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ST. LANDRY PARISH – At approximately 9:30 p.m. on August 13, 2020, Troopers from Louisiana State Police Troop I were notified of a single-vehicle crash on LA Hwy 10 near LA Hwy 182 in St. Landry Parish.
The crash took the life of 45-year-old Daniel Scott Palmer of Maurice.
The initial investigation by State Police revealed that the crash occurred as Palmer was driving a 1999 Lexus L47 SUV westbound on LA 10 when, for unknown reasons, he failed to negotiate a left curve. Upon doing so, the Lexus exited the roadway and struck an embankment of a small canal.

At Monday night’s Vermilion Parish School Board meeting, board members had to walk through what looked like a metal detector before entering the meeting room. It was a detector, but it was not looking for metal, it was reading the body temperature of all of the board members.
Because of COVID-19, the school district purchased at least 20 “SafeCheck” systems, which screens individuals as young as three years old.

For the past several years, Abbeville officials have made it a common practice to hold a meeting to review the city’s finances after the first six months of the year.
In 2020, the first half of the year has looked anything but common.
Still, even amid the COVID-19 pandemic, there are some aspects of the financial report that mirror past years. Steven Moosa, a CPA with Darnall, Sikes & Frederick, updated the City Council during a finance committee meeting on Aug. 4.
“We look at the first six months in a year,” Moosa said, “to get an idea of where we are running.”