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The Policy Jury room was filled with members of the non-profit organizations that use the cultural center.

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The outside of the cultural center.

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There are empty rooms being used for storage on the second floor.

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Another empty room being used for storage.

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This is a meeting room used by different organizations.

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This large room sits empty except for the boxes.

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The bottom floor of the cultural center is used.

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This is Tourism Director Alison Miller's office on the second floor.

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These are two old chairs from the Frank's Theater that are being stored on the second floor.

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More boxes and posters are also being stored from the Frank's Theater.

Will the Vermilion Parish Sheriff's Detective Unit locate in cultural center?

Is it possible that the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Detective Unit will relocate to the cultural and historical center in the old library in downtown Abbeville? Not if a group of concerned Vermilion Parish residents has anything to say about it.
For the past few years, tenants in the former Hibernia Bank building on Charity Street have housed the Sheriff’s detective unit, located on the second and third floors of the old bank building.

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Vermilion Parish School Board will decide on Thursday how much to raise insurance premiums

The Vermilion Parish School Board is anticipated to vote Thursday on the proposed increase in health insurance premiums.
On Monday, at an insurance committee meeting, insurance committee members, and school board members listened to HUB International’s Louanna Landry give an hour-long presentation about the future cost of health insurance.
The simple message she gave was that the school board needs to increase the premiums from insurance holders, along with the school board kicking in an extra $300,000 a year.

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Landon Romero

Landon Romero is other driver involved in head-on collision on La. 338

The Romero family of Abbeville has announced that their son, Landon Romero, was involved in a head-on collision that occurred on Friday morning on La. 338. 
The accident claimed the life of 56-year-old Charles Levine, whose truck crossed the centerline and collided with Romero’s vehicle. Levine’s truck subsequently caught fire. Landon Romero had to be rescued from his vehicle by the fire departments of Erath, LeBlanc, and Abbeville. 
He was initially transported to a hospital in Lafayette and later moved to a hospital in Baton Rouge.

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Parachute Plasma Center is being built in the parking lot next to McDonalds in Abbeville. They are a national company out of Texas.

What is happening in front of old Schwegmann Grocery Store in Abbeville?

After more than 20 years of being unused, aside from serving as a parking lot, activity has returned to the old Schwegmann Grocery Store parking lot, located next to McDonald’s in Abbeville.
Around three weeks ago, contractors installed a hurricane fence with a green tarp in the parking lot of the old Schwegmann (formerly National Grocery Store) building, as construction is underway. The green tarp serves as a protective cover during the initial phases of construction. 

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The Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office now has real-time access to the Vermilion Parish School System’s cameras, including Abbeville High School. This monitor (below) is located in Langlinais’ office.

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Sheriff’s Office has real-time access to Vermilion Parish School System cameras

When it comes to student safety, officials with the Vermilion Parish School System and Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office review every possible angle.
That is now literally the case thanks to an enhanced partnership between the two entities. Vermilion Parish Superintendent Tommy Byler and Vermilion Parish Sheriff Eddie Langlinais announced that the sheriff’s office will have real-time camera access to all schools across Vermilion Parish.

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