Vermilion Parish, LA

Three Acadiana men were cited by Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries agents for illegally possessing 49 red snapper and an undersized cobia, authorities said. Craig Hebert, 63, of Maurice, Eric Couvillion, 67, of Breaux Bridge, and Matthew Dehart, 31, of Abbeville, were cited FRiday for fishing violations in the Gulf of Mexico in Vermilion Parish.

The Vermilion Parish Sheriff's Office set up a simulation of an active shooter situation at J-H Williams Middle School in Abbeville to teach officers the correct techniques to stop an intruder.

Leblanc Elementary teacher Kelly Stewart, one of the founding members of the French Immersion Program in Vermilion Parish, was recognized Saturday night at the 16th Annual Cecil Picard Educators Gala as the H.Norman Saurage award winner for 2022. Stewart teaches English and Art to kindergartners and first graders in the...

A Vermilion Parish mother is waiting for justice for her son Dylan Plowden, 14, who lost his life to gun violence in December of 2017.

Average gas prices have tumbled by nearly $1 a gallon since June across the U.S., but Acadiana area prices have dipped less than that. The U.S. average for a gallon of regular was $4.14 on Wednesday, down 13 cents for the week and 66 cents for the month but up 94 cents compared to the same time last year,...

Due to health reasons, Laura LeBeouf decided it was time to leave the Vermilion Parish School Board after serving for eight years. LeBeouf, in a surprise move, decided not to qualify for her third and final four-year term as District C’s school board member. Gregg Meaux qualified last week...

According to Eddie Langlinais (Director of the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office Violent Crimes Task Force and Coordinator of Crime Stoppers of Vermilion), on July 19, 2022, Narcotics Agents, along with the Vermilion Parish Special Response Team, acting on a Crime Stoppers Tip, were able to apprehend Colby Comeaux (B/M, DOB: 9-29-1983), at his residence located at 15900 Ire Private Road in Rayne Louisiana without incident.

It was an emotional start to the Vermilion Parish Police Jury meeting Wednesday night as Liz Touchet was officially sworn in as the first female police juror. Touchet will serve out the remaining 17 months of her late husband’s term. Wayne Touchet served 18 years as the District 5 representative before his death on June 15.