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Kathryn Shea Duncan, daughter of Kathy Duncan of Crowley and the late Shea Duncan, was recently featured in a story in The New York Times.
Duncan, a former Miss Crowley and International Rice Festival Queen, currently works as the media/public relations manager at Visit Lake Charles, the destination marketing and management organization for Calcasieu Parish.

The Abbeville Police Department took two alleged criminals off the streets of Abbeville on Sunday.
At approximately 12:00 p.m., officers of the Abbeville Police Department observed a vehicle traveling on the roadway which had extremely dark tint on the windows.
Officers conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle near the intersection of South State Street and Margaret Street.
The driver, identified as Donald Briggs III of Abbeville, was advised of the reason of the stop.

The Louisiana Department of Health reported 970 more confirmed coronavirus cases and 24 more deaths in its noon update on Monday.
Vermilion Parish has also seen an increase of COVID cases over the last two weeks.
In Vermilion Parish, there are now 2,456 cases and 74 deaths.
On Nov. 9. there were 2,172 cases and 70 deaths.
The parish has seen an increase of 284 cases and four deaths in the last two weeks.
The number of hospitalizations in the state increased by 45, and the number of patients in need of ventilators increased by nine.