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ERATH — The Vermilion Parish School Board approved the renaming of the Erath baseball field to the “Ross Granger Field.”
The Granger family was on hand to receive the resolution at the board meeting.
Ross lost his life in November of 2016 at the age of 19 after battling a long illness.
Nathan Granger, Ross’ father, thanked the school board for approving the resolution. He also told those on hand about Ross that not many people knew.
When he began to speak, he had to pause to hold back tears.

MAURICE — Day-to-day operations for the Village of Maurice have been run out of a portable building since historic flooding heavily damaged city hall in August of 2016.
The Maurice Police Department has been able to partially get back into its building next door to city hall.
Those two buildings will soon be a step closer to being fully restored. The Maurice Board of Alderman will authorize the advertisement for bids for the restoration of flood damage for city hall and the police department.

BREAUX BRIDGE – Shortly before 5:00 pm on September 21, 2017, Louisiana State Police Bureau of Investigations/Lafayette Field Office (LSP LFO) arrested 29-year-old Craig David, a police officer with the Breaux Bridge Police Department.
David was charged with carnal knowledge of a juvenile, computer aided solicitation of a minor, and malfeasance in office.