LOCAL NEWS

Lotief named Pirate football coach

School Board approves him in 6-2 vote Thursday

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The Vermilion Parish School Board approved Stephen Lotief as the new head football coach at Kaplan High School on Thursday.
The Board went behind closed doors for about 20 minutes and then came out and approve the move 6-2.
Charles Campbell and Bill Searle voted against the hire.
Lotief has been the head football coach at North Vermilion for the last seven years. He replaces Brent Indest, who left Kaplan for Carencro High School.
Lotief will be able to make the move next week.

SPORTS

LSU's Nugent goes after NCAA title

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By William Weathers
Special to Meridional

BATON ROUGE – If the feeling of winning his first Southeastern Conference Indoor hurdles championship is still fresh in the mind of LSU sophomore Barrett Nugent it should be.

OPINION

Living with depression: the old gray dog

editorial by Duncan Boutwell

It is with a sense of celebration that I am writing today. You are all invited to celebrate too. After a difficult couple of weeks, I am emerging from a bout with depression, that “old gray dog” that has followed me off and on for most of my life.