Abbeville News

Fire was a huge hazard to south Louisiana communities in the days before modern firefighting equipment and good water supplies, when wooden homes and buildings were illuminated by oil lamps and candles and cooking was done over open flames.

NOPD officer Sgt. Yolanda Jenkins chats with students Monday, August 30, 2010 during a visit to the New Orleans College Prep at Sylvanie Williams Elementary School in New Orleans.

Rising violence in Vermilion Parish and specifically Abbeville has prompted community leaders to take a stand.

According to Sheriff Mike Couvillon, Chief Tony Hardy and Chief Boyd Adams, the Vermilion / Municipal task force made following arrests recently for drug related offenses.

This was my mission last Friday, dispatched by Janice Boo Macomber, otherwise known as Aunt Boo.

Cumberland football coach Donnie Suber announced the signings of Tony Cooper and Joey Faulk this week to scholarship papers for the 2013 season.

According to Sheriff Mike Couvillon, Chief Tony Hardy and Chief Boyd Adams, the Vermilion / Municipal task force made following arrests recently for drug related offense: - On 5-6-13 agents were working street level sales disruption, when they noticed a suspected hand to hand drug deal occur on the corner of E. Oak and Hayes in Abbeville.

Those are the issues that community leaders in Abbeville say they are dealing with.

Crime tape has become an all too familiar sight for residents around Abbeville. With seven murders in the last year, church leaders in the area say it's their duty to step up - which is exactly what they're doing.

<![CDATA[Claire Angers Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Brion Angers, of Lafayette are pleased to announce the upcoming marriage of their daughter, Claire Leigh Angers to Mark James Risher, son of Mr. and Mrs. Owen Thomas Risher, of Lafayette. The couple will be united in the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony on Friday, June 21, 2013, at 7:00 p.m., at Saint Mary Magdalen Catholic Church in Abbeville, Louisiana. Miss. Angers, whose mother is the former Frances Veazey, is a 2002 graduate of St. Thomas More High School, and a 2006 graduate of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Geraldine Angers, and the late Robert "Bob" Angers, and the late Mr. and Mrs. George Veazey. Mr. Risher, whose mother is the former Julie Duplantis, is a 2003 graduate of St. Thomas More High School, and a 2007 graduate of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Mr. Risher is the grandson of Maunette Risher, and the late James T. Risher, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Caliste Duplantis Jr. Following the wedding, the couple will reside in Lafayette.

Genevieve Catholic Church in Lafayette, Louisiana. The ceremony was officiated by Father Brian Taylor.

A bill that would bar public schools from participating in the Louisiana High School Athletic Association is scheduled to be heard by the House Education Committee today in Baton Rouge.

According to St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert, during the last 24 hour reporting period the Sheriff's Office responded to 55 complaints and reports the following arrests: Aubrey Aaron Corsaro, 24, 703 Clark Road, Bayou Vista, LA was arrested on April 29, 2013 at 10:23 am on 4 warrants for failure to appear for drug court.

The United Way of Acadiana's Early Head Start, Early Learning Centers in Vermilion and Lafayette parishes are accepting applications for limited openings.

A suspect in the homicide which took place in Abbeville on the night of April 26 was arrested in New Iberia during the early morning hours of April 29.

Vermilion Parish's governing body on Wednesday will try to hash out how it will pay for court-ordered security at the parish courthouse, a beautiful columned structure located in the middle of a traffic circle in downtown Abbeville.

Abbeville police are investigating a murder that took place at the intersection of Martin Luther King Drive and Schlessinger Street.

<![CDATA[Eric Leger and Lindsey Frey Mr. and Mrs. Chris Frey are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Lindsey Michelle Frey, to Eric Michael Leger, son of Jackie Sinclair and Mr. and Mrs. Rickey Leger of Lafayette. The couple will be united in marriage at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Lafayette on Friday June 7, 2013 at 6 p.m. Lindsey, whose mother is the former Kelly Vincent of Lafayette, is a 2007 graduate of Lafayette High School and a 2011 graduate of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, where she received a degree in Elementary Education. She is currently a 4th grade teacher at Mount Carmel Elementary in Abbeville, Louisiana. Lindsey is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Vincent of Lafayette and Mr. Donivan Frey, the late Jo Ann Tartarella Frey, and the late Helen Frey. Eric, whose mother is Jackie Sinclair of Lafayette, is a 2007 graduate of Lafayette High School and will be graduating in May 2013 from South Louisiana Community College in Surveying. He is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Sinclair of Lafayette and Mr. and Mrs. Eby Leger of Church Point. Following the wedding, the couple plans to reside in Lafayette, LA.

On the same day that Rita Jordan was murdered in Abbeville a year ago, another murder took place in Abbeville.

The Vermilion Parish Municipal narcotics task force arrested three people for drug-related offenses as part of their efforts to crack down on illegal drug possession and distribution in the area.