What's making news in Acadiana this morning
 | BY CLAIRE TAYLOR | Staff writer Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center and Ochsner Lafayette General have activated their surge plans to accommodate a dramatic increase in COVID-positive hospitalizations in recent weeks caused primarily by the new, more easily transmitted delta variant infecting unvaccinated people. Read more |
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 | BY TYLER BRIDGES | Staff writer A day after U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins revealed he is ill with COVID, he along with Rep. Garret Graves and Rep. Mike Johnson would not disclose Monday whether they have been vaccinated. Read more |
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 | BY KATIE GAGLIANO | Staff writer A bizarre 2017 kidnapping case involving a Lafayette millionaire, his estranged wife and suspected hired kidnappers who later drowned while fleeing police came to a quiet close Monday evening after Lawrence Michael Handley accepted a plea deal. Read more |
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 | BY KATIE GAGLIANO | Staff writer Lafayette Parish public school parents may have more before- and after-school options this fall as the Lafayette Parish school system gauges parent interest in expanding before and after care at elementary schools without programs. Read more |
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 | BY WILL SENTELL | Staff writer Unlike last year, Louisiana public school leaders are deferring to local school officials on face masks and other safety measures amid the rising number of cases of the coronavirus. Read more |
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 | BY KATELYN UMHOLTZ | Staff writer Louisiana health officials saw some big jumps in Monday's coronavirus data, marking the largest jump in the count on record amid a more contagious strain's spread across the state. Read more |
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 | Keeping your home clean and sanitized is essential these days to try to keep germs out of the house. Mopping may not be the most fun chore … Read more |
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|  | If you've been missing your local coffee shop and their piping hot espresso, there's plenty of espresso makers, brews, and accessories you … Read more |
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|  | Exercise always seems like the last thing on the list that you can get done. Work, kids, chores — they all seem to come first. But ignoring… Read more |
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