2012 is coming to a close, and often times the new year is not only a time to look forward, but to reflect back on the year that's passed. And Acadiana has had quite the year.
When looking at the top ten stories of the year, we can go... more »
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A federal appeals court will review a new Texas rule that prohibits Planned Parenthood groups from participating in a taxpayer-funded program providing health care and family planning services to low-income women. The state is asking the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans to... more »
LAKE PROVIDENCE, La. (AP) - The East Carroll Parish Police Jury has asked a Monroe engineering firm to review a proposed plan and provide cost analysis for a project at Byerley Airport that includes cutting down almost 300 trees to bring it up to Federal Aviation Administration Code. For months... more »
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - State senators are getting their first in-depth look at the governor's budget proposal for closing an $895 million shortfall next year. Gov. Bobby Jindal's 2012-13 spending plans involve the hiring of private companies to handle more state services, the layoff of up to 2,700 state... more »
OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) - The St. Landry Parish Council has voted unanimously to ask the state Legislative Auditor's Office to review all contracts approved during the two terms served by parish President Don Menard. On Wednesday, council member Pam Gautreau questioned Menard's hiring of former Opelousas Mayor Mike Thibodeaux as... more »
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette MBA program is named in The Princeton Review "Best 300 Business Schools." The 2011 edition of its book is published by Random House. More than 19,000 students from the 300 schools were surveyed for the listings. "It is a privilege to be ranked as... more »
CHICAGO (AP) - Film critic Roger Ebert, who lost his ability to speak and eat after cancer surgeries, said Friday that he is returning to television on a movie review show that he is producing for public television. And, Ebert says, the thumbs up and thumbs down reviews made famous... more »
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) - The Lake Charles city government has received a detailed proposal for a lakefront development project that would be named Mardi Gras Boardwalk. Lake Charles Mardi Gras Boardwalk LLC proposes building a waterfront entertainment venue on the north side of the Civic Center in two phases... more »
GRAMBLING, La. (AP) - Grambling State University's new president has hired the former president of Virginia's largest historically black university to review "every dime" of GSU's budget. Frank Pogue tells The News-Star that Marie McDemmond and two members of her staff also will check the qualifications of Grambling's accounting staff.... more »
WASHINGTON (AP) - Review of Environmental Procedures For Offshore Drilling Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Friday the review is part of the administration's efforts to tighten oversight of the minerals agency following the catastrophic Gulf Coast oil spill. The review will focus on whether the agency is following all environmental... more »