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Vermilion Parish School System Superintendent Tommy Byler said Tuesday morning that school officials are taking precautions due to the weather.
“We are in shelter in place in our schools and are currently monitoring the weather forecast and are in contact with all of our schools,” Byler said in a post on social media. “Seniors who leave early will not be leaving until this weather has passed.”
Byler said individual schools will be sending text letting you know when they have concluded any shelters in place at their schools.

Swamp Spirits is a traveling exhibit that goes to each museum in Vermilion Parish.
Each year photos of the swamp are submitted to be painted by various artists in the area to be put on display. One photograph is selected and the artists take inspiration and put their own style on to a 30in by 40 in canvas.. This year they are searching for swamp photographs to choose an image to paint for the exhibit and new artists to paint their perspective of the photo.

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One of Acadiana’s most trusted voices throughout the COVID-19 pandemic has been that of Dr. Tina Stefanski.
As the medical director of the Louisiana Office of Public Health for Region 4 (Acadiana), she has spent the past year dashing from meetings with doctors and public officials to televised news conferences to schools to public health units to numerous public speaking engagements, always sharing the latest news and advice on COVID.