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Acadiana News Updates

In rural Acadiana, officials look for answers to improve lagging vaccination rates

By SAM KARLIN and DAVIDE MAMONE | Staff writers

Franklin, a city of roughly 7,000 on the banks of Bayou Teche, employs about nine firefighters, and Chief Chuck Bourgeois said the nature of their work put them in frequent contact with people infected with COVID-19 over the past year. Read more

This Lafayette suburb more than doubled its population since 2010. Could it be the next Youngsville?

By ADAM DAIGLE | Acadiana business editor

Brody LeBlanc threw out a wide net when he began looking for a home in the Lafayette area over the summer. A physician hired on with Our Lady of Lourdes over the summer, he and his wife, Kristen, wanted to be in a place that was small but still not far from Lafayette. Read more

Long hoped for French immersion school opens its doors in Sunset: ‘A dream come true’

BY KATIE GAGLIANO | Staff writer

French immersion charter school École Saint-Landry opened its doors to its inaugural class of students in Sunset this week after more than four years of dreaming, hardship and labor. Read more

 
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'It makes no sense': NOPD detective slain in Houston mourned as hunt for his killers continues

BY RAMON ANTONIO VARGAS AND MATT SLEDGE | Staff writers

41-year-old detective Everett Briscoe was killed in Houston during a shooting at a Galleria restaurant on Saturday.  Read more

Jeff Duncan: Why this Saints defense could be Sean Payton's best and be a team unlike others

BY JEFF DUNCAN | SPORTS COLUMNIST

When the New Orleans Saints open the season against Green Bay on Sept. 12, they’ll do so with a rebuilt passing attack. Read more

U.S. accelerating evacuation efforts in Afghanistan amid IS threat, Biden says

By ROBERT BURNS and DARLENE SUPERVILLE | The Associated Press

28,000 people have been evacuated since Aug. 14., Biden said.  Read more

 
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