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Empty buildings on North Jefferson Street in Abbeville will eventually be demolished.

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These old buildings will be among the ones to be torn down.

Empty buildings to be torn down in downtown Abbeville

Thu, 03/28/2024 - 8:51am

A fresh start is coming for one area in downtown Abbeville that has long sat dormant.
The process to demolish a cluster of buildings at 108 N. Jefferson St., located near the parking lot of Abbeville City Hall, is now underway.
“That property has been going through some transition of inheritance,” Abbeville Mayor Roslyn White said during Tuesday’s regular City Council meeting. “It’s finally where they are ready to clean it up and repurpose it for a better purpose.”

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Rita Keating uses 700 grocery bags to make one mat. That process takes her 50 hours.

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Rita Keating shows off the mat that rolls up to easily carry.

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Rita Keating said she can complete two mats a month.

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Rita Keating cuts a stack of bags to make plarn, plastic yarn used to make the mats. Keating then ties the plarn (below).

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Grocery bags transformed into something comfortable

Thu, 03/28/2024 - 8:43am

You will make at least a half dozen monthly trips to the grocery store.
That means the accumulation of a lot of plastic grocery bags.
While you may find use for a couple of those bags, most will be discarded, as there are few options to bring them for recycling.
Rita Keating of Kaplan has found an option that puts the bags to great use: crocheting them into mats to provide to the homeless.

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Kaplan’s own Reckel O’Brien, a resident for many years, recently had a discussion with the Kaplan City Council and Mayor Mike Kloesel regarding her January electricity bill, which amounted to $548. O’Brien informed the council that her house was unoccupied throughout January.

Kaplan residents want answers about spike in electrical bill

Tue, 03/26/2024 - 8:35am

KAPLAN — A group of residents from Kaplan attended Tuesday’s council meeting to inquire about the sudden increase in their February electrical bills.
Kaplan Mayor Mike Kloesel explained that the spike occurred because of the contract between Kaplan and SLEMCO, which is the electric provider for the town.
In 2020, the Mayor renegotiated a new contract that lowered the electrical rates and saved residents more than $1 million over the last five years.

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