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Twenty-eight years ago, Erath High 17-year-old senior Chas Milliman collapsed while jogging in front of Erath Middle School on Dec. 30, 1994.
The Milliman family is still having a hard time today dealing with his death. Every Christmas is a tough time for his mom Loretta, Chas’s younger brother Jed and sister Joni Milliman Hebert.
There are still tears shed each time the Christmas tree is put up. For years after his death, Loretta did not put up a Christmas tree because it reminded her of Chas and how he loved to hang ornaments.

The Vermilion Parish Police Jury would like to see its coastal restoration efforts boosted by a partnership with ExxonMobil as part of the international oil and gas company’s plans to store captured carbon emissions underground in 125,000 acres of property that ExxonMobil owns in the parish, District 6 police juror Mark Poche said Wednesday after the police jury’s regular monthly meeting.

Selecting Students of the Year in Vermilion Parish is no easy task.
Not when there are so many outstanding students from whom to choose.
However, throughout the selection process, three students did stand out.
The Vermilion Parish School System announced that Rene Rost’s Sydnee Mouton is the 5th-Grade Student of the Year, Forked Island E. Broussard’s Lexi Greene is the 8th-Grade Student of the Year and North Vermilion High’s Braydin Clostio is the 12th-Grade Student of the Year.