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As the Delta variant’s grip on Louisiana continues to tighten, officials with the city of Abbeville are encouraging people to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
That is especially true for city employees who have not yet done so, as the effect on the city’s health insurance plan could eventually become too immense.
“We have a rising and threatening variant infection in our community,” Councilman Brady Broussard Jr. said. “It is in our city, our parish and across the nation.”

KAPLAN — On Thursday, Mayor Mike Kloesel of Kaplan announced the appointment of Jake Faulk to Kaplan Fire Chief and Robby Pommier to Assistant Fire Chief effective immediately. The mayor will ask the city council to ratify the appointments at the next Kaplan city council meeting.
Mayor Kloesel states that Jake and Robby are very capable leaders and firefighters. Both men have the approval and respect of the entire fire department, the volunteer fire department, and the Kaplan Fire Department board of directors.

La Table Française, the weekly French Table that is hosted by Les Amis du Français en Vermilion, has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
La Table Française had been meeting weekly on Fridays, at the Erath Public Library, at 10 a.m.
Layla Melancon, Director, Les Amis du Français en Vermilion, sent a letter to past attendees regarding the postponement, which she said will be in effect until COVID-19 conditions improve.
Here is the letter: