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Lafayette - Festival International is only two months away and we need your help! Festival International is truly a community event.

Lotief may or may not be coach
ABBEVILLE - Based on the point system scored by the Kaplan High School administration, North Vermilion Head Football Coach Stephen Lotief is the leading candidate to get the Kaplan High head football coaching job.
At tonight’s School Board meeting, the School Board is expected to hire a new head football coach for Kaplan.

Murry Dalton Day, 30, of Lake Charles is behind bars at the Calcasieu Parish Correctional facility.

LAKE CHARLES - According to Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s office officials, the department received a complaint on February 19 from a woman living in Moss Bluff about the welfare of a 9-year-old child.
A Calcasieu deputy questioned the complainant about her concern and this is when she explained that the child was very thin and possibly being held against his will in his bedroom. She told the deputy that the child resided with his father and stepmother in Lake Charles.
The deputy arrived at the residence in south Lake Charles to follow up on the complaint. This is when he discovered a scene so despicable and vile that it is almost unimaginable.

An unrestrained Eunice woman was killed when her vehicle rolled over in a Jeff Davis Parish accident early today.

CLINTON -- Arrangements are pending for Charles Shropshire, the first elected black district attorney in Louisiana. He died Sunday at age 57.