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Marcus Duhon tells family and friends that the body found was Cleveland Duhon.

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Family members hug after the tragic news.

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Law enforcement were on scene not long after the body was located.

Maurice man's body found 1,200 feet away from car crash

Thu, 05/20/2021 - 1:04pm

MAURICE - Family and friends of 45-year-old Cleveland Duhon received word that a body had been found in a drainage canal about four football fields away from where Cleveland Duhon’s car plunged into a coulee off Etienne Street in Maurice.
They got word about 9:30 Thursday morning and it did not take them long to gather in the neighborhood of Prairie Cove Subdivision, located south of where Duhon’s car wrecked.

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Several roads with water in Vermilion Parish

Tue, 05/18/2021 - 11:47am

According to the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office, there are several roadways with water in Vermilion Parish.
There may still be some roads not listed as of now, therefore its advisable to use caution when traveling in low lying areas.
This the current list of roadways with water:
Cossinade road
Kristin
Victoria Drive
167 near Dominos
East Lafayette Street (Maurice)
Vermilion Lane
Coulee Kinney road (portions North of Alan Lane closed due to an 18 wheeler crash and high water)
Kirk Road
Germaine Road
Holly Road

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Photo by Kimberly Ann Photography
Erath senior Caleb Fitch will continue his musical talent at Northwestern State next semester.

Negative words fuel Erath senior’s drive

Mon, 05/17/2021 - 11:14am

Seventeen year-old drummer Caleb Fitch will be graduating this year from Erath High School.
He began to have a passion for drumming around his 6th-grade year, but didn’t excel until he attended Erath. Since starting drumming, he has been in the honor band.
His first year at Erath High was for his 11th-grade year, and typically switching schools is never a good thing, but not with this drummer. After hearing negative words about his drumming abilities, Fitch used that as fuel and decided to get better and better, and since attending Erath High, he has.

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Gene Sellers looks on as Vermilion Parish Police Jury President Dane Hebert (left) and
Iberia Parish President Larry Richard sign paperwork to create a new map.

Vermilion, Iberia resolve long-standing boundary issue

Wed, 05/12/2021 - 11:25am

Vermilion Parish and Iberia Parish now have an official map that brings an end to a boundary issue that began five years before the start of World War I.
Engineer Gene Sellers said his research found the issue began in 1909, with the first survey that attempted to resolve the dispute.
It ended last Tuesday, 112 years later, when Sellers presented a map to Vermilion Parish Police Jury President Dane Hebert and Iberia Parish President Larry Richard. Other officials from both parishes joined the meeting, which occurred in the meeting room at the Iberia Parish Courthouse.

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