficulty finding subs.
At Monday night’s school board committee meeting, Assistant Superintendent Paul Hebert addressed the school board looking for help to address the substitute support worker shortage problem the school district is facing.

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Members of the Rotary Club of Abbeville and the Abbeville Fire Department with the boat after Wednesday’s meeting.

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The Abbeville Rescue boat was brought to a Abbeville Rotary Club meeting recently.

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The boat features the logos for the Rotary Club and the Abbeville Fire Department.

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After a rain storm earlier this year, Abbeville Firefighter Tony Landry responds to a truck that flipped over on Coulee Kinney Road.

Rotary Club helps Abbeville Fire Department purchase boat

Wed, 09/15/2021 - 11:15am

When you think of firefighters arriving at a scene to help, you likely picture them doing so in a truck.
However, frequent heavy rains have created some scenes over the years that are not conducive for trucks. Thanks to some help from the Rotary Club of Abbeville, the Abbeville Fire Department now has a boat.
Abbeville Assistant Fire Chief Kelly Mire told members of the Rotary Club that the idea that the department needed a boat began after the historic flooding in August of 2016.

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National Weather Service provides update on Nicholas

Tue, 09/14/2021 - 10:31am

Nicholas will continue to weaken as it slowly moves through the Houston area on Tuesday.
This is according to the 10 a.m. update from the National Weather Service in Lake Charles.
Tonight it will slowly turn east and head towards the Beaumont region, before slowing down or even stalling in southwest Louisiana Wednesday into Thursday.
Wind gusts today will be in the 25 to 45 mph range for southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana. A few power outages will be possible. Gusts will be 20 to 30 mph across the remainder of the region.

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