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• Acting Up "in Acadiana" 2012/2013 Acting Classes

  July 4, 2012 9:07 AM

  Acting Up (in Acadiana) announces that its classes begin the week of September 10, 2012. Acting classes are available for students ages 7-adult. Individual acting coaching can be arranged. All activities take place at the Acadiana Center for the Arts located in downtown Lafayette. All students, regardless of future... more »

• "Women's only" Handgun Safety/Defense class

  March 14, 2012 11:13 AM

  Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office is offering a "women's only" handgun safety/defense class. Sheriff Louis Ackal is offering a handgun safety and defense class at the Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office firing range. The class instructors will be official Deputies with the Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office who are certified firearm instructors.... more »

• State police forgoes cadet class

  March 2, 2012 8:41 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - For the fourth year in a row, the state is forgoing a cadet class to train new troopers. State Police Col. Mike Edmonson tells The Advocate he initially requested funding for a class in Gov. Bobby Jindal's proposed $25.5 billion state operating budget for the... more »

• Major Construction Taking Place at UL Play Video

  January 12, 2012 4:03 PM

  After a much deserved break, thousands of UL Lafayette students returned to school Wednesday. This school year brings lots of excitement as UL has several major construction projects underway. Just last year, UL's new dorms became a reality and one week ago, the newsest dorms, Huger Hall opened.... more »

• Cajun Coupon Diva Gives Practical Advice

  June 21, 2011 11:40 PM

  She calls herself The Cajun Coupon Diva, and one group at a time, Madelene Boudreaux helps people learn how to get extreme savings without going to extreme measures. "But two hours for $200 worth of savings is not that big of a deal, it's not that hard to do,"... more »

• Elton John Feels like 'Second-Class Citizen'

  January 23, 2011 10:50 PM

  LOS ANGELES (AP) - Sir Elton John is "fed up" with being a treated like a "second-class citizen" in the U.S. That's why the 63-year-old gay singer said he took a stand last week during a performance at a private Beverly Hills fundraiser for the ongoing legal challenge to California's... more »

• Free Healthy Holiday Baking Class

  November 22, 2010 3:06 PM

  Wednesday, December 1 at, 6:00 p.m. Heart Hospital of Lafayette invites anyone planning to bake over the holidays that are interested in learning how to bake heart-healthy by using delicious alternative substitutes. Claudia Neef, R.D. and her staff of dieticians will provide a cooking demonstration, while sharing healthy holiday... more »

• ACLU in Federal Court Appealing Same Sex Class in Vermilion Parish School

  October 5, 2010 4:15 PM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Attorneys for the American Civil Liberties Union went before a federal appeals court Tuesday in hopes of stopping what they say is an unconstitutional system of sex-segregated classes at a southern Louisiana school. The ACLU filed a federal suit in 2009 against the Vermilion Parish School... more »

• Class and auditions for WILLY WONKA

  August 16, 2010 3:13 PM

  Class and auditions for WILLY WONKA - The Musical have been announced by The Children's Theatre Company. WILLY WONKA is a musical based on the book of by Ronald Dahl. According to Artistic Director, Kerry A. Onxley, "This season we are thrilled to have CTC alumnus Taylor Simon as our... more »

• ACLU Will Have Arguments About Same-Sex Class Heard

  August 11, 2010 11:36 AM

  LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments in the ACLU's challenge of the single-gender programs at a Kaplan middle school. A federal district judge ruled in April that the all-boys and all-girls classes at Rene Rost Middle School could continue under court-mandated conditions... more »

• Defunct School Had Noteworthy 1960 Class

  July 4, 2010 3:36 PM

  NEW IBERIA, La. (AP) - Although Mount Carmel Academy shut its doors in 1988, the events that transpired within the walls of the more than 100-year-old school remain vivid memories of the graduating class of 1960, or "the class of the rich and famous" as they were dubbed by students... more »

• State Required Boating Class

  April 26, 2010 11:34 AM

  SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - Boat operators should be planning on taking one of the state-sponsored safe boating classes, if they haven't done so recently. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has a large number of safe boating classes on tap for boating enthusiasts who have not completed a course.... more »

• UL Graduation

  December 20, 2009 3:58 PM

  A big day for about 12-hundred UL students it's fall graduation for the class of 2009. We caught up with the College of Liberal Arts at noon. This was one of nine ceremonies taking place around the Cajundome and Convention Center. Four KATC employees got their diplomas this afternoon. Good... more »

• LTC Offers New Training Program

  September 29, 2009 1:31 PM

  Tuesday, September 29, 2009. The Louisiana Technical College, Lafayette Campus is offering a tuition-free Call Center/Customer Service Representative program through the Rapid Response Training grant. This 180 hour, non-credit program will be offered on Monday-Friday from 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Classes will start on November 5, 2009, and end... more »