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Concealed handgun debate: Bill allowing La. citizens to carry handguns without training, permit gets mixed opinions

Tue, 06/01/2021 - 9:30am

A bill would allow citizens 21 and older to carry a concealed handgun without a permit, breezed through the Louisiana House, but the bill created debate amongst law enforcement agents.
Under current rules, citizens must undergo safety training and a background check to obtain a permit to carry a concealed weapon.
The legislation would do away with those requirements.
Rep. Bryan Fontenot, R-Thibodaux, sponsor of HB 596, said there is a balance between constitutional freedoms and government mandates.

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Vermilion Parish remains hot spot for COVID-19

Tue, 06/01/2021 - 9:21am

On the outside, things look to be getting back to normal dealing with the coronavirus. For the most part, they are, but for some reason, Vermilion Parish is now a coronavirus hot spot.
Over the last three weeks, four people have died at Abbeville General from COVID-19.
One as recent as May 21, a 39-year-old, who died in the emergency room at the hospital.
Abbeville General released information showing that Vermilion Parish is one of four parishes in the state with the highest percentage of positivity rate.

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Agents recovered several items during the arrest.

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Coreiana J. Jones

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Kentrell J. Laday

Arrests made in connection with recent burglaries

Fri, 05/28/2021 - 7:53am

Suspects allegedly involved in a rash of vehicle burglaries in Vermilion Parish have been arrested.
According to the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Eddie Langlinais, on the morning of May 15, 2021, Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office Deputies responded to several vehicle burglaries in multiple locations across Vermilion Parish. Also stolen during these burglaries was a 2013 Ford F-250 Platinum Edition.

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Gulf Coast Bank helped raise more than $37,000 for the Boys & Girls Club of Acadiana.

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Gulf Coast Bank Raised Over $37,000 for Boys & Girls Clubs of Acadiana During First Annual Friendraiser

Thu, 05/27/2021 - 11:49am

For many years Gulf Coast Bank has been a major supporter of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Acadiana (BGCA). The event each year that gets all the Gulf Coast Bank staff involved is The Great Acadiana Running of the Ducks. This year the BGCA started a new fundraiser that replaced “Ducks” – called the Friendraiser!

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Vermilion Parish School employees will get $1,500 COVID check

Tue, 05/25/2021 - 8:11am

Vermilion Parish school employees will be getting a one-time check for working during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Superintendent Tommy Byler announced that school employees would get a one-time “COVID-19 Recruitment and Retention Stipend.” The check will go to full-time, part-time, and contract employees for the extra duties imposed upon them during the 2020-2021 school year, Byler said.
The money will be coming from the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund approved by Congress.

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