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BOYS BASKETBALL

Tuesdays Games

3-5A - Lafayette at Comeaux, New Iberia at Helen Cox.

4-4A - Eunice at Rayne, North Vermilion at LaGrange.

5-4A - Carencro at Port Barre, St. Thomas More at Westgate.

6-4A - Beau Chene at Livonia, Breaux Bridge at Cecilia.

5-3A - Church Point at Iota, Ville Platte at Mamou, Pine Prairie at Northwest.

6-3A - Abbeville at St. Martinville, Crowley at David Thibodaux, Kaplan at Erath.

6-2A - Lafayette Christian at Notre Dame, Lake Arthur at Welsh.

7-2A - Catholic-NI at Houma Christian, Jeanerette at Delcambre.

5-1A - Tioga at North Central, Opelousas Catholic at Westminster.

8-1A - Central Catholic at Centerville, Covenant Christian at Highland Baptist, Vermilion Catholic at Hanson Memorial.

7-B - Episcopal of Acadiana at Bell City, Midland at JS Clark.

6-C - Northside Christian at Johnson Bayou

Wednesdays Games

Lake Arthur at St. Edmund

Thursdays Games

St. Martinville at Breaux Bridge

Fridays Games

3-5A - New Iberia at Acadiana, Barbe at Comeaux, Sam Houston at Lafayette, Sulphur at Southside.

4-4A - Washington-Marion at Eunice, Rayne at North Vermilion.

5-4A - Northside at Carencro, Teurlings at St. Thomas More, H.L. Bourgeois at Westgate.

6-4A - Cecilia at Beau Chene, Livonia at Opelousas.

5-3A - Northwest at Church Point, Iota at Ville Platte, Mamou at Pine Prairie.

6-3A - Crowley at Abbeville, David Thibodaux at Erath, St. Martinville at Kaplan.

6-2A - Lake Arthur at Port Barre, Welsh at Notre Dame.

7-2A - Loreauville at Ascension Episcopal, Jeanerette at Catholic-NI, West St. Mary at Delcambre, Franklin at Houma Christian.

5-1A - Catholic-PC at Sacred Heart, Westminster at North Central, St. Edmund at Opelousas Catholic.

8-1A - Centerville at Covenant Christian, Hanson at Central Catholic, Highland Baptist at Vermilion Catholic.

7-B - Bell City at JS Clark, ESA at Hathaway, Lacassine at Midland.

6-C - Northside Christian at South Cameron.

Saturdays Games

North Central at Northwest.

Tuesdays Games

3-5A - Northside at Acadiana.

4-4A - Eunice at Rayne, North Vermilion at LaGrange.

5-4A - Carencro at Teurlings, St. Thomas More at Westgate.

6-4A - Beau Chene at Livonia, Breaux Bridge at Cecilia.

5-3A - Church Point at Iota, Ville Platte at Mamou, Pine Prairie at Northwest.

6-3A - Abbeville at St. Martinville, Crowley at David Thibodaux, Kaplan at Erath.

6-2A - Notre Dame at Lafayette Christian, Lake Arthur at Welsh.

7-2A - Franklin at Ascension Episcopal, Catholic-NI at Houma Christian, Jeanerette at Delcambre, Loreauville at West St. Mary.

5-1A - Opelousas Catholic at Westminster.

8-1A - Central Catholic at Centerville, Covenant Christian at Highland Baptist, Vermilion Catholic at Hanson.

7-B - Academy of Sacred Heart at Bell City, Hathaway at Lacassine, Midland at JS Clark.

Wednesdays Games

Central Catholic at Centerville.

Thursdays Games

Liberty at Lafayette Christian, Berwick at Catholic-NI.

Fridays Games

3-5A - New Iberia at Acadiana, Sam Houston at Lafayette, Sulphur at Southside, Barbe at Comeaux.

4-4A - Washington-Marion at Eunice, Rayne at North Vermilion.

5-4A - Northside at Carencro, Teurlings at St. Thomas More.

6-4A - Cecilia at Beau Chene, Livonia at Opelousas.

5-3A - Northwest at Church Point, Iota at Ville Platte, Mamou at Pine Prairie.

6-3A - Crowley at Abbeville, David Thibodaux at Erath, St. Martinville at Kaplan.

6-2A - Lake Arthur at Port Barre, Welsh at Notre Dame.

7-2A - Loreauville at Ascension Episcopal, Catholic-NI at Jeanerette, West St. Mary at Delcambre, Houma Christian at Franklin.

5-1A - Westminster at North Central, St. Edmund at Opelousas Catholic.

8-1A - Centerville at Covenant Christian, Hanson Memorial at Central Catholic, Vermilion Catholic at Highland Baptist.

7-B - Bell City at JS Clark, Lacassine at Midland.

Tuesdays Games

Southside at Acadiana, Barbe at Lafayette, Sulphur at New Iberia, Beau Chene at Carencro, North Vermilion at St. Thomas More, Westgate at Lafayette Christian, St. Michael at Teurlings, Dunham at Ascension Episcopal, Catholic-NI at Opelousas Catholic.

Wednesdays Games

Sam Houston at Comeaux, Ascension Episcopal at Southside, St. Thomas More at David Thibodaux, Lake Charles Prep at North Vermilion, Teurlings at Opelousas, Vermilion Catholic at Episcopal of Acadiana, Lafayette Christian at Westminster.

Thursdays Games

Cecilia at Carencro, St. Thomas More at Westgate, Sam Houston at Erath, St. Martinville at Catholic-NI.

Fridays Games

Comeaux at Southside, New Iberia at Lafayette, Beau Chene at North Vermilion, Teurlings at David Thibodaux, Belaire at Opelousas, Lafayette Christian at Vermilion Catholic.

Saturdays Games

Captain Shreve at Southside, Beau Chene at Morgan City, Carencro at St. Martinville, Westgate at Tioga, Washington-Marion at Abbeville, Erath at St. Louis Catholic, Kaplan at Lake Charles Prep, North Vermilion at Vermilion Catholic, Westminster at Ascension Episcopal, Episcopal of Acadiana at Catholic-NI.

Tuesdays Games

Southside at Acadiana, Catholic-NI at Comeaux, New Iberia at Sulphur, Beau Chene at Carencro, St. Thomas More at Westgate, Teurlings at Sam Houston, St. Louis Catholic at Cecilia, Livonia at St. Martinville, Academy of Sacred Heart at Ascension Episcopal.

Wednesdays Games

Kaplan at Cecilia, St. Martinville at Erath, Slidell at North Vermilion, Vermilion Catholic at Episcopal of Acadiana, Opelousas Catholic at Plaquemine.

Thursdays Games

Livonia at Opelousas, Baton Rouge High at Teurlings, Cecilia at David Thibodaux, Houma Christian at Ascension Episcopal, Highland Baptist at Westminster.

Fridays Games

Comeaux at Southside, Lafayette at New Iberia, Carencro at Lafayette Christian, Dominican at St. Thomas More.

Saturdays Games

Acadiana at Parkview Baptist, Beau Chene at Morgan City, Mt. Carmel at St. Thomas More, Loyola Prep at Teurlings, David Thibodaux at St. Martinville, Erath at St. Louis Catholic, Cecilia at North Vermilion, Episcopal of Acadiana at Catholic-NI, Lafayette Christian at Vermilion Catholic, Opelousas Catholic at Westminster.

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Duane "Tom" Podnar

Potter Twp. - Duane "Tom" Podnar, 65, of Potter Twp., passed away unexpectedly at home, Sunday, January 16, 2022.

Born September 22, 1956 in Kennedy Twp., he was a son of the late Peter and Mary Catherine Schlie Podnar. Tom graduated from Canevin High School in 1974. It was there that he discovered his love of computers. He went on to found his own computer company in 1983, Microlite Corporation, Aliquippa, which he owned and operated for the past 38 years. Formerly of Hopewell Twp., Tom had lived in Potter for the last 10 years. He was a faithful member of Our Lady of the Valley, Saints Peter and Paul Church, Beaver, where he served as the music minister for the contemporary choir. Tom also shared his love of music for over 40 years as a musician for the monthly masses at Allegheny Valley School in partnership with Church of the Ascension. Tom served as an associate member of the Potter Twp. VFD and on the zoning hearing board for Potter Twp.

Tom will be greatly missed by his wife of 43 years, Lois Berryman Podnar, Potter Twp.; sons, Chris (Kati) Podnar, Center Twp., and Tim (Dana) Podnar, Moon Twp.; brothers, Glenn (Millie) Podnar, Finleyville, and Drew Podnar, Robinson Twp.; sister, Rosemary (Kevin) Brimner, Myrtle Beach, SC; three grandchildren, Marshall, Lindsay, and Garrett Podnar; along with Lois' family, and numerous nieces and nephews.

Friends will be received Thursday, January 20, 2022, from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. in the Noll Funeral Home, Inc., 333 Third St., Beaver. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Friday, January 21, 2022 at 10:30 a.m. at Our Lady of the Valley, Saints Peter and Paul Church, Beaver. Interment will follow at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Hopewell Twp. Online condolences may be shared at nollfuneral.com.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Tom's name may be made to the Music Ministry at Saints Peter and Paul Church, Beaver.

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Boys Basketball

Fridays Games

Lafayette at Acadiana, Beau Chene at Comeaux, Westgate at New Iberia, Southside at St. Thomas More, Eunice at Carencro, Teurlings at North Vermilion, Rayne at Crowley, Northside at Delhi, Westgate at New Iberia, Northwest at Cecilia, Opelousas at Lake Charles Prep, Church Point at Grand Lake, Gueydan at Abbeville, Rayne at Crowley, Pine Prairie at David Thibodaux, Erath at Centerville, Notre Dame at Kaplan, Lafayette Christian at Lake Arthur, Port Barre at Welsh, Ascension Episcopal at Houma Christian, West St. Mary at Catholic-NI, Delcambre at Loreauville, Franklin at Jeanerette, North Central at Peabody, Opelousas Catholic at Tara, St. Edmund at Sacred Heart, Basile at Westminster, Vermilion Catholic at Westlake, JS Clark at Episcopal of Acadiana, Hathaway at Midland, Northside Christian at Mamou.

Fridays Games

Acadiana at North Central, St. Amant at Lafayette, Southside at St. Thomas More, Eunice at LaGrange, Opelousas Catholic at North Vermilion, Washington-Marion at Rayne, Carencro at Westgate, Northside at Teurlings, Beau Chene at Opelousas, Breaux Bridge at Livonia, Church Point at Pine Prairie, Iota at Mamou, Ville Platte at Northwest, Abbeville at Erath, Crowley at St. Martinville, Kaplan at David Thibodaux, Lafayette Christian at Lake Arthur, Port Barre at Welsh, Ascension Episcopal at Houma Christian, West St. Mary at Catholic-NI, Delcambre at Loreauville, Franklin at Jeanerette, Sacred Heart at St. Edmund, Thrive Academy at Westminster, Highland Baptist at Centerville, Central Catholic at Vermilion Catholic, Hathaway at Midland.

Saturdays Games

Lafayette at LaGrange.

Fridays Games

Barbe at Acadiana, New Iberia at Comeaux, St. Thomas More at Lafayette High, Southside at Sulphur, Carencro at David Thibodaux, Westgate at Sam Houston, Kaplan at Erath,

Saturdays Games

Southside at Denham Springs, Lafayette Christian at Ascension Episcopal, Beau Chene at Leesville, St. Martinville at Teurlings, North Vermilion at Washington-Marion, Catholic-NI at Westminster,

Fridays Games

New Iberia at Comeaux, Sulphur at Southside, St. Thomas More at Teurlings Catholic, Kaplan at Erath, North Vermilion at Episcopal, .

Saturdays Games

Westminster at Beau Chene, Lafayette Christian at Ascension Episcopal, Sam Houston at Opelousas, Catholic-NI at Vermilion Catholic, St. Martinville at St. Louis, Catholic-PC at Opelousas Catholic.

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Katrina Augusta had been passing out fliers about her son, who had been missing for five days, when she got a call that the Ascension Parish sheriff was at her house in Donaldsonville.

Brandon, 15, had left his grandmother's house in Donaldsonville on a Saturday morning. He had not been seen since.

Augusta hoped then-Sheriff Jeff Wiley had positive news.

"Nobody was saying anything, and I couldnt understand that," Katrina Augusta said.

Only rumors had been flying around, sending sheriff's detectives on dead ends, Augusta said. Her son was in Baton Rouge; no, he was here; no, he went with those guys there.

The talk wasn't true. Her son, a freshman at Donaldsonville High, had been brutally beaten and killed that Saturday, the sheriff told her.

Brandon's badly decomposed body had been found days later. It had been covered with driftwoodbehind the Mississippi River levee she had driven past the crime scene on the way home to see the sheriff.

That was more than seven years ago, in mid-August 2014. For Katrina and her mom, Audrey, the years since that August day with the sheriff have been a long wait for justice.

Four male suspects were arrested 10 months after the killing, including two juvenile teens. But there have been years of delays, hearings, and back-and-forth appeals.

Now Brandon's case appears to be moving again.

This fall, two defendants took pleas deals in his death, one for a misdemeanor and one for manslaughter. After a delay in late November, another of Augusta's accused killers, Marcus Ester, was set last week for a late April trial.

But Brandon's mother and grandmother said they are still waiting for a better understanding about why he was killed. And they still don't know what brought him to that levee with the youths, some of whom Katrina says he didn't know or didn't care for.

Ascension Parish Sheriffs Office Chief Deputy Tony Bacala has confirmed that a body that was found last Thursday afternoon, August 14, along the levee in Donaldsonville is that of 15-year-old Brandon Augusta.

Life, work and the raising of Brandon's younger brother go on, while they wait for answers.

"But now, but now Im just wondering after so long, why did it take so long? Why is it taking so long for this situation? As a parent, a grieving mother, you know, Im still going through a lot and knowing that I dont have closure. I dont have the justice that I need for my son, and its been that way," Katrina Augusta said.

Ester's defense attorney, David Belfield III, maintains that his client had nothing to do with the slaying and didn't even know Brandon Augusta.

Like defense attorneys for others accused in the case, he claims prosecutors have had little to no evidence linking his client to the slaying no fingerprints and no DNA. Belfield claimed the prosecutors are relying on the shaky testimony of one witness also accused in the case who came forward after a cash reward was offered to the public for information.

In September, one of the then-juvenile defendants, Kaglin Green, who was initially charged with second-degree murder, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of criminal mischief with a three-month prison sentence.

His defense attorney, Travis Turner, has also maintained that his client had nothing to do with the slaying. Court papers show he had pressed for years for his client's release and a trial, asserting that prosecutors had no evidence.

With a misdemeanor, no plea document was filed in the court record in September. But Turner said Monday his client has not agreed to testify because he doesn't know anything.

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Assistant District Attorney Kenneth Dupaty declined to comment about the case. A spokesman for 23rd Judicial District Attorney Ricky Babin has not returned requests for comment since late last year.

At the time of the arrests in June 2015, Sheriff Wiley and detectives said the five friends had been smoking synthetic marijuana behind the levee, some got in an argument and four went on a "Mojo"-fueled rampage that led to Augusta's death.

Wiley said at the time that driftwood and chunks of concrete were the potential weapons of opportunity in a savage bludgeoning that continued after the fatal blow to Brandon's head.

In court papers last summer, though, prosecutors put forth a somewhat different story. They alleged that Ester, then 20, and another defendant, Kahlil Howard, then 16, had lured Brandon behind the levee to buy or smoke marijuana, then beat and choked him to death.

In prosecuting Howard on Brandon's death, prosecutors claimed he had lured another victim, three years later, behind the Donaldsonville levee "under the guise of smoking or selling marijuana."

Once behind the levee, prosecutors allege, Howard forced the man out of his vehicle at gunpoint and placed him on his knees. The man ran. Howard shot him several times but the man survived, prosecutors allege in court papers.

Howard has pleaded not guilty to the attempted first-degree murder and armed robbery charges in connection with the 2017 allegations.At the time of the 2017 attempted murder, Howard was out on bail for his then-second-degree murder charge in Brandon's slaying.

Howard's defense attorneys had argued prosecutors' bid to mention the 2017 shooting had turned the state's prior bad acts exception on its head. The bad act prosecutors were seeking to use against Howard came three yearsafterBrandon was killed and had a somewhat different method for the slaying.

In August, Judge Cody Martin of the 23rd Judicial District Court allowed the 2017 allegations to be mentioned at any trial for Brandon's 2014 slaying. On Nov. 9, three weeks before Howard's trial, he pleaded guilty to the reduced charge of manslaughter.

Howard, who is now 24, is awaiting a sentence. Under his plea, it can be no more than 20 years in prison. Prosecutors also agreed to not use the conviction as evidence of a prior bad act in the 2017 attempted murder and robbery case.

In a one-sentence admission, Howard said he participated in a fight that led to Brandon's death, shedding no new light on what happened or why.

Unlike the two other defendants, Belfield, the defense attorney, said his client, Ester has no intention of taking a plea. Now 28 years old, Ester has sat in prison for years awaiting the trial now scheduled to start in three months.

Were Brandon alive today, he would be 23. His birthday was Jan. 9.

His loss has been a hard one to heal, his mother and grandmother say.

His football jersey, his jacket, some pictures and other mementos of Brandon still can stir those bad feelings.

People often tell Katrina Augusta that time heals wounds, she said, but it hasn't yet.

When his Donaldsonville High classmates graduated in May 2018, a pre-graduation awards ceremony included a brief video about Brandon. Though she never got the chance to read it, Katrina still has saved the hand-written statement she had prepared to read at the ceremony, a memory of who her son was.

"And so Im more or less just waiting, wanting this to be over, and wanting him to get justice, wanting him to get justice," Katrina Augusta said. "Thats all I can say right now. I, I, I and closure. Because prolonging the situation of who did what to my son and why, I may not ever find out why and who did what."

Editors note: A previous version of this story incorrectly said Kahlil Howard had been tried in Brandon Augusta's case; he took a plea deal.

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Northside High School wanted to complete its January home basketball schedule on a high note while beating a quality team Tuesday night.

The Vikings checked both of those boxes with a thrilling 65-62 overtime victory.

That was a big win for us," Northside coach Jason Herbstler said. "Theyre coming 10-4, 11-4 and won have six or seven straight. Thats a quality ball club.

"It was good for us because it is our last home game of the month, so we are on the road the rest of the month.

Northside's Tyler Harris, who played most of the game, made one of two free throws with four seconds left in overtime to seal the victory.

I was tired from the whole game because I never really got out, said Harris, a senior guard. I just told myself to breathe. I missed the first one, but I told myself I was going to knock this one down and Im going to get my team the win.

Harris, a four-year starter, saidHerbstler prepared him well.

In practice, coach Jason tells me in games like this its going to come down to me making the right decisions, Harris said. Tonight me and my team delivered on it.

Northside trailed by 19 in the first half and was down 12 points at halftime, but the Vikings tied the game in the first three minutes of the third quarter.

I told our guys if we can cut their lead to six by the end of the third quarter, we've got a shot, Herbstler said.

East Ascension responded with a 3-pointer and converted four technical foul free throws to regain the lead at 46-39.

Our guys fought hard all game, Herbstler said.

Northsides comeback was led by Harris and junior guard Zion McCoy. Harris finished with 12 points and countless defensive plays while McCoy scored a team-high 20.

Tyler is 6-foot-4, can handle the ball, make the right pass, can shoot, we can put him in the post. Hes just so versatile. Herbstler said. Zion gets 20 points a night and was first-team all-district last year, but without Tyler I dont know if he could get 20 points a night.

Theyre like Batman and Robin, but each one can be Batman or Robin each night.

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McNeese State University announced its fall 2021 honor rolls.

To be on the presidents honor list, an undergraduate student must earn at least a 3.5 GPA or better while carrying at least 15 semester hours. A senior eligible for graduation but carrying less than 15 hours is also eligible, provided the student was on the list the previous semester.

The honor roll lists undergraduate students earning at least a 3.0 or B average while carrying 12 or more semester hours.

Presidents honor list

AMITE: Hezekiah Emanuel Neason

DENHAM SPRINGS: Payton Leigh Dodds, Kamryn L. Duncan, Alaina G. Fontenot

KENTWOOD: Caylon J. Brabham

MAUREPAS: Kameron J. Aime

PONCHATOULA: Aeryn Elizabeth Tyrney

Honor roll

AMITE: Adrianna P. Terrebonne

DENHAM SPRINGS: Christina R. Canale, Erica Carpenter, Lakin A. Fletcher, Tiara Robertson, Maia A. Robinson, Kelly Cazes Smith

HAMMOND: Desha Renee Hubbard

KENTWOOD: Natalie Dorene Johnson

LIVINGSTON: Ashley Alyssa Schenk

WALKER: Katie G. Van Der Mark

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ZACHARY: Claire B. Chandler

Presidents honor list

BAKER: Terikka Nevels Walter

ZACHARY: Claire E. Thompson

Honor roll

BAKER: Taylor M. Horn

Presidents honor list

ETHEL: Brittany Shay Hall Saxton

Presidents honor list

GONZALES: Ciara E. Young

Honor roll

GONZALES: Andre W. Husers, Raven Re'shaune Jones, Chandler R. Perer, Casie L. Savoy

PRAIRIEVILLE: Christian Ray Donnelly, Ashlyn B. Dufren, Kalleigh Patrolia Flucke, Jasmina Foster, Madason Guitreau, Elizabeth Nicole Sam

ST. AMANT: Zane L. Zeppuhar

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The UAB Health System has a new, but familiar, face at the helm!On Wednesday, it was announced that Dr. Selwyn Vickers, senior vice president for Medicine, has been named the CEO of both the UAB Health System and the UAB/Ascension St. Vincents Alliance. He is replacing Dr. Will Ferniany, who is retiring after leading the Health System for about 13 years.Vickers, a Demopolis native, will assume these positions while maintaining his current role as dean of the Heersink School of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The selection of Dr. Vickers as CEO of both the Health System and the Alliance will ensure a seamless transition of executive leadership and an uninterrupted commitment to excellence, said UAB President Ray Watts, M.D. We are proud to have this extraordinarily talented team of leaders, who will elevate our ability to provide the best patient care for our community, state, region and nation.Vickers is a world-renowned surgeon, a pancreatic cancer researcher and a pioneer in health disparities research. He is also a member of the prestigious Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences.He became dean of the Heersink School of Medicine in 2013 and was a member of the UAB surgical faculty from 1994 to 2006.From a young age, I knew I wanted to practice medicine; but more than that, I wanted to make a difference in the lives of other people, Vickers said. Throughout my career, I have been passionate about clinical care, research and education. I have been the medical student, the trainee, the researcher, the physician, the teacher and the administrative leader. As we move forward into 2022 and the years beyond, UAB will continue to pursue high-quality patient care and the best possible patient outcomes, and continue to grow our nationally recognized programs to transform this part of the country into a healthier place to live and work. According to a press release from UAB, Vickers said the alignment of the Health System with the leadership of the School of Medicine is a proven successful strategy used at many academic medical centers.The structural change of our clinical enterprises leadership from two roles to one comes from the significant growth we have experienced in the past few years, he said. As many of our peer institutions have done, it made sense for UAB to consolidate the roles of CEO of the UAB Health System and dean of the Heersink School of Medicine to one person. A singular leader can fuse the interests of all groups at our enterprise and take a thoughtful approach to finances, operations and outcomes of both worlds.Vickers said he prioritizes continuing to build on and expand UABs programs of clinical excellence for the residents of Alabama, the Deep South and America while breaking the socioeconomic barriers to health care and education. A hallmark of his leadership will be focusing on UABs efforts to bring affordable health care to all people and regions of Alabama. UAB'S BIO ON DR. VICKERS"Vickers earned his undergraduate and medical degrees from Johns Hopkins University and completed a surgical residency there. He joined the faculty of UAB as an assistant professor in the Department of Surgery, where he was later appointed to professor, division director and the John H. Blue Chair of General Surgery. He was a founder of the UAB Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Center and was principal investigator of UABs first pancreatic cancer SPORE. "In 2006, Vickers left UAB to become the Jay Phillips Professor and chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of Minnesota Medical School, one of the oldest and most storied surgery departments in the country. "In 2013, Vickers became senior vice president of Medicine and dean of the UAB Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine, one of the largest public academic medical centers in the United States. In his role as dean, Vickers leads the medical schools main campus in Birmingham, as well as its regional campuses in Montgomery, Huntsville and Tuscaloosa. "He was inducted into the Alabama Academy of Honor for the class of 2021, which recognizes living Alabamians for their efforts and accomplishments in serving the state and country."

The UAB Health System has a new, but familiar, face at the helm!

On Wednesday, it was announced that Dr. Selwyn Vickers, senior vice president for Medicine, has been named the CEO of both the UAB Health System and the UAB/Ascension St. Vincents Alliance. He is replacing Dr. Will Ferniany, who is retiring after leading the Health System for about 13 years.

Vickers, a Demopolis native, will assume these positions while maintaining his current role as dean of the Heersink School of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

The selection of Dr. Vickers as CEO of both the Health System and the Alliance will ensure a seamless transition of executive leadership and an uninterrupted commitment to excellence, said UAB President Ray Watts, M.D. We are proud to have this extraordinarily talented team of leaders, who will elevate our ability to provide the best patient care for our community, state, region and nation.

Vickers is a world-renowned surgeon, a pancreatic cancer researcher and a pioneer in health disparities research. He is also a member of the prestigious Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences.

He became dean of the Heersink School of Medicine in 2013 and was a member of the UAB surgical faculty from 1994 to 2006.

From a young age, I knew I wanted to practice medicine; but more than that, I wanted to make a difference in the lives of other people, Vickers said. Throughout my career, I have been passionate about clinical care, research and education. I have been the medical student, the trainee, the researcher, the physician, the teacher and the administrative leader. As we move forward into 2022 and the years beyond, UAB will continue to pursue high-quality patient care and the best possible patient outcomes, and continue to grow our nationally recognized programs to transform this part of the country into a healthier place to live and work.

According to a press release from UAB, Vickers said the alignment of the Health System with the leadership of the School of Medicine is a proven successful strategy used at many academic medical centers.

The structural change of our clinical enterprises leadership from two roles to one comes from the significant growth we have experienced in the past few years, he said. As many of our peer institutions have done, it made sense for UAB to consolidate the roles of CEO of the UAB Health System and dean of the Heersink School of Medicine to one person. A singular leader can fuse the interests of all groups at our enterprise and take a thoughtful approach to finances, operations and outcomes of both worlds.

Vickers said he prioritizes continuing to build on and expand UABs programs of clinical excellence for the residents of Alabama, the Deep South and America while breaking the socioeconomic barriers to health care and education. A hallmark of his leadership will be focusing on UABs efforts to bring affordable health care to all people and regions of Alabama.

"Vickers earned his undergraduate and medical degrees from Johns Hopkins University and completed a surgical residency there. He joined the faculty of UAB as an assistant professor in the Department of Surgery, where he was later appointed to professor, division director and the John H. Blue Chair of General Surgery. He was a founder of the UAB Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Center and was principal investigator of UABs first pancreatic cancer SPORE.

"In 2006, Vickers left UAB to become the Jay Phillips Professor and chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of Minnesota Medical School, one of the oldest and most storied surgery departments in the country.

"In 2013, Vickers became senior vice president of Medicine and dean of the UAB Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine, one of the largest public academic medical centers in the United States. In his role as dean, Vickers leads the medical schools main campus in Birmingham, as well as its regional campuses in Montgomery, Huntsville and Tuscaloosa.

"He was inducted into the Alabama Academy of Honor for the class of 2021, which recognizes living Alabamians for their efforts and accomplishments in serving the state and country."

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INDIANAPOLIS On Wednesday, Indiana reported its highest number of COVID-19 hospitalizations ever. Thats after it broke the record on Tuesday.

At Eskenazi Health in Indianapolis, the hospital has run out of room to store the dead. It is using a refrigerated truck that it acquired weeks ago in anticipation of this surge.

A spokesperson for the hospital said its morgue is small and has reached its capacity.

We are over capacity meaning if capacity is 100 percent we are over 100 percent, Dr. Graham Carlos said.

Dr. Carlos is the hospitals executive medical director. He said they have run out of room and have had to get creative to make more beds available.

We have expanded our room capacity to include rooms such as pre-anesthesia rooms, endoscopy rooms, perioperative areas to now be inpatient areas, Dr. Carlos said.

Eskenazi is not alone in this problem. IU Health said it has refrigerated trucks on standby but hasnt had to use them yet.

Several health systems tell FOX59 they have very little room left. Some have none at all.

Our inpatient unit has been full for just days now, so every opportunity we have to discharge a patient home the bed is full immediately, said Linda Wessic, chief operating officer at Major Health Partners.

Franciscan Health Indianapolis told us it currently has 96 patients hospitalized for COVID-19 conditions.

We are approaching our highest level of admissions since late January 2021, when we treated 120 patients, a spokesperson for Franciscan Health said in a statement. The vast majority of these patients are unvaccinated.

Franciscan said it is routinely holding numerous inpatients in the emergency department while they await beds. The systems is also operating beyond its staffed capacity at this time.

Ascension St. Vincent Indianapolis hospitals said they are in the same situation.

There are 101 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 across the Ascension St. Vincent Indianapolis hospitals. That is an increase of 44 patients in the last two weeks.

Ascension said that of the people who have died from COVID-19 at its hospitals, 90 percent of them were not vaccinated.

These are sick patients that are in a hospital because you have a life-threatening problem and so its stressful to be continuously taking care of so many patients, Dr. Carlos said.

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It's livestock show time and local 4-H and FFA exhibitors are ready to highlight the skills they've learned.

In Ascension Parish, livestock show time also means the Ascension Parish 4-H Stick Horse Rodeo is right around the corner. It's set for Jan. 21 at Lamar-Dixon Expo Center's Barn 8.

Registration is at 6 p.m. and the show begins at 6:30 p.m.

The show is open to all youth 11 years old and younger. The classes are Buckin Horse, Buckin Bull, Flag Race and Barrel Racing.

The stick horse rodeo participant fee is $5. Cowboy and cowgirls do not have to be a 4-H member to participate. Spectators are free.

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Following the stick horse rodeo, there will be fellowship and adult showmanship contests for 4-H and FFA alumni. All are invited to attend.

The Ascension Parish 4-H and FFA hosts its annual Livestock Show at Lamar-Dixon barns 7 and 8 on Jan. 22. There will be cattle, sheep, goats, swine, rabbits and poultry exhibited at the show, along with showmanship contests, and premier exhibitor tests.

The show is open to the public for spectating. The judging begins at 8 a.m. with the cattle followed by sheep, goats and swine. The rabbit and poultry shows will both begin at 9 a.m.

4-H empowers youth to reach their full potential, working and learning in partnership with caring adults. For more information, call the Ascension 4-H office at (225) 621-5799.

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