MORSE – On February 10, 2025, shortly after 4:00 p.m., Louisiana State Police Troop I responded to a two-vehicle fatality crash on Louisiana Highway 92 (W Whitney Street) near Everglade Road in Acadia Parish.
The crash claimed the life of 50-year-old Cora Barrios of Morse.
Educating students in Vermilion Parish is not cheap, explained Superintendent Tommy Byler.
Earlier this month, the superintendent went over the finances to the school board members.
Byler broke down the number of students and personnel at each school and the cost of educating each child.
There are 8,526 students currently enrolled in public schools, excluding Vermilion Charter School.
The average cost to educate those 8,526 students is $5,142 per student per year.
Qualifying for a special election for the District B seat on the Abbeville City Council began this morning.
The process will continue on Thursday before concluding on Friday, Jan. 31. Qualifying will be open from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. each day.
Potential candidates can qualify at the office of Vermilion Parish Clerk of Court Diane Meaux Broussard, located on the first floor of the Vermilion Parish Courthouse.
Artificial turf football fields could be coming to the football stadiums at Kaplan High and North Vermilion High.
The Vermilion Parish School Board and Superintendent Tommy Byler might have come up with a strategy to improve school facilities without needing to ask the community for a tax increase.
Byler shared with the board details about around $25 million worth of repairs and enhancements for buildings and sports facilities across the parish.
“We are trying to find a creative way to do upgrades without going to the public,” Byler said.
The 51st Annual Vermilion Parish 4-H Junior Livestock Show was held January 10-11th at the Cecil McCrory Exhibit Building in Abbeville. In all, 132 4-H members exhibited 289 head of livestock (beef, sheep, goats, dairy, swine) and 33 poultry exhibitors showed 108 exhibition birds at this show.
The sale of market animals totaled $162,116.75.
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