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According to Sheriff Mike Couvillon, a former Kaplan Police Officer, identified as Terry Wayne Leopold Kraut Jr., 35, of Kaplan, has been arrested on a Third-Degree Rape charge.
Kaplan Chief of Police Joshua Hardy released a statement on Sunday that Kraut is no longer a member of the Kaplan Police Department.

Two weeks after being involved in a two-vehicle accident, a Vermilion Catholic female student has been moved to a hospital in Dallas to further her care.
According to “Kallen’s Journey” Facebook page, it states that Kallen LeBlanc, 17, was transported to the Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas.
Baylor’s trauma surgeon and the ECMO team flew to Lafayette on Monday with their equipment and connected Kallen to the ECMO machine and then transported her to Dallas.

Gulf Coast Bank has donated $500 to stock the SLCC Gulf Area Campus Food Pantry in Abbeville.
Gulf Coast Bank has partnered with SLCC since 2013 in a number of ways and was recognized in 2020 as the SLCC’s Benefactor of the Year for its widespread impact throughout the Vermilion Parish and Acadiana communities.
The bank has offered time and expertise through its President and CEO, Paul Patout, serving as a key voice on the SLCC Foundation board in its early years of development.