RAYNE – Shortly after 9:30 P.M., on June 6, 2023, Louisiana State Police Troop I was notified of a fatal crash involving a pedestrian on US Highway 90, a short distance west of the city limits of Rayne in Acadia Parish. The crash claimed the life of 42-year-old Amanda Soileaux of Rayne.
Abbeville Mayor Roslyn White and the council have heard complaints about the street conditions in downtown Abbeville.
The good news is that a plan is in the works to repair and resurface the streets in the downtown area.
The city team, including Mayor White, have been meeting with Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) officials about the project. The roads that circle Magdalen Square, the Courthouse, and in front of St. Mary Magdalen Church are State highways.
One man sits in prison today after being charged with two counts of attempted first degree murder, kidnapping and other charges.
According to the Abbeville Police Department, on Saturday June 3, 2023, at approximately 4 a.m., the Abbeville Police Department responded to a call of a home invasion.
The complainant advised that her sister is staying at her home due to her being in a domestic encounter with the suspect threating to kill her and her children, which began in Iberia Parish.
McNeese State University conferred degrees on 703 graduates during two ceremonies for the university’s 160th commencement on Friday, May 12, in McNeese’s Legacy Center.
The ceremony for the colleges of agricultural sciences, liberal arts and science, engineering and mathematics were held at 9 a.m. and for the Burton College of Education and colleges of business and nursing and health professions at 1:30 p.m.
Graduates from Vermilion Parish
ABBEVILLE
Ronnie D. Cormier, Master of Science in Health and Human Performance
The Daylily Festival and Garden Show will be held this Saturday in Abbeville.
Abbeville’s Daylily and Garden Show will visit us this Saturday.
Daylilies may be the most carefree of all flowering perennials. The plants grow quickly and are long lived. They thrive in almost any type of soil, will grow in sun or part shade, and are rarely troubled by insect pests or disease. Daylilies are known for their toughness, but their colorful and abundant flowers are also dazzling.
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