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The Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division is actively attempting to identify and locate a suspect involved in the theft of two four-wheelers.
The suspect is described as a white heavy set male, approximately six foot tall.
On Jan. 8, 2021, between the hours of 2 a.m. and 2:20 a.m., the suspect entered into a metal building near the intersection of LA Hwy. 699 and LA Hwy. 700, and stole two (2) four wheelers . The four wheelers are described as a 2003 Honda 500, Green in color and a 2009 Honda 420 (VIN: 1HTE370294006478).

It looks like the days are numbered for the old Herod High School located on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Abbeville.
For 66 years, the only black high school in Abbeville has slowly been going downhill. 2021 could be the year the building is torn down.
In 1955, the brick Herod High School was built in Abbeville. First grade through 12th-grade students attended. The school eventually closed in 1970 due to desegregation, and the African American students who attended Herod were sent to schools throughout the parish.

At approximately 3:30 p.m. on January 3, 2021, Troopers from Louisiana State Police Troop I were notified of a two-vehicle crash on LA Highway 3267 (Jacqulyn Street) at South Hospital Drive in Vermilion Parish.
The crash ultimately took the life of 86-year-old Alice Abbott of Abbeville.