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LAFAYETTE — United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that Karen Duhon, 67, of Berwick, Louisiana, has been sentenced by Chief United States District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. to 60 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, on mail fraud charges. Duhon was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $3,391,598.

The College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette has received a $600,000 grant from the Helene Fuld Health Trust to fund endowed scholarships for graduate nursing students.
The Helene Fuld Health Trust works to ensure the health, welfare and education of student nurses. The trust was established in 1935 as the Helene Fuld Health Foundation to honor its namesake, who had been a health care advocate.

Among the projects, Abbeville will take on this year is an upgrade to its sewer system, a project that will help ease some issues on the west side of the Vermilion River.
The City Council made the step toward the start of the project during Tuesday’s meeting when it authorized the advertisement of bids.
“We’ve scheduled the first advertisements to start on Jan. 18,” Engineer Gene Sellers said during Tuesday’s meeting. “The bids are scheduled to be awarded on March 1.”