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Drugs, weapons collected by the Task Force last week.

Task Force take Crack Cocaine, Marijuana off the streets with busts

Tue, 04/04/2023 - 9:53am

The Vermilion Municipal and Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force along with the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office K-9 and Criminal Interdiction Unit made significant drug busts last week.
On March 28, after a month long investigation, Jacobi “Villain” Landry, 37, was taken into custody on outstanding narcotics Distribution warrants inside the city limits of Abbeville.

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Premier Grand Maître Whitney Atchetee, left and Deuxième Grand Maître Elray Schexnaider, right, display the gifts they will be bringing to The Confrerie d’ Bessières and each of their host families in France.

Members of Confrérie d’ Abbeville set to travel to Bessières, France

Tue, 04/04/2023 - 9:50am

Two members of the Confrérie d’ Abbeville will be traveling to Bessières, France, in April for the 50th anniversary of Bessières’ Giant Omelette Celebration.

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The University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s Learning Lab has a home. The
College of Education & Human Development’s laboratory school will be housed in a two-story, roughly 70,000-square-foot building in UL Lafayette’s Research Park.

UL Lafayette lab school’s new home will provide hub for innovative learning, teaching

Tue, 04/04/2023 - 9:48am

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s Learning Lab has a home. The laboratory school will be housed in a two-story, roughly 70,000-square-foot building in UL Lafayette’s Research Park.
The building was previously occupied by the National Marine Fisheries Service, a federal agency of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. U.S. Sen. John Kennedy announced the building’s transfer to the University on Friday.

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Faith House’s Cindy Triche speaks to members of the Rotary Club.

Faith House continues important mission

Tue, 04/04/2023 - 9:44am

Unfortunately, domestic violence remains a reality endured by many.
But, for those feeling trapped, there is help.
Faith House, a non-profit domestic violence crisis center in Lafayette, aids people facing abuse from a spouse or partner. Faith House has done so for 40 years.
For nearly 30 those years,
Cindy Triche has been a part of that process. Triche, a Faith House survivor advocate for Vermilion Parish, spoke to the Rotary Club of Abbeville on Wednesday about the organization’s ongoing mission.

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Four arrested by Vermilion Municipal, Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force

Mon, 04/03/2023 - 2:19pm

According to Sheriff Mike Couvillon, the Vermilion Municipal and Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force, along with the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office K-9 and Criminal Interdiction Unit made the following arrests for narcotics-related offenses within the parish.
• Rory Robinson, 36, of Kaplan, was arrested in Kaplan and charged with Possession of Schedule II, (Methamphetamine) and Possession of Schedule III, (Buprenorphine).

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