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Acadiana News Updates

LCG attorneys say comedian owes $33,047 in fake antifa event case; judge asks for invoice

BY MEGAN WYATT | Staff writer

A comedian who was targeted by Lafayette Mayor-President Josh Guillory in 2020 over fake antifa events could owe more than $30,000 in attorneys' fees to the Lafayette Consolidated Government. Read more

Lawmakers take aim at Gov. John Bel Edwards rule adding COVID vax to school shots list

BY BLAKE PATERSON | Staff writer

After failing last year to block Gov. John Bel Edwards from adding the COVID-19 vaccine to Louisiana's school immunization schedule, state lawmakers are taking a new approach to stop the rule from taking effect: a legislative resolution. Read more

Carlos Toby sentenced to 25 years for 2018 shooting of Lafayette boxer Brandon Broussard

BY MEGAN WYATT | Staff writer and KATIE GAGLIANO | Staff writer

The second brother convicted in the 2018 death of Lafayette boxer Brandon Broussard has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. Read more

 
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Rollbacks in permitting and bans on enforcing federal regulations among the Gun Day bills that passed

BY MARK BALLARD | Capitol Bureau editor

A House committee advanced legislation Tuesday that would remove the permits — and training that goes with it — required for carrying concealed weapons. Then it approved a bill that would forbid state and local authorities to enforce future federal rules that would "chill" gun ownership in Louisiana. Read more

COVID-19, overdoses pushed US to highest death total ever

By MIKE STOBBE | AP Medical Writer

NEW YORK — 2021 was the deadliest year in U.S. history, and new data and research are offering more insights into how it got that bad. Read more

Water to Youngsville Middle, surrounding area restored after pipe damaged during line work

BY KATIE GAGLIANO | Staff writer

Youngsville Middle School and a portion of Iberia Street in Youngsville were without water for several hours Tuesday after a city water line was damaged during gas line work. Read more

 
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