What's making news in Acadiana this morning
 | BY CLAIRE TAYLOR | Staff writer Four psychiatrists and psychologists who examined Ian Howard, the man accused of the fatal shooting of Lafayette Police Cpl. Michael Middlebrook in 2017, are split on whether Howard is mentally fit to stand trial. Read more |
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 | By DAVIDE MAMONE | Staff Writer Local and state officials pleaded with Louisiana drivers to be extra careful on the roads heading into the Christmas holiday as the number of car crashes continues to climb, following national trends, and people continue to die. Read more |
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 | By ADAM DAIGLE | Acadiana business editor At A.J. and Vanessa Miller’s home on Antigua Drive, thousands have walked along Reindeer Lane on the way to Santa’s Workshop. They passed Santa’s Magical Mailbox where letters to Santa are dropped off. Read more |
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 | BY JOHN SIMERMAN | Staff writer Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams announced Monday that his civil rights division will launch a review of all cases that embattled Lafayette City Court Judge Michelle Odinet prosecuted while she worked in New Orleans in the mid-1990’s. Read more |
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 | BY JEFF ADELSON, BLAKE PATERSON AND MEGAN WYATT | Staff writers Coronavirus cases are once again surging in Louisiana, in what health experts say is likely the beginning of a fifth wave of the disease fueled by the fast-spreading omicron variant. Read more |
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 | BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Omicron has raced ahead of other variants and is now the dominant version of the coronavirus in the U.S., accounting for 73% of new infections last week, federal health officials said Monday. Read more |
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