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MAURICE — Elected officials in the town of Maurice could see salary increases in the future.
Current officials want to make sure that any candidates deciding to run for election this November have an idea of what those salaries will be.
“I think it would be incumbent upon us to set salaries prior to the upcoming election,” Mayor Wayne Theriot said during Wednesday’s monthly Maurice Board of Aldermen meeting.
Maurice will hold its regularly scheduled election in November. Qualifying for that election will be held July 20-22.

The Vermilion Parish School Board is still dealing with repairing school roofs from a pair of hurricanes that occurred two years ago, while at the same time, trying to find ways to save money to run the school system.
Two years ago, Hurricane Laura and Hurricane Delta damaged school roofs. The schools had more than $20 million worth of damage, most being the school roofs.

Kaplan High School moved closer to getting an indoor air-conditioned hitting facility.
On Monday, the School Board Committee As a Whole approved loaning the Kaplan High Softball Program $250,000 to build a new indoor hitting facility next to the softball field.
The school board approved loaning the softball program the money, and softball head coach Brittney LeBeouf agreed to pay back the loan over 25 years. LeBeouf said she would pay $8,000 to $10,000 a year.