Arrest warrants have been issued for five people, including a juvenile, allegedly involved in a shooting that occurred in Abbeville last month.
BATON ROUGE — On Wednesday, the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) unanimously adopted a new statewide K-12 education funding formula for the 2023-24 school year.
The new Minimum Foundation Program (MFP) formula aligns with the recommendations of the Louisiana Department of Education, addressing the key areas of educator and support staff pay, workforce development, and operational costs.
Some changes to ordinances covering trash containers, golf carts and liquor permits took shape during Tuesday’s regular Abbeville City Council meeting.
The council approved an amendment to the ordinance related to the location of trash containers, adopted language for the use of golf carts and slow-moving vehicles, and moved to repeal and re-enact the liquor license permit ordinance.
In the North Vermilion gym, Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser speaks with 250 sophomore students who take Civics with teacher Sammy Theriot.
NV student Christopher Simon hands Billy Nungesser a NV baseball cap as a way to thank him for speaking at North Vermilion High.
North Vermilion High sophomore civics students listen to Louisiana Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser speak in the school’s gymnasium Wednesday morning.
Branches of government, Louisiana culture, history and tourism are topics North Vermilion High teacher Sammy Theriot teaches sophomore Civics students.
While the standard way of teaching is to get information out of a textbook, Theriot, who has been teaching for 30-plus years, likes to do something different.
The former state representative (1979-1996) and Vermilion Parish clerk of court wants his students to learn hands on and hear how government works from Louisiana politicians.
There will be a planned water outage in parts of Abbeville this Saturday, March 11.
Work will begin at 7 a.m.
The planned water outage is to allow city workers to replace fire hydrants.
Areas affected:
• Bound on the north by Palms Hospital Drive
• Bound on the south by West Summers Drive
• Bound on the east by Highway 167
• Bound on the west by Assay Street, Caroline Drive, Bruno Road.
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