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The man was holding on to this plastic container.

Wildlife agent rescues man floating in Vermilion Bay

Wed, 05/22/2024 - 4:10pm

A Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries agent successfully completed a search and rescue mission in Vermilion Parish on May 16.
Corporal Derek Logan, who was on shrimp patrol in Vermilion Bay, received a call about a sunken vessel nearby around 10:50 a.m. He immediately began searching the area and around 11:15 a.m. found a 56-year-old man without a personal flotation device clinging to a cooler and fuel tank from his 16-foot vessel.

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Board Members: Pastor Chad Romero, Rev. Madge McLain, Hailey Wiggins, Marcelo Davis. (Not pictured: Lauren Trahan), also pictured, Roderick Darby.

Restoration House helping growing number affected by homelessness

Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:55pm

Over the past few years, the number of individuals and families experiencing homelessness has increased in Abbeville and Vermilion Parish. 
Unfortunately, no homeless shelters or other facilities in our parish can provide temporary housing for our neighbors in need.

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Former Kaplan Chief of Police Boyd Adams arrested on four felonies

Thu, 05/16/2024 - 12:43pm

KAPLAN — Former Kaplan Chief of Police Boyd Adams found himself behind bars in his old department this week.
Kaplan Chief of Police Joshua Hardy confirmed that the former chief had been booked on four felonies, including filing false public records, public intimidation or retaliation, threatening a public official and false impersonation of a public official.
Officers arrested Adams at his home in Kaplan and booked him into the Kaplan City Jail. Hardy said Thursday morning that Adams left the jail on an $18,500 bond.

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Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office books two men in connection to body found in canal; victim identified as Hector Velasquez Vargas

Tue, 05/14/2024 - 1:55pm

Nearly three weeks after the discovery of a body in a canal south of Kaplan, an investigation by the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office has resulted in the arrest of two men.
According to Vermilion Parish Sheriff Mike Couvillon, on Friday, April 26, 2024, at approximately 10 a.m., a body was located floating in a canal south of West Liberty Farm Road, south of Kaplan, by a local farmer.
Upon arrival of patrol and detectives, a male subject located floating in a canal was recovered and sent to Vermilion Parish Forensics for autopsy and manner of death.

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