Lafayette is ready to embark on a master plan for growth, but will old habits impede our progress? When Lafayette outgrew Downtown and the surrounding established neighborhoods a half century ago, we headed south down Johnston Street, throwing up ...
A Louisiana congressional candidate gets loose with the rhetoric. Words matter. I wish Zach Dasher chose his more carefully. Unfortunately there was nothing novel about the rhetoric that spilled from his maw June 16 when he announced his bid for the ...
Social media sites are steadily becoming virtual cemeteries. That's a good thing for the living. SOCIAL MEDIA SITES ARE STEADILY BECOMING VIRTUAL CEMETERIES. THAT'S A GOOD THING FOR THE LIVING. BY WALTER PIERCE Monday, June 2, 2014Musician Andy Cornett ...
When a fashion expression becomes a fine-able offense, we're all in trouble. When a fashion expression becomes a fine-able offense, we're all in trouble. By Walter Pierce Friday, May 2, 2014 Well, it finally happened: a Louisiana town with a ...
Artmosphere and the former Karma have nothing in common, but the latter has what the former desperately needs. Andy Monceaux possesses a precious thing and he's working fast to keep it. The longtime owner of Marley's bar on Jefferson Street, Monceaux ...
Can state lawmakers find the nerve - and the votes - to neuter payday lenders? I've been a brick layer's helper during the summer in Louisiana, washed dishes in greasy restaurant kitchens and even schlepped insulation at a demolition site, but the ...
The fracas over what we and outsiders call our local university is entirely of our own making. Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2015Written by Walter Pierce Remember back around 2000, after our University of Southwestern Louisiana finally got legislative approval ...
Who does Joey Durel think he is? A popular, term-limited pol with little to lose and a legacy to secure, that's who. But what does this mini fracas say about us? Photo Illustration Has City-Parish President Joey Durel been ...
Lafayette has so much going for it, and so much yet to do. Like a turtle on a log, Lafayette has been basking in the warm glow of national approbation for some time now - or at least in the fawning approval of the travel, food and business press ...
The Duck Dynasty guys helped for sure, but Vance McAllister was practical and consensus-minded, too. Much has been made of the endorsement by the cast of the inexplicably popular A&E reality show Duck Dynasty for Vance McAllister's surprising ...
A budget that counts on private investment could count out completing the Connector any time soon ...
Drago's set to take over the location in August ...
We need to face up to how the “new New Orleans,” so celebrated by the Mayor and the self-anointed civic elite, in fact amounts to a hostile assault on African-American families and the working poor ...
Six candidates vie for permanent job; no timeline released for selection process ...
