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India Dyson of Abbeville made her childhood dream come true last month by finishing the Louisiana Practical Nursing Program on the Gulf Area Campus in Abbeville.
Dyson was one of 40 graduates who celebrated last week when they received their nursing pins. But what makes Dyson’s pin ceremony different is that it almost did not happen.
Out of 40 students selected to begin the program, she was the last student selected.

There’s a new pond in downtown Abbeville, at least for the moment.
Numerous people have taken notice.
Councilman Brady Broussard Jr. called it a “Gold Fish Pond.”
It’s located at the corner of Pere Megret and Main Street.
To be clear, while it has a nice design, it’s not a designed pond. It is part of the Streetscape beautification project that will be filled in, but in the mean time is collecting water after a rainy day.

Gov. John Bel Edwards on Thursday declared a state of emergency in advance of Tropical Depression Cristobal, which is currently forecast to strengthen in the Gulf of Mexico to become a Tropical Storm that will potentially make landfall in Louisiana this weekend.