From Vermilion Today

  • North Vermilion High searching for head football coach

    Joe Heintz stepped down after only one year Joe Heintz is leaving North Vermilion for a possible job at Teurlings High School. Joe Heintz was named as the head coach of the North Vermilion High football team in April 2023. However, he resigned from his position a year later in April 2024. Reportedly, he will go back to Teurlings High School in Lafayette, where he had previously been coaching for over 15 years. Heintz turned in his resignation last week to North Vermilion Principal Denise...

  • Meet the new boss, Mike Johnson, same as the old boss

    It has happened again, a once-promising Republican House Speaker has turned into a “Deep State” operative. Yes, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), has followed in the footsteps of former Republican House Speakers John Boehner, Paul Ryan, and Kevin McCarthy. All these former House speakers were once labeled “conservatives,” but after assuming the top position in Congress, their policies changed, resulting in grassroots anger. Unfortunately, none of these House Speakers cared about hard-working...

  • The saga of O.J. Simpson

    O.J. Simpson died last week. Many younger people will just say “So?” To anyone over 50, his life and his actions created riveting news, and poised him, both good and bad, as one of the most recognizable personalities in American history. O. J. was a little of everything. A football star in both college and in the NFL. He was the highest paid football player in the pros, and broke the all-time rushing record held by Jim Brown. (Unfortunately, no relation.). But he was also many other things. Yes...

  • Abbeville's Luther Winch: Cajun Cowboy turns into a Texas Rancher

    Luther Winch (left) gets ready to rope a calf with the help of a friend. Luther Winch gets ready to brand a calf. The Abbeville Meridional sat with Abbeville native Luther Winch to learn about his ranch and cattle business in Montgomery, Texas (50 miles northwest of Houston). Winch, 61, has been married to Therese Broussard Winch since 1990, and they have two sons. Luther L Winch, IV. “Luke” is 28 years old and helps manage the ranch businesses. Rome Benjamin Winch is 25 years old. The...

  • 21 year old reaches speeds of 120 mph on his motorcycle; charged by Abbeville police

    Davin Devillier, 21, from Sunset, La., was arrested by the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office for leading law enforcement on a high-speed chase through two parishes. Devillier was charged with one count of aggravated flight of a motorcycle, and the Maurice Police Department added charges. His bond was set at $30,000, and on Monday, he was no longer in the parish jail. According to Abbeville Police Chief Mike Hardy, the Maurice Department informed the city police that a biker riding a 2006 Suzuki...

  • Vermilion Parish School Board looks to make supply list cheaper

    Most parents hate the start of school because they know it is time to purchase items on the supply list that teachers provide them. When the shopping is over, a parent can spend anywhere from $30 to $114 on school supplies. Over the years, parents have complained to school board members about the extra expense of starting school. Their complaints include buying five boxes of crayons instead of one or six boxes of Kleenex when their child only needs one. The extra supplies drove up the cost.

  • Tator Tots Hit The Spot

    Nobody ever recommended Tator Tots as a healthy food. But when you’re in a slump, woebegone, down in the dumps, morose, or just plain feeling blue, a dish full of Tator Tots is the prescription I recommend. Yes, maybe a banana split could help a lot, but tots are salty so they can be classed as a meal, and there are many, many ways to serve them up. Note: the trick with Tator Tots is liquids, not into but underneath. I guess because Tots take a while to cook, the liquids cook out sooner. I made...

  • $21 million contract awarded to deepen Vermilion Parish's Freshwater Bayou to the Gulf of Mexico

    Vermilion Parish is finally set to benefit from the Acadiana Gulf of Mexico Access Channel (AGMAC), more than two decades after it was first discussed. A contract has been awarded to begin deepening the navigational channel for a 20-mile stretch from the intersection of the Intracoastal Canal down Freshwater Bayou to the Freshwater Bayou Locks. The dredging will increase the depth of Freshwater Bayou, which flows into the Gulf of Mexico, to just over 16 feet deep. The spoil from the dredging...

  • North Vermilion Lady Pats will play three-time defending state champs on Friday

    The North Vermilion Lady Patriots have a challenge Friday in the semifinals of the Non-Select Division II LHSAA softball playoffs. They battle the No. 1 seed, North DeSoto Griffins, on Friday at noon. The game will be played on Field 15 at North Frach Park in Sulphur. The Griffins are the three-time Division II defending state champions. Last year, they beat No. 2 Albany 7-4 in the Division II finals. They also won in 2022 and 2021. Since 2014, North DeSoto has been to the semifinals and has...

  • North Vermilion's Charpentier gets game-winning hit

    LEROY – The North Vermilion Lady Patriots advanced to the semifinals of the Division II Non-Select playoffs with a thrilling 1-0 victory over the Iowa Lady Yellow Jackets. The Lady Pats won the game in walk-off fashion, scoring the game’s only run in the bottom of the seventh. With one out in the inning, Reese Charpentier stepped to the plate with the bases loaded. She sent a 2-1 pitch to the wall in left centerfield that scored Amelia Dupre, advancing the Lady Pats to the semifinals to face the...

  • Three Vermilion Parish baseball teams gear up for playoffs

    Three parish baseball teams have moved on to the second round of the LHSAA baseball playoffs. All three teams will be playing at home starting Friday. Vermilion Catholic, Erath, and North Vermilion all received first-round byes. Their second-round games are all at home. The second round of games will be a three-game series for North Vermilion and Erath. VC is only one game. Lakeshore at Erath The No. 4 Erath Bobcats (23-7) entertain No. 20 Lakeshore (14-17). The first game is Friday at 6 p.m....

  • Kaplan Lady Pirates eliminated from playoffs

    KAPLAN - The Kaplan Lady Pirates quest to repeat as Division III Non-Select State Champions came to a halt Saturday as they fell to the Jena Lady Giants 4-3. Kaplan (27-6) had the tying run on second base with nobody out in the bottom of the seventh inning, but Jena’s pitching and defense held, ending the Lady Pirates’ season. “Things just didn’t go our way,” said head coach Brittany LeBeouf. “We had runners in scoring position the first three innings and we couldn’t scratch a run across. That’s...