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There will be two new members of the Vermilion Parish Police Jury after Saturday’s Election Day. Scott Broussard and Dexter Callahan both won runoff elections on Saturday. Broussard won a runoff against Pervis Gaspard for the District 11 seat on the Police Jury. Broussard received 839 votes (58%). Gaspard, the incumbent, had 604 votes (42%). Callahan will be the next Juror for District 12. Callahan defeated David Trahan by 13 votes. Callahan claimed 649 votes (51%). Trahan had 636 votes (49%).

North Vermilion pitcher Hayden Durke signed a baseball scholarship with the University of Louisiana at Lafayette on Early National Signing Day.
“It was a fun day, a good experience,” said Durke after signing the scholarship in front of his parents and his baseball teammates on Wednesday. “I wanted to go to UL because I love the culture, and they have a good baseball program. The program has good coaches, plus, it is close to home.”
Durke, a right-hander, stands 6-2 and weighs 210 pounds. He is considered one of the top 25 right-hand pitching prospects in the nation. He is a top-five baseball prospect in Louisiana.
The reason he is a top prospect is because of his fastball. Durke, who is related to NV graduate Todd Noel, can throw the heat. He has a 94-mile per hour fastball, and over the summer, his fastball was clocked at 97 during an all-star baseball game in Fenway Park in Boston.
He played in a New Balance Future Stars Series doubleheader at Fenway Park. He pitched two innings in the second game.
“That was one of the best memories I will ever have,” said Durke. “Pitching in the stadium makes you want to perform.”
In three years of pitching at NV, he has an overall record of 18-8 with 189 strikeouts.
He earned run average over the three years is 2.80. Last year he completed his junior year going 7-3.
While he can throw a fastball 94 miles per hour, the fastball is not his favorite pitch. He said his best pitch is a “12-6 curveball.” A 12-6 curveball is a pitch that starts in the 12 o’clock position and then drops to the 6 o’clock position when it gets to the plate.
He throws that pitch 84 miles per hour.
“That is my go-to pitch,” Durke said.
Heading into his senior year, Durke is healthy. Since eighth grade, that has not been the case. He has dealt with injuries to his wrist and a broken finger on his throwing hand in the last four years.
“My senior year, I am injury free,” he said.
Durke joins former NV baseball player Connor Dupuy on the Cajuns’ baseball roster.

ABBEVILLE — A Mass of Christian Burial for Marie Linda Comeaux Stanley,73, will be 12:00PM Saturday November 16, 2019 at St. Theresa Catholic Church with Father Chester Arceneaux officiating. Interment will follow in Leroy Cemetery.
Visitation will be at David Funeral Home of Abbeville Friday November 15, 2019 from 2:00PM until 10:00PM with recitation of the rosary at 7:00PM. Visitation will resume Saturday from 9:00AM until service time with recitation of the rosary at 10:00AM.
Linda, born in Lafayette and a resident of Abbeville passed away Wednesday November 13, 2019. She was a member of The Ladies Red Hat Society and she loved making jewelry and crafts. She was a member of the Pokeno Club in Abbeville and Lafayette. She was a devout member of the Catholic Church. She was a loving and caring wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother.
She is survived by her children Kim S. Landry and husband Scott, Brian K. Stanley and wife Michelle, and Lee Stanley, her brother, Gilbert Comeaux, her grandchildren, Gabby Stanley, Logan Landry, Darian Stanley, Brannigan Landry, Bailee Stanley and Ahna Landry,and great grandchildren, Aleigh Landry, Beau Landry and Nora Neuville.
She is preceded in death by her husband James Dale Stanley, her parents, Jean Lenette and Anna Mae Hebert Comeaux and a sister Cindy C. LeBlanc.
Serving as her Pallbearers will be Logan Landry, Scott Landry, Shane Venable, Timothy Stutes, Brayden Venable and Brycen Venable
Condolences may be shared with the family at www.davidfuneralhome.org
David Funeral Home of Abbeville is in charge of arrangements 2600 Charity Street Abbeville, LA 70510 (337) 893-3777.

A man who allegedly broke into a home in Vermilion Parish is dead after an early morning incident on Thursday.
According to Captain Drew David, the Public Information Officer for the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office, the patrol division received a 911 call at approximately 2:14 a.m. on Nov. 14, in reference to a home owner shooting a person who had broken into his residence.
Upon arriving at a residence off of La. Hwy. 35 South, deputies confirmed that a white male subject had been shot and was deceased. The deceased was later identified as Landon Blake Hebert, 30, of Iota. Detectives with the Sheriff’s Office processed the scene and took the complainant in for questioning.
From information gathered, it appears that Hebert made entry into the residence on La. Hwy. 35 South, where he encountered the home owner. The home owner fired a weapon and fatally struck Hebert.
The investigation is ongoing, and the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Department Criminal Investigation Division will be forwarding the case to the District Attorney’s office for further review.