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Vermilion Parish: 600-plus Individual high school graduations will happen in May

Mon, 05/04/2020 - 10:26am

It won’t be a normal graduation ceremony, but there will be a graduation ceremony, announced interim superintendent Brad Prudhomme.
At a school board meeting on Thursday, Prudhomme updated the school board members on what the game plan is for high school graduation.
Instead of having one graduation per high school, there will be individual graduations
Over a four-day period in May, there will be more than 600 individual graduations.

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Rebekah Lepretre

Senior Highlight: Gueydan High's Rebekah Lepretre

Sat, 05/02/2020 - 11:49am

What are your plans after high school?

I plan to attend McNeese State University to major in Natural Resource Conservation Management. I hope to one day be apart of the restoration efforts of the Louisiana coastline.

Who is/was your favorite teacher?

Mrs. Prophet for helping strengthen my faith. Mrs. Touchet for being so inspiring. Mrs. Istre for always believing in me. Finally, Coach Tim cause who doesn’t love Coach Tim.

Who has had the greatest influence on you, why?

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Louisiana Department of Health COVID-19 Updates for May 1

Fri, 05/01/2020 - 1:08pm

BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Department of Health has updated its website to reflect the latest number of COVID-19 positives and will continue to update its website at noon each day.
Today, the Department reports 710 new cases, of which 381 came from two labs that are new to reporting. These labs previously have not reported and are now reporting all their historic lab results electronically.

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This is the longest City Bar has been closed since it opened in 1927.

Sorry, Still Closed

Fri, 05/01/2020 - 1:03pm

Some businesses can have a soft opening, but some can not open at all, which has those businesses frustrated and upset.
Bar owners, hair salons, theaters, and gyms are not allowed to have soft openings or have curbside pickup.
On Monday, those owners were hoping to hear good news from Gov. John Bel Edwards. They were hoping to hear from Edwards that Louisiana’s economy is reopening, and everyone goes back to work.

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