Sister Heather Sikes
Sr. Heather Sikes (center) professed her final vows in June 2023, with her family at her side.
Erath native Sister Heather Sikes recently professed her final vows with the Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows congregation.
There were tall daylily plants, along with other plants for sale at the festival.
Abbeville’s Slyvia Putnam buys some cookies from vendor Laura Hebert at Saturday’s Daylily Festival.
Visitors take in Saturday’s Daylily Festival and Garden Show. The event took place in Magdalen Square in downtown Abbeville.
Mother Nature was good to the 21st Annual Daylily Festival and Garden Show this past Saturday in Abbeville.
When the festival opened its doors, a cool breeze zipped through Magdalen Square at 8:30 in the morning.
Mother Nature unleashed rain on the few festival goers at around 2:30 p.m.
By then, many of the 45 plant and garden vendors had sold most of their plants.
While the festival opened at 8:30 a.m., plant lovers were lined up by 7:30 a.m., hoping to be the first to land a beautiful plant or daylily before anyone else.
The Abbeville police unit was hit head-on by a suspect driving away from the police.
This is the Buick driven by Cedric Evans.
An Abbeville police officer was injured over the weekend when the vehicle it was driving was hit head-on by Cedric Evans, who was fleeing the Abbeville Police Department in his vehicle.
According to Police Chief Mike Hardy, the officer injured its right ankle and left foot in the crash. The officer is expected to recover.
The police department was looking into a complaint of a home invasion and domestic voilence.
While the officers were arriving on the scene, the complainant stated that Evans was leaving in a Buick.
RAYNE – Shortly after 9:30 P.M., on June 6, 2023, Louisiana State Police Troop I was notified of a fatal crash involving a pedestrian on US Highway 90, a short distance west of the city limits of Rayne in Acadia Parish. The crash claimed the life of 42-year-old Amanda Soileaux of Rayne.
Abbeville Mayor Roslyn White and the council have heard complaints about the street conditions in downtown Abbeville.
The good news is that a plan is in the works to repair and resurface the streets in the downtown area.
The city team, including Mayor White, have been meeting with Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) officials about the project. The roads that circle Magdalen Square, the Courthouse, and in front of St. Mary Magdalen Church are State highways.
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