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Get back-to-school ready with free giveaways across the area
NEW ORLEANS — With school around the corner, local organizations and events are helping families get ready for the upcoming school year. Here's a list of free school supply giveaways across the area. If you have a back-to-school giveaway or event, please email WWL-TV with the information. Orleans. InspireNola...
Mayor Cantrell makes first public appearance since Vappie indictment
NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell made her first public appearance Wednesday since her former bodyguard, Officer Jeffery Vappie, was indicted. Vappie was charged federally with wire fraud and making false statements. The indictment does not name Cantrell or charge her with any crime, but it refers...
13 Donaldsonville residents suing water company for damages caused by pile driving
DONALDSONVILLE - Thirteen Donaldsonville residents filed suit against a water company and three other corporations in charge of a pile-driving project that they say caused extensive damage to properties nearby. 2 On Your Side first talked to residents of Donaldsonville's Historic District in Dec. 2023. Homeowners said loud pile driving...
City Council votes to demolish school building, making way for Uptown Trader Joe's
NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans residents are a step closer to getting a Trader Joe's Uptown. On Thursday, the New Orleans City Council voted unanimously against the Historic District Landmarks Commission's recommendation that an empty school building in the desired location cannot be demolished. "I can tell you that...
Northside High hires new head boys' basketball coach
LAFAYETTE, La. — LPSS is excited to announce the appointment of Ross Rix as the new head boy’s basketball coach for Northside High School. Ross Rix, an Opelousas, Louisiana, native, brings a distinguished coaching career and a deep commitment to student-athletes to his new role as the head basketball coach at Northside High School. The assignment marks Rix second time leading the Vikings on the hardwood. He coached at NHS from 2014 to 2018.
A new Southern Classic Chicken is coming to Lafayette. Here's where it'll open.
Construction could begin next month on the Southern Classic Chicken location in Lafayette. Jessie Fontenot with JA Fontenot Enterprises closed on a deal to purchase the 2.85 acres at 4603 Johnston St. for the popular quick-serve restaurant along with a Scooter’s Coffee location and another development to be announced later, Fontenot said.
Column: Boulet’s first budget is sobering
In many ways, Mayor-President Monique Boulet’s first budget is kind of boring. And I mean that in a good way. Instead of proposing half-baked, radical changes, she’s proposing what appear to largely be reasonable, fiscally prudent changes. Some of which were long overdue and will force a reckoning on some of Lafayette Consolidated Government’s finances.
Plaquemine mayor says utility issues center around utility department
PLAQUEMINE - Mayor Ed Reeves is retiring at the end of the year, but before he does he has some work to do with the city's utility department. Some of it, he tells 2 On Your Side's Brittany Weiss, is staff error. One of the issues could be that staff...
Juveniles charged in Carencro man’s murder to be tried as adults, one suspect still wanted
Jaden Garlow, 18, was arrested for second degree murder just last week. Jakyri Aggison, 18, and Koby Glaude, 17, were arrested for principal to second degree murder. Matthew Charles, 19, is still wanted for principal to second degree murder.
Appeals judges rule against fund used to provide phone services for rural and low-income people
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Calling it a “misbegotten tax,” a federal appeals court in New Orleans ruled Wednesday that a method the Federal Communications Commission uses to fund telephone service for rural and low-income people and broadband services for schools and libraries is unconstitutional. The immediate implications...
Antonio Reeves signs multi-year deal with Pelicans
Another former Kentucky basketball player has signed his first deal in the NBA. First-year guard Antonio Reeves has made his contract official, signing a three-year and $5.41 million deal. Reeves was the 47th overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft this June. After a successful career at Illinois State, Reeves played two seasons in Lexington and averaged 17.2 points per game while connecting on 42.2 percent of his three-point attempts. He made 164 3s in his Kentucky career. Reeves was the SEC Sixth Man of the Year in his first season at Kentucky and then followed that up with an...
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