ACADIA PARISH – Shortly before 11:30 p.m. on April 28, 2023, Louisiana State Police Troop I were notified of a single-vehicle crash on Louisiana Highway 91 near Sandpiper Road in Acadia Parish.
The crash took the life of 42-year-old Chad Andrew Breaux of Gueydan.
Hard work continues to pay off as three more schools in Vermilion Parish have earned the right to call themselves a Comeback Campus.
The Louisiana Department of Education recently recognized Indian Bayou Elementary, Leblanc Elementary and Seventh Ward Elementary.
“Congratulations to Indian Bayou Elementary, Leblanc Elementary and Seventh Ward Elementary who were distinguished for being a Comeback Campus,” Vermilion Parish Superintendent Tommy Byler said.
Locals took part in their first mock Trial for Teen Court in Abbeville.
Abbeville Teen Court had its first mock trial with teen participants from Vermilion Parish.
The organization portrayed a trial scenario that included local stakeholders and volunteers in the program as well as Teen Court students going through the program.
The trial featured a school fight where the participants were given consequences ushered by the prosecution and public defender. Witnesses included the school principal, parents and student bystanders. The lawyers for prosecution and defense were guided by professionals during practice runs and learned how to phrase
The Abbeville Rotary Club had their morning meeting at the new “Café on State” located downtown Abbeville. Four students from Abbeville High’s ProStart Culinary Team cooked for the Rotarians in the cafe’s kitchen.
AHS students Ethan Matthews and Grace Landry serve Abbeville Rotarians in the Comeaux’s Café located downtown Abbeville.
Abbeville High’s Grace Landry and Chloe Klein prepare fruit for the Rotarians.
Ethan Landry of AHS checks on the biscuits.
The old Comeaux’s Café (CC’s) location on 106 South State Street holds more than just memories of fried pork chops and sliced ham sandwiches. The cafe also has the art of conversation within its walls.
Municipalities, local dignitaries, community members, and stakeholders would gather within the once-greasy walls to discuss politics and the latest gossip and hash out details and plans for doing anything to keep Abbeville and Vermilion Parish thriving.
Brian Guidry farms 400 acres in Vermilion Parish.
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