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Acadia Parish school start reset to Sept. 8

Acadia Parish School Board voted Thursday night to delay the start date of public schools until Sept. 8.

Teen shot in stomach

A 17-year-old male was shot in the stomach at about about 1 p.m. Thursday, but Eunice Police have more questions than answers after the initial investigation, Police Chief Randy Fontenot said. “The shooting incident happened at 1:02 p.m. on Aug.

Hospice of Acadiana recognized as ‘Best Places to Work’

Hospice of Acadiana, Inc. has been selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the 2020 Best Places to Work in Healthcare. The complete list of this year’s winners, in alphabetical order, is available at ModernHealthcare.com/bestplaceslist.

LSU researchers develop saliva-based test to make COVID-19 easier to track

LSU Professors Stephania Cormier, a respiratory immunologist, and Rebecca Christofferson, an emerging viruses expert, have developed a saliva-based test to help track COVID-19 in K-12 school children and teachers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Free COVID-19 testing to end soon

Free COVID-19 testing at sites sponsored by the federal government will end next week. Testing is available at Cajun Field at the University of Louisiana, the Lake Charles Civic Center and the Rapides Parish Exhibition Center in Alexandria.

Is the 75th anniversary of V-J Day the last hurrah?

My first knowledge of the War in the Pacific probably came from then-new episodes of “McHale’s Navy” and the 20-year-old “Made in Occupied Japan” dishware that my mother collected. Seemingly overnight, I find myself struggling to do justice to the topic of the 75th (!

School choice: Black children matter

One hundred sixty years ago America fought over slavery. Sixty years ago, America fought over black voter suppression. Today America is fighting over black education suppression.

What in the world were we thinking?

I am becoming increasingly convinced that if I dig just two feet down at any place in my yard, I will dig into a huge underground sea of fire ants. It may spread for miles and miles.

Gulf of Mexico ‘Dead Zone’ smaller-than-average this summer due to storms

The bottom area of low oxygen in Louisiana coastal waters west of the Mississippi River, commonly known as the “Dead Zone,” was mapped at a much smaller-than-average size this summer.

Church Point officer mourned

Church Point Police Capt. Kevin Trahan was laid to rest on Thursday after passing away from complications from COVID-19.