August 31, 2012 We've been informed by Public Works Department Director Tom Carroll that Sellers Road between Odessa Road and Ridge Crest Lane will be closed beginning Tuesday, September 4, for a bridge replacement.
August 21, 2012
August 14, 2012 Fatima Troop 446 will be sponsoring a bake sale after all masses this weekend (August 18 - 19), with all funds going to the Cope family of Breaux Bridge. Dwight Cope and Dagan Cope were involved with Troop 55 and recently drowned while hiking in Tennessee.
August 9, 2012 We had the first tropical storm of 2012 before the "Tropical Season" officially began. There was virtually no winter in the Gulf Coast region. Water temperatures were 10 degrees above normal at the end of February.
August 8, 2012 The 7th Annual 'jeep jaunt' is coming up on October 28th to raise money for the American Lung Association, and the Annual 'jeep jaunt' JAM is the registration kick-off party, which will be held at Sterling Jeep on I-49 in Opelousas!
August 8, 2012 The "Find Mickey Shunick Now" Facebook page uploaded a new video, featuring Josh Cohen. Most people in Acadiana have been affected, in some way, by the story of Mickey Shunick and her family.
With the recent developments in the case, we tho
August 7, 2012 From our sister-station NewsTalk 965 KPEL:
(KPEL) — We are hearing multiple unconfirmed reports that Mickey Shunick’s body may have been discovered in Evangeline Parish.
We are vigorously working to confirm this, but we are in contact with the Lafayette Police Department and the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office. We update you as soon as we have any confirmed information.
August 7, 2012 On today's date, August 7, 1782, Gen. George Washington created the Order of the Purple Heart, a decoration to recognize merit in enlisted men and non-commissioned officers wounded or killed while serving with the U. S. Military.
The start of the 2012 school year is just around the corner. Soon students from around Acadiana will be hopping out of the pool and stepping back into the classroom.
Everyone knows that the last two hurricane seasons have been pretty bad. But just how bad were they?
Experts say that actually we had just gotten used to an unnaturally low level of hurricane activity, with relatively few major hurricanes hitting the East Coast over the last 30 years.
July 31, 2012
The LSU Health Science System has announced $329 million in new cuts to offset federal cuts to the state’s Medicaid budget.
July 26, 2012 Tonight, our news affiliate News Talk KPEL 96.5 tells us that Lafayette City-Parish President Joey Durel says, "The parish is BROKE".
