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Bridget Winters and Murphy Guilbeaux speak to the Kiwanis Club about the Vermilion Charter Academy.

New charter school could be ‘win-win’ for Vermilion Parish

Mon, 03/01/2021 - 1:43pm

Bridget Winters has lived in the north Vermilion Parish area for more than 20 years.
She has seen tremendous growth in the area during that time.
“I will drive around and see a new subdivision pop up that wasn’t there the week before,” Winters said with a laugh.
While it won’t be “popping up” within a week, Winters is part of a group that has a long-term plan for a new charter school in the northern part of the parish, an area Winters said needs a new facility.

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LDWF Agents Investigating Fatal Boating Incident in Vermilion Parish

Mon, 03/01/2021 - 11:02am

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) enforcement agents are investigating a fatal boating incident that occurred in Vermilion Parish on February 28.
The body of Chance R. Cormier, 22, of Church Point, was recovered from Bayou Tigre around 8:30 p.m.
LDWF agents were alerted about a boating incident around 5 p.m. regarding a man who fell off a personal watercraft (PWC). Agents responding to the scene and learned from a witness that Cormier was operating the PWC by himself and observed him falling off the PWC and then disappearing into the water.

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The Tru-D robot adds to Abbeville General’s list of cleaning protocols.

Abbeville General Invests in UVC Technology to Ensure the Cleanest Environment Possible

Mon, 03/01/2021 - 10:30am

Abbeville General has added the Tru-D UVC robot, a pathogen-eliminating UVC disinfection device, to its already extensive list of cleaning protocols to provide patients and staff with a germ-free health care environment.

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Vermilion school district will get $9.4 million from Federal Government

Fri, 02/26/2021 - 12:09pm

Vermilion Parish Superintendent Tommy Byler has a plan for spending the $9.4 million that the Vermilion Parish School district will be getting, thanks to a whopping $1.1 billion in new federal assistance.
Louisiana landed $1.1 billion in federal aid — 13th most in the nation — when Congress approved its second stimulus plan on Dec. 27. However, the state is not sending out those dollars for now.
Districts will be able to spend 50 percent of their allocation starting in June and the other half starting in January 2022.

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