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ERATH — It does not take a big storm to flood the Erath Housing Authority, so the federal government is trying to avoid constantly remodeling the homes each time it floods.
Since 2005, the housing authority residents have flooded at least six times because of heavy rain from a tropical storms or a hurricane.
To get the residents out of harm’s way of flooding, the federal government has awarded the town $2.2 million of grant money to lift 13 homes. Each home is divided up into two apartments.

BATON ROUGE – Following a steady resupply of COVID-19 vaccine doses to the state and after a series of successful mass vaccination events, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that Louisiana would expand eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine to everyone 16 and older with health conditions that makes them more likely to suffer a serious complication from COVID, based on federal health guidance.
This change is effective immediately.

According to Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office PIO Eddie Langlinais, on March 7, at approximately 7:48 a.m., the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office received a phone call from the Abbeville Police Department in reference to a shooting that possibly occurred outside the city limits of Abbeville.
The Abbeville Police Department responded to a residence on North East Street in Abbeville where two victims were located with gunshot wounds.