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Meet the six honorees for this year's Women Who Mean Business awards
United Way of Acadiana announced its selection of six honorees for the Women Who Mean Business Awards presented by Home Bank. The honorees were selected as finalists out of more than 63 nominations submitted from UWA’s service areas of Acadia, Lafayette, St. Martin and Vermilion parishes. The women will be recognized during a ceremony at 5:30 p.m. May 9 at The Jefferson, 1913 Kaliste Saloom Road.
Maurice's La. Armor 8U go 4-0 to win Breaux Bridge tourney
Vermilion’s La. Armor 8-U baseball team went 4-0 this past weekend and won a tournament in Breaux Bridge. The local boys outscored its opponents 32-8 over the four games. In the fourth game, La. Armor beat Acadiana Bucks 6-1. Liam Trahan doubled, and Eli Faulk hit into a fielder’s choice that scored a run. In the third inning, Hayes Trahan singled home a run that made it 3-0. Elijah Young was the winning pitcher for La. Armour. He allowed nine hits and one run over six innings.
A teacher asked a great question about superintendent pay. Then, all hell broke loose.
Why should a superintendent get a raise while teachers in the same district struggling to make ends meet see their paychecks flatline — year after year after year?Teacher Deyshia Hargrave begged the question. Minutes later, she was handcuffed and placed in the backseat of a cop car.The scene was captured below by YouTube user Chris Rosa, who attended a board meeting for Vermilion Parish Schools in Louisiana. You can watch Hargrave begin speaking about 33 seconds in. The situation starts becoming contentious around 6:35 minutes. Hargrave is arrested at 8:35, and then walked outside in handcuffs and placed in the back of police vehicle.
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