What's making news in Acadiana this morning
 | Staff report A man who died while hiking in the Grand Canyon on Wednesday has been identified as Dr. Jason Hatfield, a family medicine physician at Opelousas General Hospital. Read more |
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 | BY BEN MYERS | Staff writer A Lafayette Parish judge on Friday ordered court-appointed mental health experts to determine if Ian Howard is legally competent to stand trial. Read more |
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 | BY CLAIRE TAYLOR | Staff writer "The Confederacy has surrendered." Read more |
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 | BY BLAKE PATERSON | Staff writer Faced with a startling and preventable new surge in COVID-19, an infectious disease specialist in Baton Rouge offered a stark warning on Friday to the millions of Louisiana residents who have opted not to get vaccinated. Read more |
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 | By JAMES FINN | Staff writer A year spent taking classes over Zoom and watching TV news about COVID cases ticking up, down and up again left Skyla Degrasse with a sense of conviction. She would become a doctor, she decided last year, so that when a new pandemic appears she’ll be able to confront the crisis head-on. Read more |
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 | BY BEN MYERS | Staff writer Borrowing hundreds of millions of dollars to build multiple towers in different states at the same time would seem a risky bet for many developers, especially those lacking high-rise experience. Lafayette subdivision developer Cliff Guidry is doing just that, but he doesn’t consider it a gamble at all. 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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