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Smoke and flames were coming out of the roof when the firefighters arrived.

Vermilion Parish firefighters team up to battle Abbeville house fire

Vermilion Parish firefighters joined forces to combat a house fire in Abbeville that took over an hour to control.
The Abbeville Fire Department was called to 202 West Oak Street, near the Main Fire Station, around 4 p.m. on Saturday.
Abbeville Fire Chief Jude Mire noticed the fire and realized his department would need assistance to put it out, so he contacted volunteer fire departments from Seventh Ward, Erath, Maurice, and District 13.

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This is one of the two buildings at the rice mill that the tin is being removed.

No plans to tear down rice mill in Abbeville says owner

Abbeville residents have been expressing their concerns lately about the old Riviana Rice Mill.
The mill has been standing for over a century and contractors have been seen removing tin from the main buildings next to the railroad track.
This has left some residents worried that once the tin is removed, the entire structure will be torn down, leaving Abbeville with a large cement slab. One resident even compared the situation to what happened to the Palms Hospital in Abbeville - despite its historical significance, the hospital was demolished for a new, larger one.

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Eaton Park Elementary School

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Herod Elementary School

Abbeville elementary school system could be changing

At a recent Vermilion Parish School Board meeting, Superintendent Tommy Byler shared his “Vision 2024” plan for Abbeville’s elementary school system.
Byler proposed the idea of closing one of the city’s two elementary schools – Eaton Park Elementary and Herod Elementary – and consolidating all students into a single elementary school.

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