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D’Jacqney Mitchell

Man wanted in connection to fatal shooting in Abbeville last August arrested

Tue, 04/08/2025 - 3:55pm

A man wanted in connection to a fatal shooting last August has been arrested.
On Tuesday, April 8, 2025, the Abbeville Police Department received a call from St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office advising that they had arrested D’Jacqney Mitchell, 21, on our outstanding felony warrant for:
• 1 count – First Degree Murder
• 1 count- Attempted First Degree Murder
This incident occurred on Aug. 26, 2024, when two victims were shot. One victim died from his wounds, and the second victim was transferred to a local area hospital where he was listed in stable condition.

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One Abbeville Patrolman was busy the last two weeks writing tickets.

You better obey traffic laws in Abbeville or else

Mon, 04/07/2025 - 4:19pm

Abbeville drivers, listen up! Police Chief Mike Hardy wants to remind you to follow the traffic laws, or you might end up facing some expensive consequences.
Hardy informed the city council and Mayor Roslyn White that he has recently brought on a patrolman, a former officer from Maurice, specifically to focus on one task during his shift: issuing tickets to those who violate traffic laws in Abbeville.

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Hai Khau holds up a sign saying he scored a 36 on his ACT test.

Abbeville High junior scores 36 on his ACT

Tue, 04/01/2025 - 11:32am

Abbeville High School junior Hai Khau retook the ACT and now has a perfect composite score of 36.
Khau retook the test at school and recently got his score. Because he already had a 34, he wasn’t nervous and was able tolift his Math score to a 35 to go along with his 35 in Science, 36 in Reading and 36 in English.

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Francis Plaisance will be back on the Abbeville City Council.

Plaisance wins Abbeville council seat by one vote

Tue, 04/01/2025 - 11:15am

If Francis Plaisance is looking to see what put him over the top by one vote in the District B Councilman race in Abbeville, all he has to do is look at one precinct that only had two people vote for the council race.
Plaisance, in probably the closest election in Vermilion Parish in years, won by only one vote, 153-152 to win the District B Abbeville council seat over Rachel Touchet Mouton.
District B consists of eight precincts, and early voting. Out of the eight precincts, two did not have any vote for the council race.

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This building was one of the first rice mills built in Abbeville in the early 1900s. Developers are looking at making this four-story building along the Vermilion River a new hotel.

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This is the side of the old mill that may be turned in a hotel.

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This brick is more than 120 years old.

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The front of the old packing plant could one day be an outdoor venue to be rented for weddings and concerts.

Old rice mill in Abbeville could become historic-looking hotel

Fri, 03/21/2025 - 10:16am

In the next couple of years, Abbeville is expected to see the opening of a historic-looking hotel and a spacious 10,000-square-foot indoor venue connected to the hotel that can be used for weddings and concerts.
At Wednesday’s Abbeville Rotary Club meeting, Brad Colgin, owner of The Colgin Companies LLC in Lafayette, informed Rotarians on the gameplan for the old Riviana Rice Mill in Abbeville.
In December of 2023, Earl “Boo” Landry of Erath purchased the rice mill from Riviana and named it “Rice Quarter LLC.”

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