What's making news in Acadiana this morning
| BY BEN MYERS | Staff writer The number of COVID-19 patients in Acadiana’s largest hospital system has quintupled in the first three weeks of July, as the Delta variant appears to be flourishing throughout a region with an extremely low vaccination rate. Read more |
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| By SAM KARLIN | Staff writer Republican lawmakers convened the state's first-ever veto session Tuesday with high hopes for overriding Gov. John Bel Edwards' vetoes of key bills, the culmination of a months-long power struggle between the Democratic governor and heavily-Republican Legislature. Read more |
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| BY HANA MAUNG | Staff writer Daily showers and cloudy skies have loomed over Lafayette and South Louisiana for almost several weeks. According to Todd Mogged, a forecaster at the US National Weather Service in Lake Charles, there has been a trough of low pressure trapped over Lafayette for nearly a month. Read more |
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| BY MIKE COPPAGE | Contributing writer A Lafayette Little League team is one win away from reaching the Southwest Region tournament in Waco, Texas, for the first time since 2011. Read more |
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| BY CLAIRE TAYLOR | Staff writer Trying to balance the need for money with voter support for an upcoming tax renewal and anti-tax sentiment of the Parish Council, the Lafayette Parish Library Board is recommending the council keep its property millage rates the same as this year, bringing in about $630,000 less than in 2019. Read more |
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| Staff Report The UL Ragin’ Cajuns were nearly a unanimous selection to win the Sun Belt West division title for the fourth straight season on the 2021 Sun Belt Conference’s Preseason All-Sun Belt coaches poll and awards, announced Tuesday by the league office. Read more |
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| Keeping your home clean and sanitized is essential these days to try to keep germs out of the house. Mopping may not be the most fun chore … Read more |
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| | If you've been missing your local coffee shop and their piping hot espresso, there's plenty of espresso makers, brews, and accessories you … Read more |
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| | Exercise always seems like the last thing on the list that you can get done. Work, kids, chores — they all seem to come first. But ignoring… Read more |
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