| LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Kudos to The Advocate for exposing the ineptness of U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins, R-Lafayette on hurricane relief on behalf of his district, especially the Lake Charles area. Read more |
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| By DAVIDE MAMONE | Staff Writer LUS Fiber, the city of Lafayette's municipally-owned telecommunications company, announced Thursday that it will provide free unlimited long-distance calls made to Ukraine and neighboring countries until the end of March. The decision was taken after Russia began the invasion of the Ukrainian territories on Feb. 24. Read more |
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| BY BETH SCHWARTZAPFEL, ERIN EINHORN and ANNIE WALDMAN | The Marshall Project; NBC News and ProPublica Lawyers and a judge gathered in an East Baton Rouge juvenile courtroom last October for an update on a teenager detained after joyriding in a stolen car. The teen appeared on a screen, alongside a caseworker who stunned everyone by describing conditions in the lockup where he was held. Read more |
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| BY JUDY BERGERON | Staff writer We've all seen the memes. They look like common objects — houseplants, a roll of bathroom tissue, a human hand — until a knife sliced through them reveals … oh, my God, it's cake! Read more |
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| BY KATIE GAGLIANO | Staff writer A man was killed in an Abbeville mobile home fire early Thursday, the Louisiana State Fire Marshal’s Office said. Read more |
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| By KEN STICKNEY | Staff writer South Louisiana Community College envisions a late-spring start to a short-term course in plumbing, a hands-on learning experience that, if pursued successfully, may lead to an apprenticeship in that trade. Read more |
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