What's making news in Acadiana
 | BY MEGAN WYATT | Staff writer D.R. Horton has built more than 1,700 homes in more than two dozen neighborhoods in Lafayette Parish since 2009, according to local land records. Read more |
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 | By DAVIDE MAMONE | Staff Writer Friends, family and law enforcement are searching for Ella Quiana Goodie, a 32-year-old Lafayette woman who has been missing since March 9. Read more |
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 | BY MEGAN WYATT | Staff writer Lafayette Parish once again saw a steep increase in opioid-related overdoses last year, with the majority of those cases involving fentanyl. Read more |
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 | BY KATIE GAGLIANO | Staff writer Like all things Je’Nelle Chargois did, the idea for the African American Heritage Foundation’s ‘Heritage Quilt’ stemmed from her love for her community and its history. Read more |
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 | By KEN STICKNEY | Staff writer NEW IBERIA — Greg and Ellen Mullen, co-coordinators of this year's Books Along the Teche Literary Festival, say they’re ready to shake off pandemic shutdowns and more fully celebrate this annual hometown event, now in its sixth year. Read more |
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 | BY BLAKE PATERSON | Staff writer In March 2020, minutes before Gov. John Bel Edwards was scheduled to deliver his annual State of the State address, Louisiana reported its first case of COVID-19, ushering in a deadly and disruptive pandemic that would kill more than 16,800 people statewide. Read more |
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