News
The Vermilion Parish School System is celebrating exceptional academic progress following the release of the 2026 Louisiana Educational Assessment Program (LEAP) results.
Carl Toups
Carl Toups has announced that he will not seek re-election as Justice of the Peace for Ward 1 in Vermilion Parish and has formally notified the Louisiana Secretary of State that he will step down f
Rockets could be launching south of Pecan Island in the near future.
Seven weeks after first breaking possible SpaceX news to the Abbeville Meridional , State Sen.
There are two new members ready to join the Abbeville City Council.
Bang Bui and Rachel Touchet Mouton won their respective runoff races Saturday night.
On Tuesday, June 23, 2026, at approximately 4:28 p.m., the Abbeville Police Department responded to a call at 501 Veterans Memorial Drive (Popeye’s) for a complaint of customers fighting.
Sports
Delcambre’s Emma Smith
CHICAGO — In its 41st year celebrating the nation’s best high school athletes, Gatorade on Thursday announced Emma Smith of Delcambre High School is the 2025-26 Gatorade Louisiana Girls Track and
Jacolby Campbell
If you catch an Abbeville Wildcats football game in the next two years, you might be watching a future LSU Tiger wide receiver.
Colby Berberich holds his club championship trophy.
Colby Berberich might be the only person to win the Southern Oaks Club Championship twice with a 14-year gap between his first and second titles.
Abbeville High School is seeking a new head boys basketball coach following Trevor Eaton’s decision to transfer to North Vermilion High School.
John Thompson is no longer the Kaplan head football coach after only one season.
KAPLAN — Kaplan High School is now looking to fill the head football coaching position after filling it less than a year ago.
Lifestyle
Hooked on Crochet is among the many activities offered at the Vermilion Council on Aging.
The Vermilion Council on Aging, Inc.
Photo by Paul Kieu / University of Louisiana at Lafayette
UL Lafayette conferred 1,775 degrees, including nearly 100 from Vermilion Parish, during Spring 2026 Commencement exercises on Friday, May 15.
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette awarded 1,775 degrees on Friday, May 15, during Spring 2026 Commencement exercises.
Red, White and Blue has been added to the flower bed at the Vermilion Parish War Memorial in downtown Abbeville.
The Vermilion Parish War Memorial, located in downtown Abbeville, commemorates the sacrifices of so many.
Public Safety
According to Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office’s Public Information Officer Eddie Langlinais, the Vermilion Municipal and Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force made the multiple arrests for narcotics rela
Kinnie Leshon Henderson Jr.
Two people have been booked in connection to a shooting earlier this month that left one man dead.
Obits
Beverly David Motty, aged 90, passed away peacefully in the early hours Sunday morning, July 5th, after an extended illness for many years.
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