A large gathering of support for Northside High’s academic turnaround project culminated in the school’s cafeteria Thursday night as the new administration laid out its plans for improving the ongoing discipline and achievement problems that place Northside in danger of state takeover.
Lafayette Police are attributing a second consecutive annual drop in the city’s crime rate to community involvement, law enforcement adaptability and new technology.
A rally scheduled for 5 p.m. Thursday at the University Medical Center sign aims to save Lafayette’s charity hospital from devastating budget cuts that threaten the quality of health care for thousands in Acadiana.
The Lafayette Parish School Board on Wednesday voted almost unanimously in favor of a drastic academic overhaul for Northside High School, marking a unity that’s been absent from the board for the past nine months.
The Comprehensive Plan Citizens Advisory Committee took it’s first steps Wednesday, holding an inaugural luncheon-meeting and setting the general agenda.
Lafayette Parish School System Superintendent Pat Cooper predicts that Northside High will be ‘under control’ in four or five months if the school board approves his Northside High academic revamp.
Moreno entity postpones IPO Tuesday, announces Wednesday it’ll be acquired in deal ranked "largest for Gulf of Mexico oil-and-gas fields since the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded."
Louisiana has a strong tradition of offering music performances for free and it is in that spirit that New Orleans' Jazz Fest is offering free tickets through social service organizations that apply to distribute them.
Houston has proven itself to be downright neighborly, as the Houston Press gives Lafayette’s cuisine a great review in connection with Southern Living’s “Tastiest City in the South” contest.
Part of the in-state number success came from several prominent signees in north Louisiana, an area that had been a black hole for UL signees for several years. “We sent [assistant coach] Marquase Lovings to north Louisiana and he hit a home run,” coach Mark Hudspeth said.
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