What's making news in Acadiana this morning
 | By DAVIDE MAMONE | Staff Writer Lafayette citizens and community organizers are filing complaints against Judge Michelle Odinet, and criminal defense attorneys are asking her to recuse herself from the cases of their defendants after racial slurs were captured in a video recorded inside the judge’s home was circulated on Monday. Read more |
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 | BY CLAIRE TAYLOR | Staff writer With at least one developer ready to apply for assistance, the Downtown Economic Development District board on Monday approved preliminary application procedures and adopted the Downtown Lafayette Action Plan as its master plan. Read more |
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 | BY BLAKE PATERSON | Staff writer Gov. John Bel Edwards notified state lawmakers Tuesday that the Louisiana Department of Health will move forward with adding the COVID-19 vaccine to the list of shots required for students to attend schools and universities, overriding the Legislature's attempt to block the new regulation. Read more |
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 | By MATT SLEDGE and MISSY WILKINSON | Staff writers A helicopter pilot crashed and died on the Interstate 10 bridge over the Bonnet Carre Spillway during fog Tuesday afternoon, creating a multi-parish traffic jam and briefly cutting electricity power to 20,000 people in Kenner and Metairie. Read more |
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 | BY KATIE GAGLIANO | Staff writer A murder defendant in Iberia Parish accused of attacking his child’s bus driver while out on bond pleaded guilty to the assault on Monday. Read more |
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 | BY KATIE GAGLIANO | Staff writer Funeral arrangements have been announced for Kristy Hebert, the Vermilion Parish School Board member and educator killed in a Friday evening crash in Iberia Parish. Read more |
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