#1 School Dress Codes – Passed unanimously by the school board, dress code changes by the Iberia Parish School Board had parents fired up and adjusting their school shopping lists.

#2 City Marshal’s Warrant List – The City Marshal Dickie Fremin and Daily Iberian Publisher Michael Messerly created a searchable database of all outstanding warrants available on the thedailyiberian.com’s News page.

#3 Hulin Is IPSD New Superintendent – Heath Hulin becomes the newest superintendent for the Iberia Parish School Board. The choice is a popular one among IPSD staff, parents, students and the community.

#4 Restaurant Fight Leads to Attempted Murder Charges – A wild brawl breaks out at a New Iberia restaurant and police go on the search for four females. The restaurant, Pedro’s, never recovered from the incident and recently closed.

#5 Faith at Center of Growing Gulotta Family – Our most popular feature story of the year spotlights the Gulotta family and how faith plays such a strong role in their growing family.

#6 Eight Westgate Tigers Signed to Scholarships – No surprise, but still a great accomplishment that not only does Westgate win the 2021 state football title, but eight of those Tigers are signed to scholarships.

#7 Justin Champagne, Snoop Dogg Release Song – It was the biggest year in Justin Champagne’s music career. Besides touring with Snoop Dogg, Champagne gets him to perform on remake of one of Justin’s biggest songs.

#8 Virginia Food Truck Named New Iberia – Two LSU graduates decide to start a food truck business in Virginia serving Cajun food staples and name the truck New Iberia to rave reviews.

#9 Local Artist To Paint 70 Homes In New Iberia – The always ambitious Paul Schexnayder joins Henry Mixon to take on the challenge of painting 70 shotgun homes in New Iberia.

#10 Family Fishing Trip Includes Shark Attack – The fishing was peaceful that day in the Atchafalaya Basin for Tim Choate and his two children on their boat until suddenly sharks with a taste for carp went on the attack!