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Shirley LeBlanc Ditch when she was in high school.

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Shirley LeBlanc Ditch today at the age of 86. She will turn 87 on Oct. 22.

Shirley LeBlanc Ditch named Mt. Carmel Homecoming queen 70 years ago

Thu, 10/19/2023 - 3:11pm

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.

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Lance Broussard

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Eddie Langlinais

Run-off in Vermilion Parish Sheriff race

Mon, 10/16/2023 - 3:46pm

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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The Landry family celebrate the win on Saturday. In the photo are Jacob Landry, his wife Hannah, daughter Jules Catherine and son Jack Landry.

Jacob Landry makes history by winning District 49 race

Mon, 10/16/2023 - 3:44pm

History was made Saturday night in Erath.
Jacob Landry, a 44-year-old Erath native, became the first Vermilion Parish native to win the District 49 State Representative race.
Since the district’s conception, the district has included a majority of Iberia Parish residents and the east side of Vermilion Parish.
With the new 2020 census, District 49 was redrawn, and the new district lines consist of 30 percent of Iberia Parish, 30 percent of Vermilion Parish and 40 percent of Lafayette Parish.

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