With more than 400 festivals on Louisiana’s annual calendar, only a handful are major economic engines and cultural bastions.
Abbeville Councilman Francis Touchet Jr. said, like many, he is concerned with the recent increase in crime in the city.
With a month left before public school starts, there are only three teaching positions being advertised. Two of the three are for secondary math teachers.
Agents with the state Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control issued 331 violations in the first month of the agency’s 2014 summer crackdown on underage alcohol and tobacco sales.
When Abbeville’s newest administration presides of its first city council meeting this evening, it will be full of familiar faces.