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National Weather Service provides update on Nicholas

Tue, 09/14/2021 - 10:31am

Nicholas will continue to weaken as it slowly moves through the Houston area on Tuesday.
This is according to the 10 a.m. update from the National Weather Service in Lake Charles.
Tonight it will slowly turn east and head towards the Beaumont region, before slowing down or even stalling in southwest Louisiana Wednesday into Thursday.
Wind gusts today will be in the 25 to 45 mph range for southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana. A few power outages will be possible. Gusts will be 20 to 30 mph across the remainder of the region.

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NICHOLAS HEADS EAST, BRINGING HEAVY RAIN

Tue, 09/14/2021 - 9:59am

Nicholas made landfall overnight in Texas as a Category 1 hurricane and quickly weakened to a tropical storm.
A flash flood warning is in effect through Wednesday afternoon. A coastal flood advisory is currently in place in Vermilion Parish until 7 p.m. on Wednesday.
Nicholas made landfall about 1 a.m. Tuesday near Freeport, Texas, on that state’s central coast.
On Monday, Gov. John Bel Edwards requested a pre-landfall Federal Declaration of Emergency in a letter to President Joe Biden in advance of Nicholas.

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The University of Louisiana at Lafayette has announced vaccination guidelines.

UL Lafayette issues student vaccination requirement guidelines

Fri, 09/10/2021 - 8:13am

LAFAYETTE — Students who plan to take winter intersession or spring semester courses at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette will need to submit proof of COVID-19 vaccination.
UL Lafayette announced vaccination guidelines Thursday in a message to the campus community.

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Sheriff’s deputies recovered multiple firearms.

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Jeremy Cole Briggs

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Damien Damon Briggs

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Dante’ DeShawne Citizen

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Travon Travel Citizen

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Tawaski Tavon Lewis

Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office makes multiple arrests after investigating burglary of gun shop

Thu, 09/09/2021 - 4:20pm

According to Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office’s Public Information Officer Eddie Langlinais, in the early morning hours of Sept. 7, 2021, the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office received a call about a burglary in progress at a local gun shop on Woodlawn Road within Vermilion Parish.

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