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Schools in Abbeville on partial lock down while police investigate possible threat

All schools in the city of Abbeville are on partial lock down while detectives with the Abbeville Police Department investigate a possible threat.
According to Lt. Jonathan Touchet, spokesman for the APD, there is no threat to a specific school within the city limits and this should not be cause for panic. Touchet said the investigation is a precaution.
Touchet said more information will be released once the investigation is completed.

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Crystal Breaux

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Skyler Briggs

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Shelby Gaspard

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Shaun Green

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David Menard

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Kimberly Miller

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Joseph Morris

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Richard Perez

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Nyles Phillips

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Jacob Smith

Task Force makes 10 arrests for multiple drug offenses in Vermilion Parish

According to Drew David, the Public Information Officer and Task Force Commander for the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Department, the Vermilion Municipal and Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force made the following arrests for narcotics related offenses within the parish.

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Maurice transferring to new water well

MAURICE — Part of the growth in the Village of Maurice is improvements on its infrastructure.
Some of that is set to take place in regard to the village’s water well.
“During the upcoming weeks the Village of Maurice will be transferring to our newly installed water well,” Mayor Wayne Theriot said. “Once this is done our current treatment facilities will be off line while a new treatment facility is constructed.”
Theriot sent out a message to alert costumers of the village’s water system.

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Dr. Tina Stefanski, Regional Medical Director for the Office of Public Health in Acadiana

State Emergency Response Network explained

Dr. Tina Stefanski has been the regional medical director for the Office of Public Health in Acadiana for the past 18 years. With coronavirus outbreaks popping up worldwide and cases of mumps reported at least two Louisiana universities, it seems like picking a topic to talk about would be easy.
But Stefanski wanted to tell members of the Crowley Lions Club about the Louisiana Emergency Response Network — LERN — which she touted as “one of the best things we do with state government.”

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Photo of the actual side-by-side reported stolen.

Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office IS INVESTIGATING RECENT THEFT OF SIDE-BY-SIDE NEAR RAYNE

RAYNE — Detectives with the Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office are investigating the theft of a side-by-side from a business located in the 5700 block of Church Point Highway, north of Rayne.
The incident occurred between Feb. 7 and 10.
Unknown suspect(s) gained access to the property by cutting the fence. The stolen side-by-side is described as a 2016 two-seater Polaris 900 Ranger, green in color. It’s valued at about $15,000.

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