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Acadiana News Updates

Handy Stop, downtown Lafayette's grocery store, will close Saturday

by Adam Daigle | Acadiana business editor

The Handy Stop Market and Café, which was celebrated when it opened two years ago as downtown Lafayette’s first grocery store, will close Saturday, owner Bradley Cruice said. Read more

Fewer librarians on Lafayette library book banning committee, NE library plans proceed

BY CLAIRE TAYLOR | Staff writer

The process for hearing banning books from the Lafayette Parish public library will involve fewer librarians and more appointed board members. Read more

Amid national controversy, commission to select new voting system for Louisiana

BY MARK BALLARD | Capitol Bureau editor

Born from the widespread, if incorrect, fears that American elections are tainted, the Voting Systems Commission met five times over the past six months. Read more

 
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Ian Howard, accused of killing Lafayette Police Cpl. Middlebrook, unfit to stand trial, judge rules

BY CLAIRE TAYLOR | Staff writer

Ian Howard, the man accused of killing Lafayette Police Cpl. Michael Middlebrook in 2017, is not mentally fit to stand trial, a judge has ruled. Read more

Lawmaker calls delays in background checks for teachers a ‘crisis,’ says state response too slow

BY WILL SENTELL | Staff writer

A New Orleans lawmaker said Tuesday officials in some public schools in his district say delays getting criminal background checks for teachers finished is a crisis and state leaders have shown little interest in resolving it. Read more

Woman arrested on third DWI in six weeks after driving onto Eunice school campus, police say

BY KATIE GAGLIANO | Staff writer

An Arnaudville woman was arrested for drunken driving, her third DWI arrest in six weeks, after she drove onto St. Edmund Catholic School’s elementary campus Monday, the Eunice Police Department said. Read more

 
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