Abbeville, Louisiana

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• Vermilion Parish Livestock Show and Sale will be held Jan. 23-24
  

  The Vermilion Parish livestock show and sale is scheduled for January 23rd and 24th.

• Port Arthur Man Guilty of Hurricane Fraud
  

  Loc Chanh Tran of Port Arthur, 43, has pleaded guilty to hurricane related fraud.

• Local golf: Chip shots
  

  Don't look now, but that pro golf season is only a wedge shot away. The PGA Tour opens play with the Mercedes-Benz Championship at Maui's Kapalua layout one week from Thursday, Jan.

• New Year's brings three DWI's, one small fire
  

  It was a relatively quiet New Yeara s for the Abbeville Police and Fire Department.

• Grocery store robbed at gun-point
  

  Another business in Abbevile was held-up and robbed at gun-point in December. Meauxa s Grocery, located at 224 LeBlanc Street

• Motorcycle rider injured in Iberia collision
  

  An Abbeville man was hospitalized Monday with severe injuries when he skidded into the path of a pickup to avoid another vehicle, the Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office said.

• Junk cars in Abbeville wanted
  

  No matter what you call them, these unsightly occurrences are drawing the attention of City officials who hope to increase awareness of the citizens of Abbeville by encouraging them to report or remove these ...

• $2.7 million project to provide water for years to come
  

  Progress is being made to further the Citya s $2.7 million water plant renovation and structural improvements project, including the recent addition of a new water well, which went into service last week, as ...

• Local Golf: Chip Shots
  

  HOLIDAY HOURS Lafayette's three municipal courses - The Wetlands, Les Vieux Chenes and Hebert Park - will be open regular hours on New Year's Eve and will be closed on New Year's Day.

• Baby, pet contest winners announced
  

  The parents of Jaa irus Elijah Brown said when it comes to taking a picture of their six month old baby, Jaa irus, ita s easy because he is always smiling.

• Task Force make drug arrest
  

  According to Chief Rick Coleman and Sheriff Mike Couvillon, the Vermilion Parish Municipal Narcotics Task Force made one .

• Abbeville job search extended
  

  The search for the next Abbeville head football coach is going to receive an extended look.

• 11 apply for football opening at Erath
  

  It only took about an hour after applications stopped being taken at the School Board office for Erath High Principal Francis Touchet to meet with a special committee and begin sorting out who applied for the ...

• Fair compensation for A.A. Youth?
  

  For some, it was nothing more than a formality; for others, it may have been the scratching of old wounds.

• University of Louisiana Patents Medical Nanoparticle Technology
  

  Lafayette LA - Patented research at the University of Louisiana may help doctors deliver medicine - like those that fight cancer - directly to a tumor using magnetic fields.

• Abbeville Council strides for 2009
  

  The Abbeville City Council met Tuesday night to discuss the state of several ongoing public works projects, and to consider the adoption of the 2009 budget, among other topics of discussion.

• Saratoga developing Vermilion 16 area
  

  Saratoga Resources Inc., Houston, chasing untapped potential in Vermilion 16 field in state waters off Louisiana, acquired four tracts adjacent to the field and has ...

• The Fog continues...
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• Abbeville Police Department Arrests Dec. 1, 2008 through Dec. 14, 2008 | Abbeville Meridional
  

  George, Derrick Lavone: Distribution of marijuana, Contributing of a delinquency of a juvenile, 2 counts Green, Malcom: Possession of marijuana Hargrave, Rusty J.: Simple criminal damage to property Hills, ...

City Description

Abbeville is a city in and the parish seat of Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, United States, 150 miles (241 km) west of New Orleans. The population was 11,887 at the 2000 census. Abbeville is in the heart of "Cajun Country," and is home to many restaurants that specialize in the authentic tastes of the region. Abbeville is the principal city of the Abbeville Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Vermilion Parish. It is also part of the larger Lafayette–Acadiana Combined Statistical Area. The land that was to become Abbeville was purchased by founding father Père Antoine Désiré Mégret (Père is French for 'Father'), Capuchin missionary, on July 25, 1843 for $900. Megret named the town after his home in France. There were two people living on the land at that time, Joseph LeBlanc and his wife Isabelle Broussard, whose former home Father Megret converted into a chapel. The chapel burned in 1854, and St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church now stands at the same location. Father Megret modeled his original plan for the village after a French Provincial village. In a map he made in 1846, the town was 38 to 40 acres (160,000 m) in size. It was bounded on the north by St. Victor

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