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Abbeville Chief of Police Mike Hardy will be receiving a raise.
During a regular meeting on Tuesday, the Abbeville City Council voted 3-1 to approve a $20,000 salary increase for Hardy, whose current term began last July. Hardy previously served as Abbeville chief from 1990 to 2002.
Councilman Brady Broussard Jr., Councilman Carlton Campbell and Councilman Francis Touchet Jr. voted in favor. Councilwoman Terry Broussard opposed it, saying she favored a $10,000 increase. Councilman Tony Hardy, the chief’s brother, abstained from voting.

KAPLAN — The Louisiana Department of Education announced its 2024 Principal of the Year semifinalists.
These principals represent schools and systems across the state.
Vermilion Parish is proud to announce that it has one of the 57 principals on the list. Sonya Louviere, the principal of Rene Rost Middle School, made the list.
She has been the principal at Rene Rost Middle for five years and has no plans to leave the school soon.

In October, the Vermilion Parish School Board ramped security by placing metal detectors in all schools. Five months later, the metal detectors are still being used today.
At 99 percent of the schools, the metal detectors are randomly used three days a week. In other words, the school administration decides when students have to walk through the metal detectors.
Some schools can use metal detectors before entering or walking out of the classroom.