A copy of the plaque.
ERATH — Fifty-seven years later, the community of Erath has not forgotten the eight men who died when the water tower fell during Hurricane Hilda in 1964.
They died on Oct. 3, 1964 when the water tower fell on the town hall, where they were among the volunteers who monitored the storm.
Gary Lee Sellers Jr.
The search is over for a Kaplan man who allegeldy killed someone in the McDonald’s parking lot in Kaplan last month.
On Sunday, the Kaplan Police Department has arrested Gary Lee Sellers Jr., wanted in connection with a fatal December shooting.
With the help of the US Marshals Service and the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office, Kaplan Police arrested Sellers Jr. Sunday afternoon, said Kaplan Police Chief Joshua Hardy.
No one was injure during the arrest.
LAFAYETTE PARISH – On January 13, 2021, shortly after 8:30 p.m., Louisiana State Police Troop I responded to a two-vehicle fatal crash on Interstate 10 westbound near Louisiana Avenue. The crash claimed the life of an unidentified driver.
Vermilion Parish OEP is waiting on more information on the date the
COVID vaccine will be received.
Well, there is now no date set for people in Vermilion Parish to receive their vaccine for COVID-19.
Last week the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) informed Vermilion Parish’s Emergency Preparedness Director Homer Stelly that the state planned to be in the parish to administer the vaccine, starting next week.
Since then, Stelly received a phone call from the Louisiana Department of Health erasing a scheduled date and is now saying tentatively set towards the end of the month.
Vermilion Parish middle schools and high schools had planned to welcome all students back on Jan. 19.
Plans have changed.
Those students will instead remain on a hybrid schedule until Monday, Feb. 1. Vermilion Parish Superintendent Tommy Byler said Wednesday afternoon that the current number of COVID-19 cases in the parish prompted the decision.
“Unfortunately, the number of cases and quaranitines in our schools have not yet begun to decline,” Byler said. “Because of this, we will remain Hybrid for middle and high school students until Feb. 1.”
318 N. Main St.
Abbeville, LA 70510
Phone: 337-893-4223
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219 North Cushing Avenue
Kaplan, LA 70548
311 Main Street
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