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North Vermilion High searching for head football coach
Joe Heintz was named as the head coach of the North Vermilion High football team in April 2023. However, he resigned from his position a year later in April 2024. Reportedly, he will go back to Teurlings High School in Lafayette, where he had previously been coaching for over 15 years.
Lady Giants Take Down Defending State Champs
Getting to cover Jena High School athletics for the radio station and newspaper has always been one of my favorite things that I’ve been allowed to do. Growing up, being raised a Jena Giants fan, sitting at home listening to Larry Evans on the radio and on Wednesdays reading Don Tarver’s sports articles are a big influence on why I’ve always wanted to do this job. Growing up a Jena Giants fan and then attending Jena High School, it was always a dream for one of our teams to go far in the playoffs and win a state championship. In reality, we had become accustomed to being happy with only making the playoffs. One of my favorite parts of doing this job has been being able to follow the Jena Lady Giants softball program. When going to cover a softball game, there is now a new confidence in the air that our softball program is one of the best in the state. There is nothing better than seeing the Jena fan support for our athletic programs especially when we go on the road to a hostile environment.
Her home was accidentally sold at a tax sale. Now a Scott woman is fighting the investor in court.
It will be several weeks before a Lafayette judge decides whether a Scott homeowner is owed relief after her home was purchased at a tax sale that never should have happened. Evidence and testimony were presented in court Tuesday and Wednesday for the unusual case, which all started with a 2014 grass-cutting lien for about $400 on a vacant lot in Carencro that Theresa "Kim" Guillot once owned with her ex-husband. The lien that should have been filed against the Carencro property was instead filed by the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office against the property where Guillot lives in Scott. Because of that error, a Duson-based real estate company was able to purchase Guillot's Scott property at a tax sale in 2015.
Homes in Lafayette Parish sold for lower prices recently: See how much here
Newly released data from Realtor.com for January shows that potential buyers and sellers in Lafayette Parish saw houses sell for lower than the previous month's median sale price of $220,000. The median home sold for $217,000, an analysis of data from Realtor.com shows. That means January, the most recent month...
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