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UL students, faculty criticize handling of student’s suicide
Students and faculty members gathered on UL’s campus to protest the university’s handling of a student’s on-campus suicide.
Students and faculty members gathered on UL’s campus to protest the university’s handling of a student’s on-campus suicide.
For five years, Lafayette skaters had nowhere to go. Ooti Billeaud hopes to change that.
Lafayette’s City and Parish councils will hear an update on improvements at the Heymann Center Tuesday while the City Council will vote on its first bond issue in years.
The CJCC’s rebirth is coming at a crucial time, as Lafayette grapples with an all-time high murder rate, an overcrowded jail that has police officers and arrestees sitting for hours as they await booking in the parish jail, and new state laws likely to put more pressure on a financially strapped court system.
In Sioux Falls, SD, a collaboration between the city, county and local providers has helped take pressure off of the local jail and emergency departments.
Paul Breaux Middle School will no longer host LPSS’s gifted and immersion programs. But what happens to the zoned students the decision leaves behind?
Barry Ancelet’s yearning for Louisiana culture abroad led to Festivals Acadiens et Créoles’ inception, now marking its 50th year. Inspired by a folk singer in France, Ancelet’s vision revitalized Louisiana’s traditional music scene, shaping Lafayette’s cultural landscape.
The Louisiana GATOR Scholarship program passed the House Appropriations Committee in a 13-8 vote Tuesday despite concerns over cost and implementation.
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