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Tommy Byler

Vermilion Parish Superintendent inks new four-year contract that gives him only a 2.5 percent pay raise

Tue, 06/20/2023 - 10:13am

Tommy Byler will continue to be the superintendent of Vermilion Parish public schools for another four years.
The Vermilion Parish School Board approved a four-year contract, and Byler signed it on Friday.
Byler has been the superintendent for the last three years. His first contract was a three-year deal that paid him $141,000 yearly.
His new contract gives him a 2.5 percent pay raise. In other words, he will now be paid $145,300 a year or a $3,525 pay increase.

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The man was wearing a mask and a hoody when he robbed Dollar General with a gun.

Masked man robs Dollar General on U.S. Hwy. 167

Tue, 06/20/2023 - 9:58am

On Sunday, the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office was notified of an armed robbery that had occurred at the Dollar General Store located on US-167.
Investigators with the Criminal Investigations Division were called out to the scene to assist the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office Patrol Division.
It was learned that the pictured individual entered the store just before closing and cased the inside before he threatened the associates that were working with a firearm. The suspect then robbed the register of an unknown amount of cash before departing.

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John Caro of Brown & Brown Insurance talks to the Delcambre Board of Aldermen about how insurance property rates rising in Louisiana are affecting government bodies throughout the state.

Increased property insurance cost vexes Delcambre aldermen

Mon, 06/19/2023 - 2:11pm

DELCAMBRE — Skyrocketing insurance premiums are not only hitting Louisiana homeowners hard but also local governments hard.
Delcambre’s elected town representatives struggled with that new reality at Monday’s meeting of the town Board of Aldermen, who sought a way to cut back on the money they’re paying to insure town-owned structures.

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Chris Landry / The Abbeville Meridional
Todd Vincent of Sellers & Associates engineering firm talks with the Vermilion Parish Police Jury at a special meeting held Tuesday. The police jury approved the addition of $2.5 million for installation of marine mattresses and ballast reinforcement for the shoreline protection project on Southwest Point at Southwest Pass.

Vermilion Parish Police Jury moves forward in fixing shoreline project at Southwest Pass

Fri, 06/16/2023 - 11:06am

The Vermilion Parish Police Jury approved proceeding with new installation work on the final 9,600 feet of shoreline protection being done on the Southwest Point at Southwest Pass Project during a special meeting held Tuesday at the Vermilion Parish Courthouse Building.
The police jury approved the addition of $2,530,725 to add marine mattresses and ballast reinforcement for the steel rings that are being installed as part of the GOMESA Shoreline Protection Project for the parish.

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