The fire occurred Friday morning.
KAPLAN — A Kaplan home is described as a total loss after a fire Friday morning.
The fire occurred a home near 2nd Street and Jackson Avenue.
No injuries have been reported. The man who lives in the house was at the home of another family member.
BATON ROUGE — President Joseph R. Biden has approved Governor John Bel Edwards’ request for a federal emergency declaration for all 64 Louisiana parishes impacted by the severe and historic winter weather. Specifically, FEMA will provide emergency protective measures (Category B) for mass care and sheltering and direct federal assistance from federal agencies.
For the second year in a row, the real estate business in Vermilion Parish is strong, based on the Realtors Association of Acadiana Multiple Listing Services (MLS) data.
James Noel Jr. of Sunrise Realty, LLC in Abbeville provided the Abbeville Meridional with numbers of 2019 and 2020 real estate market in Vermilion Parish.
The sale of single-family detached dwellings (not counting mobile homes) stayed about the same from 2019.
According to MLS, 359 homes were sold in Vermilion Parish in 2019. In 2020, there were 354, which is five less than a year ago.
John Andrus
John Andrus has served the Vermilion Parish 4-H Program for 29 years as a dedicated volunteer.
John serves on the Parish 4-H Advisory Committee and on the Livestock Committee. He is a Master Cattleman Graduate; Master Horseman Graduate; and Master Farmer Graduate. In the early 90’s, John was instrumental in working with Dr. John Sullivan and staff at LSU in implementing the first commercial heifer program and later implemented the F-1 Braford classes into the LSU livestock program.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards receives his first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. Pool footage courtesy of Louisiana Public Broadcasting
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