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John T. Landry tells the crowd at the ceremony that he first saw the banners while he was on vacation in Mississippi. On the podium is the banner for Willis G. Granger from Erath. Granger served in the Navy during World War II.
Vermilion Parish is honoring its heroes with banners now displayed in downtown Abbeville and on Charity Street.
The future home of the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s office is located adjacent to the new Office of Emergency Preparedness building currently under construction near the Chris Crusta Memorial Airport in Abbeville.
Vermilion Parish Sheriff Eddie Langlinais is pleased to announce that, through funds appropriated to the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office during the 2025 Louisiana Legislative Session, the Vermili
Kirk Road in Vermilion Parish is not that wide and part of the road is cracking.
A Vermilion Parish police juror helped secure $1.8 million from the Acadiana Planning Commission (APC) to overlay and widen Kirk Road from La.
Voters in the city of Abbeville elected a new mayor and gave the incumbent chief of police another term.
Hunter Wayne Bingham
Agents with Attorney General Liz Murrill's Louisiana Bureau of Investigation arrested a 22-year-old from Kaplan for Distribution of Child Sexual Abuse Materials Under the Age of 13.
Sports
Abbeville High School is seeking a new head boys basketball coach following Trevor Eaton’s decision to transfer to North Vermilion High School.
John Thompson is no longer the Kaplan head football coach after only one season.
KAPLAN — Kaplan High School is now looking to fill the head football coaching position after filling it less than a year ago.
The Kaplan Lady Pirates take a group photo with the second place trophy.
SULPHUR – The Kaplan Lady Pirates came up short in the Division II Non-Select championship game on Sunday.
These four girls will be running in two relay events at the state meet on Thursday in Baton Rouge. They will run in the 4x100- and 4x200-meter relays. The team consists of (left to right) Kelsey Bomersbach, Zoei Thibodeaux, Khole Eckelberger and Claire Trahan.
The Vermilion Catholic Lady Eagles’ track team will be competing in different events at this week’s Class A State Track Meet at LSU.
The Louisiana High School Athletic Association pushed back the state softball tournament by a day due to the rain expected on Friday.
Lifestyle
Most South Louisiana home gardeners have started their planting. Some plants are already producing. Boo bought fresh cucumbers and tomatoes last weekend at Erath’s Grub Lot.
By Billie Landry
Vermilion Parish Sheriff Eddie Landlinais presents Erath High’s Grace Hebert with the Louisiana Sheriff’s Association Scholarship.
Vermilion Parish Sheriff Eddie Langlinais is happy to announce that Vermilion Parish native Grace Hebert has been named the recipient of an academic scholarship from the Louisiana Sheriffs’ Scholar
The Kiwanis Club of Abbeville’s Ross Comeaux (left) presents Erath High’s Everett Etie and North Vermilion’s Abbie Bourque with their scholarship awards from the club.
Hundreds of students in Vermilion Parish are set to graduate high school in the coming days.
Public Safety
According to Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office’s Public Information Officer Eddie Langlinais, the Vermilion Municipal and Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force made the multiple arrests for narcotics rela
Kinnie Leshon Henderson Jr.
Two people have been booked in connection to a shooting earlier this month that left one man dead.
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Vermilion Today
Abbeville Meridional
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The Kaplan Herald
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Kaplan, LA 70548