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Vermilion Parish Sheriff Office arrests contractor for home improvement fraud

The Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested a man from Lake Charles and charged him with three counts of home improvement fraud.
According to the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s website, Brent Dugas, 48, was initially arrested on July 17 and charged with two counts of home improvement fraud.
Then, on July 26, he was arrested again on the same charge.
As of Monday, Dugas was still in the parish jail.

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18-year-old faces Attempted 1st-Degree Murder charge after multiple shots fired at vehicle in Abbeville

According to Sheriff Eddie Langlinais, on July 20, 2024, at approximately 1:50 a.m., the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office Patrol Division, during active patrolling, heard and then responded to the area of Louisiana Highway 82, just north of McDonald’s in Abbeville, in reference to multiple gunshots.
Upon arrival in the area, no one was found outside, and no one had reported any shootings or injuries. Deputies maintained additional patrol following the shooting, but no calls were received from citizens.

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Photo caption: Among the participants in Tuesday’s groundbreaking for UL Lafayette’s new Engineering Student-Centered Collaborative Building were, from left, state Rep. Troy Hebert; engineering senior Christiaan Thibodeaux; Dr. Jeannine O’Rourke, provost and vice president for Academic Affairs for the University of Louisiana System; Georges Antoun, chair of the College of Engineering’s Dean’s Advisory Council; state Rep. Julie Emerson; Dr. Ahmed Khattab, College of Engineering dean; Dr. Joseph Savoie, UL Lafayette president; Dr. Jaimie Hebert, UL Lafayette provost and vice president for Academic Affairs; Dr. Jimmy Clarke, member of the UL System Board of Supervisors; and Winfred Sibille, former member of the UL System Board of Supervisors. (Credit: Doug Dugas/University of Louisiana at Lafayette)

UL Lafayette breaks ground on new student-centered engineering building

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s College of Engineering broke ground Tuesday for its new Engineering Student-Centered Collaborative Building. Once completed, the nearly 65,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility will be home to the newly established Engineering Center of Excellence, or ECoE.
Designed to foster teamwork, creativity and student success, the building and accompanying ECoE “are significant milestones in our commitment to reimagining and advancing engineering education, research and workforce development,” said Dr. Joseph Savoie, UL Lafayette president.

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Members of the 415th Battalion

La. Guard intelligence battalion welcomes new commander and sergeant major

By Staff Sgt. Noshoba Davis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office

PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s 415th Military Intelligence Battalion (Interrogation) welcomed its new command team, Battalion Commander Lt. Col. Barrett Lancon and Battalion Command Sgt. Maj. Jon Mount, during an official change of command and change of responsibility ceremony at Gillis W. Long Center in Carville, July 20.

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Ben Langlinais (orange shirt) talks to the crowd about his concerns.

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Larry Campisi (standing) talks to the railroad board.

Opposition against Rails to Trails in Vermilion Parish want to know if anyone is hearing their concerns

Audience member Ben Langlinais asked the million-dollar question at Tuesday’s Vermilion and Iberia Parish Railroad Development District Board and Commissioners meeting.
Langlinais, who lives next to the railroad track, stood up in the crowd and asked, “My question is, where is this [opinions against Rails to Trails] headed? Is it going to stay in this room?”

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