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Jacob Byler was the winningest head football coach at Erath High with 113 wins.

Former Erath football coach Jacob Byler passes away

Fri, 07/05/2024 - 10:44am

Jacob Byler, the most successful head football coach at Erath High School, passed away on Wednesday at the age of 83.
Vincent’s Funeral Home in Kaplan is handling the funeral arrangements, which were still pending as of Friday.
Coach Byler, who is from Kaplan, served as the EHS football coach from 1987 until 2008 when he retired from the Vermilion Parish school system.
Throughout his tenure, he achieved an overall record of 113-116 at EHS.

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Boys State Governor Coeyn Wise (front) and Boys State Lt. Governor Luke Etié road in the Erath parade on Thursday. Wise is from Kaplan and Etie is from Erath.

Kaplan High senior learns about Louisiana politics at Louisiana Boys State

Fri, 07/05/2024 - 10:40am

KAPLAN - Coeyn Wise has always been interested in politics. At the age of 17, Wise had the opportunity to experience the workings of politics in Louisiana. Wise, who is a senior at Kaplan High School, recently attended Boys State in Natchitoches.
Boys State teaches young men about Louisiana politics. All boys are divided into parishes, and each parish holds an election to select officers.

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Emma Nicole Stelly is all smiles after winning.

Kaplan High graduate wins Farm Bureau crown

Fri, 07/05/2024 - 10:39am

NEW ORLEANS - Twenty-four of Louisiana’s most poised and talented ladies representing various parishes competed for the coveted crown. Eager to represent the organization for the upcoming year, this year’s slate of contestants participated in multiple rounds of competition, which included both interviews and evening gown presentations.

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Jamie and her husband Aaron won the Louisiana Young Farmer’s Award. In the photo with them is their one year old son, “A J.”

Vermilion Parish couple named Louisiana’s Top Young Farmers

Fri, 07/05/2024 - 10:37am

New Orleans—Aaron and Jamie Lee of Vermilion Parish have been named the 2024 Young Farmers and Ranchers Achievement Award Winners, the highest honor given by the Louisiana Farm Bureau to individual farmers each year.
The Lees won the award during the organization’s 102nd Annual Convention here at the Marriott on Canal St. last week during the Organizational Awards. The young couple are sixth-generation sugarcane, livestock, rice, and crawfish farmers who will now go on to compete for the national title in January 2025 at the American Farm Bureau convention in San Antonio, Texas.