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‘Lucky catch’ comment leads to Comeaux Park incident in Abbeville

Thu, 05/23/2024 - 1:56pm

An incident occurred on Wednesday night at Luquette Baseball Field at A.A. Comeaux Park, leading Abbeville Mayor Roslyn White to issue a statement on the City of Abbeville’s Facebook page and the Abbeville Police Department to get involved.
At an eight-year-old end-of-the-season QSA baseball game, two adults began arguing after one adult male commented, “Lucky catch.”
That comment was overheard by an adult female related to the boy who made the catch.
“No, that’s talent,” said the female to the male.

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St. John Catholic Church in Henry

Henry Catholic church to lock entrance doors when Mass begins

Wed, 05/22/2024 - 4:23pm

St. John Catholic Church in Henry announced this past weekend that the church will be locking its church doors once church service gets underway.
The church posted the announcement on its Facebook Page:
“It is so sad that we have come to this.....

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Dr. Stella Arabie, VC Principal, and Rev. Louis Richard congratulate Kallen LeBlanc, Cum Laude graduate. Kallen plans to study nursing at ULL.

Vermilion Catholic graduate explains how faith helped her deal with car accident

Wed, 05/22/2024 - 4:19pm

This is an extraordinary speech that Kallen LeBlanc, a graduated senior at Vermilion Catholic, delivered to the sophomore class during a recent Catholic retreat. The speech revolves around her personal experience with an accident and how her unwavering Faith played a crucial role in her survival. She titled her speech “Navigating the Real World.”

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Make more money teaching Math, Special Education or at four Abbeville schools

Wed, 05/22/2024 - 4:15pm

The Vermilion Parish School District is taking a significant step by offering some teachers more money, aiming to address the teaching voids in the school system for the upcoming year.
The Louisiana legislature approved $61 million in “differential pay” that school districts could use to pay higher salaries to teachers in hard-to-fill
positions. Vermilion Parish will receive $333,000 of the $61 million
There are four categories in which the school district can use the money.
• Teacher Shortage Areas
•Economically Disadvantaged Schools

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Wildlife agent rescues man floating in Vermilion Bay

Wed, 05/22/2024 - 4:10pm

A Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries agent successfully completed a search and rescue mission in Vermilion Parish on May 16.
Corporal Derek Logan, who was on shrimp patrol in Vermilion Bay, received a call about a sunken vessel nearby around 10:50 a.m. He immediately began searching the area and around 11:15 a.m. found a 56-year-old man without a personal flotation device clinging to a cooler and fuel tank from his 16-foot vessel.

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‘Lucky catch’ comment leads to Comeaux Park incident in Abbeville

Henry Catholic church to lock entrance doors when Mass begins

Vermilion Catholic graduate explains how faith helped her deal with car accident

Make more money teaching Math, Special Education or at four Abbeville schools

Wildlife agent rescues man floating in Vermilion Bay

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