For the City of Abbeville, or any entity for that matter, renewing health insurance is not a linear ride.
Lloyd Campisi, the city’s insurance consultant, said there are plenty of ups and downs from year to year. Campisi attended Tuesday’s regular city council meeting to present details of this year’s health insurance renewal.
Organizers of the Daylily Festival and Garden Show announced Friday morning that the event will be moved from Magdalen Square.
Due to the higher percent of rain chances on Saturday, June 5, the Daylily Festival and Garden Show will be moved to the Cecil McCrory Exhibit Building, located at 1105 West Port St. in Abbeville.
The event will still be held from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Officials and representatives of entities throughout Vermilion Parish attend the 2021 Hurricane Preparedness Meeting at the LSU AgCenter Building in Abbeville.
For public officials, things can be incredibly hectic when preparing for and responding to a hurricane.
Having all of them on the same page helps increase the efficiency of both the preparation and response.
To get all public officials and entities in Vermilion Parish on the same page, Homer Stelly got them in the same room.
Stelly, who took over late last year as director of the Vermilion Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, held a 2021 Hurricane Preparedness meeting on Wednesday.
Robert Allen Moreno
Robert Allen Moreno
RAYNE — On Friday, May 28, Rayne Police Chief Carroll Stelly announced a second arrest was made related to the May 16 homicide of a 17-year-old male.
Robert Allen Moreno, 41, of Houston, was arrested by the Rayne Police Department on one count of second degree murder.
On Sunday, May 16, at approximately 1 a.m., the Rayne Police Department was called to 113 East Louisiana Avenue regarding a medical emergency. There, officers located a 17-year-old male, Garrison Gautreaux of Rayne, deceased from an apparent gunshot wound.
A bill would allow citizens 21 and older to carry a concealed handgun without a permit, breezed through the Louisiana House, but the bill created debate amongst law enforcement agents.
Under current rules, citizens must undergo safety training and a background check to obtain a permit to carry a concealed weapon.
The legislation would do away with those requirements.
Rep. Bryan Fontenot, R-Thibodaux, sponsor of HB 596, said there is a balance between constitutional freedoms and government mandates.
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