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The Kaplan High School Beta team were recognized last week by city and parish officials for achieving what no other school in Vermilion Parish has ever done.
The students came home with a first place trophy for winning the talent competition at the National Beta Convention.
“We competed against 13 other states,” said Eva Lange, KHS Beta sponsor.
“These kids are the most hard working, dedicated and talented group I have ever worked with. They have worked countless hours practicing, and then practiced some more.”

An alert police officer on patrol last week saved the lives of four individuals.
Two men, one woman and a child who lived upstairs in the building which houses Neighbor’s Lounge were alerted to a fire that had consumed the bar downstairs.
Kaplan Police Officer Rustin Comeaux, a two year veteran of the force, was on routine patrol when he spotted a fire behind the bar.
The officer called the Kaplan Fire Department, then tried putting it out with a fire extinguisher and called for assistance.

Read the latest Kaplan Police Report in the local news section.

Joe Comeaux- Councilwoman Eva Dell Morrison named Joe Comeaux as her Citizen of the Month. Joseph “Joe” Comeaux was born in 1935 in Duson to the late Whitney and Olivia Comeaux. He is the oldest of six siblings.
On Sept. 15, 1959 he married Lucy Montgomery. They will celebrated their golden anniversary this year.
Together, the couple have seven children, three boys and four girls, 12 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Somebody once said that the search for one’s self starts out at home with the family – or, in this case, perhaps it starts in researching history with the family.
A long standing tradition, of helping her father gather information on family lineage and the history of Cossinade, led Donella Hargrave to follow in his footsteps and recognize her own ambition as a history enthusiast and writer.
Donella LaBry Hargrave is the daughter of Cossinade and Leleaux natives Ewell LaBry and Ella Mae Leleaux.

Two men were arrested after Kaplan Police were called concerning shots being fired at Belleshire Apartments in Kaplan.
The information received was that two black males were chasing and shooting each other. It was also revealed the two involved had gotten into a black vehicle heading east on West Third.
Officers were able to stop the vehicle at West Third and Eleazar where the front passenger fled the scene on foot. He was later located and apprehended,