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Ella Caillouet. holds up her award she won.

Erath High's Caillouet wins ‘What I Want to Be and Why’ writing contes

Fri, 04/12/2024 - 11:23am

Ella Caillouet knows exactly what she wants to be in her future professional life.
The 17-year-old Caillouet draws on personal experience and a desire to positively impact the lives of others as the reasons why she wants to take that path.
With the answers to what and why firmly locked in and an array of other achievements, Caillouet made a compelling entry into this year’s Rotary Club of Abbeville’s “What I Want to Be and Why” contest. The committee agreed, naming the Erath High senior as the 2024 winner.

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Brent Landry won the Fireman of the Year Award.

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Jolene Gaspard Wheelock won 911 Operator of the Year Award.

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Jada Breaux (right) won the Law Enforcement of the Year Award.

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Nicole Toups won the Teacher of the Year award.

Abbeville's Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4158 gives service awards

Fri, 04/12/2024 - 11:20am

On Tuesday evening, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4158 held an awards dinner to show appreciation for those who serve Vermilion Parish.
Post commander Derek Poore oversaw the event, which was well attended by the winners’ family and friends and post members.
Everyone was treated to shrimp stew, and the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board donated the shrimp.
Each year, the local post recognizes individuals who are firefighters, law enforcement officers, teachers, or emergency responders.

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These three dogs, Sasha, Pepper, and Ringo, were euthanized 10 years ago, which blew up the internet because people were upset.

Vermilion Parish animal shelter better 10 years after death of three dogs

Fri, 04/12/2024 - 11:16am

NUNEZ - Sasha, Pepper, and Ringo were the names of the three dogs who unknowingly sacrificed their lives to save 13,923 animals in Vermilion Parish. The Vermilion Parish Rabies Animal Control Facility euthanized the dogs on March 6, 2014, leading to this unexpected outcome.
The national attention was captured when miscommunication between the rabies control center and Community Animal Rescue and Adoption (CARA) led to the euthanization of three dogs that were supposed to be rescued that day. CARA had been instructed to pick up the dogs by 8 a.m.

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Erath man sentenced in drug trafficking network at Angola State Prison

Tue, 04/09/2024 - 11:09am

BATON ROUGE - An investigation into a drug trafficking network in the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola led to the sentencing of 13 people including guards and inmates, one of them from Erath.
Michael Augustine, 44, from Erath, received a 51-month federal prison sentence. He was convicted of conspiring to distribute marijuana and methamphetamine. The court also sentenced Augustine to serve three years of supervised release following his term of imprisonment.

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