Abbeville Meridional

05/29/2024

https://www.vermiliontoday.com/news/officer-arrests-man-who-allegedly-robbed-wendy%E2%80%99s-abbeville

A man who said he wanted to return money to Wendy’s in Abbeville has been arrested for allegedly stealing the cash in the first place. On Monday, May 27, at approximately 10:50 p.m., the Abbeville Police Department (APD) responded to a call of Simple Robbery at Wendy’s located at 2307 Veterans M...

05/29/2024

https://www.vermiliontoday.com/sports/abbeville-high-hires-former-lsu-player-its-new-head-football-coach

Abbeville High School’s new head football coach has been mentored by the best college football coach of all time, one of the top high school football coaches in Louisiana, and several NFL assistant football coaches. Abbeville High Principal Phillip Freeman announced that he hired Jonathan Zenon as...

05/09/2024

https://www.vermiliontoday.com/sports/north-vermilion-advances-state-baseball-finals

SULPHUR—The No. 6 North Vermilion Patriots advanced to the finals of the Division II Non-Select playoffs with a 6-1 semifinal victory over the No. 10 Pearl River Rebels Wednesday night. “We came out ready to go,” said NV skipper Jeremy Trahan. Don’t doubt these guys. If you give them a littl...

09/30/2022

Abbeville head coach Roderick Moy knew what the Wildcats’ first eight plays of the game would be before the game began. However, by the time he completed calling seven out of the eight plays, Abbeville had a convincing 28-0 lead. The Wildcats cruised to a 51-6 win over West St. Mary in a non-distr...

09/17/2022

The Vermilion Catholic Eagles ended the Loreauville Tigers’ 20-game regular season winning streak on Friday. The Class 2A Tigers entered VC, not having lost a regular season game since 2019. In 2020, the Tigers went 8-0 and then 10-0 in 2021. On Friday, Loreauville entered VC stadium 2-0 in 2022. ...

09/17/2022

LAGRANGE - The Kaplan Pirates got the victory they needed on Friday. The Pirates crushed LaGrange 40-14 to improve to 1-2. Kaplan head coach Cory Brodie was happy to get that first win in 2022. “It is a breath of fresh air,” said Brodie. The Pirates rushed for a season-high 394 yards. Caden Camp...

09/17/2022

ERATH - After falling behind 14-13 to the Catholic High Panthers at halftime, the Erath Bobcats were able to score 14 points in a matter of 40 seconds,which turned the game around. The Bobcats took their opening second half drive and marched 40 yards down field and the big run of the drive was a 27-...

09/15/2022

An Erath High student allegedly confessed to the Erath High administration for writing the bomb threat note on the wall in the Erath High gymnasium bathroom. The student’s name has not been released, and as of 10:50 a.m., it is unknown if charges were filed against the student. The bomb threat hap...

05/13/2022

Here are photos of Thursday's semifinal game against North DeSoto. NV won 14-2 and will play Saturday at 2 p.m. in the finals in Sulphur.

04/22/2022

KAPLAN - The Kaplan Lady Pirates had to do something they do not usually do - play small ball in order to win 4-2 in the second-round Class 3A playoffs. Kaplan will be back in action Saturday at home against No. 6 Sterlington. The game time is 4 p.m. With the wind blowing in, the Lady Pirates went n...

04/19/2022

March 27, 1939 ~ April 13, 2022 KAPLAN — Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, April 20, 2022 at St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Catholic Church honoring the life of Dolores “Ms. Dee” Broussard, with Reverend Mark Miley officiating the services. She was the first-ever elected fema...

04/19/2022

DELCAMBRE – A Mass of Christian Burial will be conducted for Lula Mae “Momie” Sonnier Toups, age 92, at 3 p.m. on Wednesday. April 20, 2022 at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church. Fr. Buddy Breaux will officiate. Interment will follow at the church mausoleum. A gathering of family and friends...