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Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office investigating shooting that left one dead

According to Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office PIO Eddie Langlinais, on March 7, at approximately 7:48 a.m., the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office received a phone call from the Abbeville Police Department in reference to a shooting that possibly occurred outside the city limits of Abbeville.
The Abbeville Police Department responded to a residence on North East Street in Abbeville where two victims were located with gunshot wounds.

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Sheamichael Cunningham

New Iberia Man Arrested for Internet Crimes Against Children

BATON ROUGE – Attorney General Jeff Landry's Cyber Crime Unit has arrested an Iberia Parish man for Internet crimes against children.
Sheamichael Cunningham, 18 of New Iberia, has been arrested and charged with 50 counts of Pornography Involving Juveniles Under the Age of Thirteen (possession). The arrest was a result of a joint investigation with the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation, Homeland Security Investigations, Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office, and Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office.

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Dr. Kim Hunter Reed, the commissioner of higher education, said Louisiana universities are getting by during the pandemic with the help of increased federal and state funding.

Photo Courtesy of Dr. Kim Hunter Reed.

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Dr. Jim Henderson, president of the University of Louisiana System, said the state’s universities need more funding to retain faculty and prepare students for a changing workplace.

Photo Courtesy of Dr. Jim Henderson.

STATE’S UNIVERSITIES HOPEFUL ABOUT FEDERAL RELIEF FROM COVID-19

By Adrian Dubose and Lauren Cheramie
LSU Manship School News Service

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No drilling on 16th Section Land means loss of millions to Vermilion school district

It looks like oil and gas money from 16th Section Land is drying up, which is not good news for the Vermilion Parish School System.
For 50-plus years, the Vermilion school system has been getting oil and gas revenue because of wells drilled on 16th Section Land. The school system has 18,000 acres of 16th Section Land throughout the parish.
The land ranges from White Lake in Gueydan, marshlands near Pecan Island, to the land that North Vermilion Middle and North Vermilion High School sit on.

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