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Tini Tuesday Tour: Fezzo's in Broussard
LAFAYETTE, La. (KADN) — The Tini Tuesday Tour has kicked off. You can vote for your favorite restaurant’s martini masterpiece to help crown “Lafayette’s BEST Martini 2024.” Follow along each week on the Tini Tuesday Tour from June 25 to August 13 and cast your votes for Lafayette’s Best Martini.
Another path: Louisiana’s career education programs see growth, hope to build up workforce
The smell of freshly baked pizza wafts into the hallway of the Ardoin Building at South Louisiana Community College in Lafayette. Inside a small cafeteria, culinary-arts students in chef hats and jackets stand behind warming trays, explaining their creations to anyone hungry. The students in Chef Ann Jackson’s summer class made pizzas inspired by different countries: French ratatouille, Jamaican jerk chicken and Chinese stir fry.
Lafayette Parish Schools prepare to welcome students back. Here's what parents need to know
Editors note: The following story has been updated for clarity. As summer draws to a close, students and parents across Lafayette are gearing up for the new school year. With the first day of school fast approaching, here’s everything you need to know to ensure a smooth transition back to the classroom. Start dates ...
Legal brief filed for relocation of Louisiana elementary school from nearby chemical plant
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH, La. (WGNO) — The Legal Defense Fund has filed a brief in an effort to close a St. John the Baptist Parish elementary school and move its location from a nearby chemical plant. On June 12, the LDF filed the brief as part of...
Faith House hosts 'Love Is' program to teach teen girls what loving relationships should be
Teen girls are learning about healthy relationships during their summer break from school. Faith House is hosting a program called "Love Is." Its goal is to teach young women what healthy and loving relationships look like versus those that are toxic and abusive. Tags. Localnow. Faith House hosts 'Love Is'...
Keep Louisiana Beautiful offers litter kits available for checkout at area libraries
Keep Louisiana Beautiful (KLB) launched the Get Down & Clean Up program in collaboration with the State Library of Louisiana and the Louisiana Public Library System, making litter clean-up supplies readily available at public libraries across the state in spring 2023. Today, the program has grown to 127 participating libraries in 41 parishes, and more than 1,000 […]
New Southland Industrial Coatings Manufacturing Facility in Louisiana
The company will invest $13.1 million in the Town of Washington. Project will retain 340 current positions in Louisiana. New facility is expected to start operations by Spring 2025. Southland Industrial Coatings announced it is investing $13.1 million to construct a new fireproofing facility in St. Landry Parish that will...
Showers, storms to continue in Southeast, but will hammer 2 main areas
Tropical moisture flowing into the southeastern United States will continue into this weekend, but some areas will be hit harder than others in terms of downpours and the risk of flash flooding. While sunshine and typical late-July heat will continue to interrupt a pattern strewn with showers and thunderstorms in...
Local family attempting to raise suicide awareness after losing one of their own
A local family shaken by an unthinkable tragedy is taking steps to try and raise awareness in hopes of preventing similar tragedies in the future. Holden Michael Breaux was a student at Central Lafourche High School. He took his own life on May 11, 2024. Friends, family and others who...
Two Women Arrested in Ongoing Narcotics Investigation
Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre announced narcotics agents made two arrests in an ongoing investigation into a drug dealer in the Galliano area. Agents had been investigating Wendy Kieff, 45, of Galliano, and arrested her on Saturday. She was accompanied by Tessy Gaubert, 52, of Larose, who was also found in possession of narcotics.
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