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In the photo are (left to right) : New owner Rhett Hebert, maintenance manager Danny Duhon; office manager Charity Boudreaux, property manager Daniel Girard and office assistant Leah Girard and Carson Dubois.

Local real estate company buys Chapel Downs Apartments

Mon, 08/28/2023 - 3:55pm

Tucked away off Port Street in Abbeville is one of the nicest apartment complexes in the city. Since the mid-1980s, Chapel Downs Apartments has been the home of many residents over the last 40 years. Today, the apartment complex now has a new owner.
This week, Royal House Buyers out of Abbeville purchased the apartments for an undisclosed amount.
Rhett Hebert, the owner of Royal House Buyers, purchased the property.
“It is in excellent condition,” said Hebert. “We are going to make a few upgrades in some of the apartments, like changing the floors and painting.”

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Each school has a West Bulb Glope Temperature Thermometer that is used before football practice.

Athletics take heat precautions

Mon, 08/28/2023 - 3:46pm

Remember the football days of running and practicing despite the heat? Kiss those days goodbye. It is now illegal.
Athletic programs in Louisiana must use a West Bulb Globe Temperature Thermometer to determine the length of practices and the number of breaks.
It is part of the Korey Stringer Institute that Louisiana lawmakers adopted in 2022.
Vermilion Parish Athletic Director Marc Turner held a parish-wide meeting in May to go over heat-related safety protocols for athletics and band students.

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Hiring of new Kaplan assistant police chief raises budget questions

Wed, 08/23/2023 - 8:57am

KAPLAN — At Tuesday’s city council meeting, Kaplan City Police Chief Josh Hardy introduced Robert LeMay as the new assistant police chief. However, LeMay, who was in the audience, heard an earful between the council, police chief and Mayor Mike Kloesel on his hiring.
LeMay resigned from the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office to become the assistant chief of police in Kaplan. His first day on the job is today.

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Chris Landry / The Abbeville Meridional
Delcambre mayor Pam Blakely discusses the departure of an officer from the town’s police department. Blakely sought to get a pay raise for two police officers from $13.50 an hour to $15 an hour. The aldermen said that the town doesn’t have a way to pay for a raise right now, but Blakely said it will cost a lot more if the town loses two officers. ‘What I’m saying is, it’s going to cost us a lot more than 15 dollars an hour if we have two less policemen,’ Blakely said.

Delcambre officer says he was led to believe pay raise would be coming soon

Wed, 08/23/2023 - 8:54am

DELCAMBRE — The town of Delcambre is losing at least one member of its police department, the Board of Aldermen learned at its monthly meeting on Monday.
The officer told the board he is leaving because he had been led to believe he would receive a pay increase from $13.50 an hour to $15 an hour, but that raise never came to fruition.
The policeman said he had been led to believe on three or four occasions that a raise would be forthcoming.

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Because of the lack of rain, some sugarcane in the parish has grown three or four feet, when it should be at least 10 feet high at this time of year.

Farmers facing tough decisions if Mother Nature does not provide rain

Mon, 08/21/2023 - 11:37am

Sugarcane needs water; without it, it will not grow and could die.
Over the last month, the parish has received little or no rain and has dealt with 100-degree temperatures. Today’s sugarcane can handle high temperatures, but it cannot take not having rain over an extensive period.
The parish is dealing with extreme drought conditions, the worst in at least 25 years.
Sugarcane can grow 10 to 13 feet high when Mother Nature cooperates. Today, some sugarcane crops are only four to five feet tall, and the leaves are turning brown because of the lack of water.

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