What's making news in Acadiana this morning
 | By ADAM DAIGLE An CLAIRE TAYLOR | Staff writers The Downtown Development Authority is proposing construction of a performing arts center in downtown Lafayette to replace the 61-year-old Heymann Performing Arts Center, which landlocked Ochsner Lafayette General wants to buy. Read more |
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 | BY MEGAN WYATT | Staff writer A whistleblower who voiced concerns about inappropriate behavior by the top two leaders of the Broussard Police Department is now suing the city for negligence. Read more |
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 | BY KATIE GAGLIANO | Staff writer While use of the state’s “simulated” school performance scores will be limited because of pandemic impacts, the Lafayette Parish School System is claiming a victory from the numbers after Early College Academy made gains to become the state’s highest performing school. Read more |
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 | Staff and KATC-TV reports A Lafayette man wanted by the St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office in connection with a Bayou Vista shooting has been arrested. Read more |
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 | BY MARK BALLARD | Capitol Bureau editor Though the arrest of a suspect refocused attention on the two October shootings that killed two and injured 10 on Grambling State University campus, a new wall around campus that the University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors approved Thursday has been on the drawing board for more than a year. Read more |
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 | BY PATRICK MAGEE | Staff writer The 2021 fall football season was not kind to most of Louisiana's 11 colleges that field FCS and FBS programs. Read more |
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