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Iberia Comprehensive Community Health Center Inc. CEO Roderick Campbell, an Abbeville native, speaks to members of the Kiwanis Club of Abbeville.

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The new facility is located on Charity Street in Abbeville. It is on the property on the site of the former Broussard Pontiac.

Iberia Comprehensive Community Health Center Inc. expands facility in Abbeville

Wed, 05/01/2019 - 9:04am

Anyone who has traveled down Charity Street in Abbeville during the past year has noticed the new construction located on the old Broussard Pontiac property.
That work has been completed.
The finished product is the new 14,000-square-foot facility for the Iberia Comprehensive Community Health Center Inc.’s Abbeville Community Heath Center. It’s an upgrade from the 4,000 feet occupied by the center on Charity Street since 2005.

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Colt Hardee

Hardee named Undergraduate Student Leader of the Year at LSU

Tue, 04/30/2019 - 11:12am

Kaplan High School graduate Colt Hardee received LSU’s Undergraduate Student Leader of the Year award at the annual Love Purple Live Gold Awards Banquet this month.
Hardee, 20, is an LSU sophomore who is majoring in Agribusiness. He is also president of The Agribusiness Club. The Club was also named LSU’s Student Organization of the Year.

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Some up, some down in most recent Vermilion Parish sales tax report

Wed, 04/24/2019 - 10:34am

February proved to be an up-and-done month for sales tax collection in Vermilion Parish.
Overall for the parish, sales tax collected in February totaled $2,852,161.97, 7% less than the $3,048,524.43 from February 2018.
The Village of Maurice enjoyed a good month. In February, Maurice brought in $50,650.62. That is a 21% spike form the previous year.
The Town of Delcambre saw a 14.8% bump, going from $11,781.62 in ‘18, to $13,524.66 this year.

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Vermilion Municipal, Sheriff’s Task Force arrest three for drug offenses

Wed, 04/24/2019 - 10:32am

According to Sheriff Mike Couvillon, the Vermilion Municipal and Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force made the following arrests for narcotics related offenses within the parish.
Keevie Spriggs, 30, of Abbeville, arrested for possession of marijuana, and possession with the intent to distribute a Schedule II narcotic (Hydrocodone)
On April 12, agents executed a search warrant on 2927 Cypress St, Abbeville La.

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Family of Charles Campbell gathered with Mayor Mark Piazza, other city councilmen and officials in renaming of North and South Oliver street to S. Charles Campbell Avenue.

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A city worker tightens the new street sign located off of Charity Street near Abbeville Building and Loan.

Charles Campbell Ave.: Former Abbeville school board member gets street named after him

Mon, 04/22/2019 - 10:42am

Friends and family gathered around the corner of Charity and Oliver Streets in Abbeville on Monday for the renaming of Oliver Street to S. Charles Campbell Avenue.
The renaming comes shortly after Campbells’ children came together after speaking with Mayor Mark Piazza as well as other city officials with signatures of residents along Oliver Street allowing them to rename the road after their father.
Mayor Mark Piazza opened the small ceremony with a certificate; given to the family, in honor of their father and family member Charles Campbell.

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