Abbeville News

Ten Acadiana residents graduated from Our Lady of the Lake College in Baton Rouge last month.

Athletic director Kim Guidry has been at Vermilion Catholic for almost three decades now.

Pia Uson and Freddy Dubois were united in the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony during a nuptial mass on Friday, April 17th 2009 at Saint Joseph Catholic Church on the beautiful island of Maui, Hawaii.

The Louisiana rice industry donated 12,000 pounds of rice to the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank in recognition of National Rice Month and Hunger Action Month in September.

What better way to cool off on a hot Saturday afternoon than to eat a cold bowl of ice cream.

ST. MARTINVILLE - Moss-draped live oaks at Longfellow-Evangeline State Park provided the perfect backdrop on Monday for an invitation to visit the Acadiana area.

The lanes on Charity Street are too narrow.

The Department of Transportation and Development may have a solution for traffic problems on Charity Street.

A pedestrian was killed in Abbeville after being struck by a car over the weekend.

Based on early water temperatures in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, it looks like it may be a quiet hurricane season, which is great news for the parish.

We are sincerely happy to announce our exchanging of vows on February 14, 2009 at the Caldwell House in Abbeville, La.

The family of an Abbeville man can breathe a sigh of relief now that a suspect sits in police custody.

A Senate panel has blocked a proposed tax break for certain federally certified public school workers.

ABBEVILLE - After seven years of work on Palmetto State Park, construction may be completed by the end of summer.

Amelia Claire Richard of Abbeville and Jordan Robert Schexnayder of Arnaudville exchanged wedding vows on June 12, 2009 during an evening ceremony at Holy Rosary Catholic Church.

Acadiana communities have been awarded more than $10.5 million in Louisiana Community Development Block grants, the governor's office announced Friday.

After more than four years, a youth athletic tax in Vermilion Parish is closer to being distributed.

The Vermilion Parish Municipal Narcotics Task Force has announced the arrest of 14 suspects and materials seized with a street value of $4,000 in Operation March Madness, an undercover operation conducted during March and April.

A caring, compassionate Vermilion Parish resident teamed up with Vermilion Animal Control, Abbeville Police and Firefighters to save the life of a tiny kitten trapped in a sewer.

Vermilion Parish authorities tell us their undercover drug operation was very successful last night.

The Vermilion Parish Narcotics Task Force have reported the arrest of Brice Vallier Abbeville.