Vermilion Catholic’s 2023 Homecoming court - Top left: Kirsten Briggs, Madison Rogers, Carlisle Quackenbos, Jo Lynn Boudreaux and Kayla Broussard; Bottoms left, Ada Verret, Grace Hebert, Queen Ella Gaspard, Kallen LeBlanc and Kinley Dartez. The VC Eagles (7-0) are home tonight against Centerville. The parade will begin at 4 p.m. and pass near the courthouse.
Shirley LeBlanc Ditch when she was in high school.
Shirley LeBlanc Ditch today at the age of 86. She will turn 87 on Oct. 22.
Shirley LeBlanc Ditch was crowned homecoming queen at Mt. Carmel in 1953, seventy years ago.
Recently, her children discovered that their mother was not only part of the homecoming court, but she was also the queen.
However, when asked about it, Shirley changed the topic and spoke about her friends on the court instead.
CROWLEY — Kaplan native Kyla Grace Abshire is one of the five ladies vying for the title of the 86th International Rice Festival Queen in Crowley.
The pageant is scheduled to take place on Saturday at the Supreme Riche Sound State, where the winner will be crowned at approximately 10:45 a.m.
Earlier this week, two Civil Rights groups filed a lawsuit against the city of Abbeville over redistricting.
Lance Broussard
Eddie Langlinais
There will be a run-off election for Vermilion Parish’s Sheriff race, which is a parish-wide election and will take place on Nov. 18th.
This marks the first run-off election in the past 20 years.
The two candidates competing in the run-off are Eddie Langlinais and Lance Broussard. In the initial round, Langlinais received 8,145 votes, and Broussard received 6,220 votes, while Preston Summers received 2,041 votes and finished third.
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