ERATH — The Erath Fourth of July Celebration is back and it gets underway today.
After a year of absence due to COVID-19, the celebration is back. It will be a five-day celebration that starts today and ends on Sunday.
Erath Mayor Taylor Mencacci is happy to have the celebration return to Erath.
Whooping crane chick from the 2021 nesting season.
Patience has paid off for one of Louisiana’s female whooping cranes that was a part of the initial population from 2011The female crane, designated L7-11, laid the first egg of the experimental population in 2014. However, that attempt, along with subsequent others for her, were unsuccessful. But this year, two eggs hatched and, as of this writing, both chicks are alive.
From left: Lana Fontenot, Vice Chancellor for Institutional Advancement and Executive
Director of the SLCC Foundation; Brett Mellington, President of the SLCC Foundation; Paul
Patout, President and CEO of Gulf Coast Bank; Pat Patout, Chairman of the Board for Gulf Coast Bank, and Jason Patout, Senior Vice President of Gulf Coast Bank.
LAFAYETTE – Gulf Coast Bank and the Patout Family are establishing a $50,000 scholarship endowment at South Louisiana Community College in memory of Charles A. Patout, founder of the community bank. This investment is part of the bank’s celebration of 50 years in business this year.
Heavy rain in May caused standing water near this home on Franks Alley.
Abbeville is seeing more rain this week.
For some in the city, it will mean watching to see if water rises into their yards. Councilwoman Terry Broussard said that is the case for a specific area in her district.
According to Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office’s Public Information Officer Eddie Langlinais, during the morning hours of Monday, Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a person thrown out of a vehicle in a rural area south of Abbeville.
Upon arrival, deputies discovered the victim at this location had received multiple gunshot wounds. The victim was being transported to the hospital when the victim succumbed to his injuries prior to arrival.
318 N. Main St.
Abbeville, LA 70510
Phone: 337-893-4223
Fax: 337-898-9022
219 North Cushing Avenue
Kaplan, LA 70548
311 Main Street
Gueydan, LA 70542