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Investigators with the Sheriff’s Office are looking for this truck.

Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office working residential burglaries

Fri, 10/12/2018 - 9:13am

According to Vermilion Parish Sheriff Mike Couvillon. on Oct. 10, 2018, the Sheriff’s Office responded to seven residential (kick in) Burglaries in the Abbeville, Kaplan and North Vermilion areas.
The investigation is in the early stages but Sheriff Couvillon says that TVs, hand guns, jewelry and a safe were taken from these burglaries and detectives are actively and
aggressively investigating these crimes.

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Charlene Beckett

Charlene Beckett is Cattle Festival’s Citizen of the Year

Tue, 10/09/2018 - 9:22am

Charlene Beckett has been named the 2018 Louisiana Cattle Festival Citizen of the Year.
The Cattle Festival will be held Oct. 11-14 in Abbeville.
Beckett will be among those who will be recognized at the 2018 Louisiana Cattle Festival Honoree Banquet & Social that will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 10, at Magdalen Place. The event begins at 6 p.m.

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Alexandra Herpin

Herpin winner of Beef Scholarship

Tue, 10/09/2018 - 9:18am

Alexandra Herpin, daughter of Jason and Lori Herpin, has been selected as the Beef Scholarship Winner for the 2018 Louisiana Cattle Festival.
The Cattle Festival will be held Oct. 11-14 in Abbeville.
Alexandra Herpin will be among those who will be recognized at the 2018 Louisiana Cattle Festival Honoree Banquet & Social that will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 10, at Magdalen Place. The event begins at 6 p.m.

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Margie Campisi

Margie Campisi honored is Ambassador of 2018 Cattle Festival

Tue, 10/09/2018 - 9:13am

Margie Thibodeaux Campisi has been named the Humanitarian of the year for the Louisiana Cattle Festival.
The Cattle Festival will be held Oct. 11-14 in Abbeville.
Campisi will be among those who will be recognized at the 2018 Louisiana Cattle Festival Honoree Banquet & Social that will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 10, at Magdalen Place. The event begins at 6 p.m.

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