OK, what's wrong with this picture? For years the city of Lafayette has been paying for maintenance and upkeep of a public park located in the city limits of Youngsville. Foster Park (center) comprises two baseball fields, tennis ...
Opposition - and support, for that matter - to Common Core is forging some unlikely partnerships. RE: By Walter PierceNov. 1, 2013 Uncommon AlliesOpposition - and support, for that matter - to Common Core is forging some unlikely partnerships. In ...
When does LGBT-friendly become overly gay'? We do reader surveys every so often to get a snapshot of who our readers are, what content they prefer, what we're doing right, what we're doing wrong. The results for our most recent survey, conducted over ...
Two high-level administrators with Louisiana State University at Eunice pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday for stealing close to $160,000 in federal grant funds intended for Upward Bound and Student Services projects. Two high-level administrators ...
The ordinance will be back before the council, no doubt, but if it fails again, there's always the "nuclear option." Supporters of a failed ordinance that would have reconvened the 2011 charter commission and ultimately let Lafayette voters ...
Density and infill are about to be the new buzzwords in Lafayette. It's been a hot, humid, frustrating summer for many who give a fig about Lafayette due to the mind-numbing rancor coming from the school board as what has become an obstructionist ...
As cities in the parish struggle to meet costs, parish government treads water. It took me a full hour to shake the palpitations occasioned by agreeing with the tea party folks who stood before the council one recent Tuesday. They were there to oppose ...
Head coach Sean Payton and wide receiver coach Henry Ellard, a former standout NFL receiver himself, will spend the next few months determining whether one of two recent draft choices or a host of undrafted free agents on the roster deserve that ...
Short of busting up consolidated government, which voters resoundingly rejected in 2011, there is a reasonable way to maintain parish unity and grant the city of Lafayette the autonomy every other town in the parish enjoys. Quietly, as other stories ...
If David Primeaux was still molesting children, they need help now - not in 30 years. If David Primeaux was still molesting children, they need help now - not in 30 years. bY wALTER pIERCE The question, "Why now?" has been asked more than once ...
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 ...
