The City of Abbeville has sandbags available.
Sandbags can be obtained at the city barnk located at 1811 Godchaux St. in Abbeville. The barn is open from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sick or elderly in need of assistance can call 337-898-4209.
According to the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office, there are several roadways with water in Vermilion Parish.
There may still be some roads not listed as of now, therefore its advisable to use caution when traveling in low lying areas.
This the current list of roadways with water:
Cossinade road
Kristin
Victoria Drive
167 near Dominos
East Lafayette Street (Maurice)
Vermilion Lane
Coulee Kinney road (portions North of Alan Lane closed due to an 18 wheeler crash and high water)
Kirk Road
Germaine Road
Holly Road
Photo by Kimberly Ann Photography
Erath senior Caleb Fitch will continue his musical talent at Northwestern State next semester.
Seventeen year-old drummer Caleb Fitch will be graduating this year from Erath High School.
He began to have a passion for drumming around his 6th-grade year, but didn’t excel until he attended Erath. Since starting drumming, he has been in the honor band.
His first year at Erath High was for his 11th-grade year, and typically switching schools is never a good thing, but not with this drummer. After hearing negative words about his drumming abilities, Fitch used that as fuel and decided to get better and better, and since attending Erath High, he has.
Gene Sellers looks on as Vermilion Parish Police Jury President Dane Hebert (left) and
Iberia Parish President Larry Richard sign paperwork to create a new map.
Vermilion Parish and Iberia Parish now have an official map that brings an end to a boundary issue that began five years before the start of World War I.
Engineer Gene Sellers said his research found the issue began in 1909, with the first survey that attempted to resolve the dispute.
It ended last Tuesday, 112 years later, when Sellers presented a map to Vermilion Parish Police Jury President Dane Hebert and Iberia Parish President Larry Richard. Other officials from both parishes joined the meeting, which occurred in the meeting room at the Iberia Parish Courthouse.
A ceremony to cut the ribbon took place at the Gulf Area Campus in Abbeville on Wednesday.
Pictured from left: PN students Clarissa Lewis and Shalonda
Evans; Brady Broussard with LHC Group; Dr. Vincent June, SLCC
Chancellor; and PN students Kadeisha Mitchell and Mia Lancon.
South Louisiana Community College unveiled its new Home Health Training Lab at the college’s Gulf Area Campus in Abbeville this week. This lab is the result of a partnership with LHC Group and Myers Family Foundation called “A Legacy of Caring in the Home and Community” that began in 2020.
318 N. Main St.
Abbeville, LA 70510
Phone: 337-893-4223
Fax: 337-898-9022
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Kaplan, LA 70548