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For 22 years, Francis Touchet Jr. proudly represented District B on the Abbeville City Council.
With mixed emotions, Touchet announced that this past Tuesday’s city council meeting would be his last.
“I will be resigning as an Abbeville City Councilman in District B as of the end of this month,” Touchet said. 

Thankfully, Vermilion Parish went largely unscathed by Hurricane Francine.
Initially tracked to hit Vermilion Parish, the storm made landfall in Terrebonne Parish, around 30 miles south of Morgan City, on Wednesday evening as a Category 2 storm.
As of Thursday morning, no extensive or major damage had been reported in Vermilion Parish. Some in Vermilion Parish were among the thousands in Louisiana to lose power due to the storm’s effects. That had mostly been rectified by Thursday morning as things began to return to normal.

As Tropical Storm Francine approaches Louisiana, the forecast for Vermilion Parish is getting more severe. Francine is expected to bring 100 mph winds and a potential 12-foot storm surge to the parish’s coastline.
On Monday morning, Francine was predicted to make landfall in Intracoastal City late Wednesday night. It was forecasted to be a Cat. 1 (75 miles per hour winds) hurricane.
Five hours later, the news did not get any better for Vermilion Parish.