While Gov. Bobby Jindal might be casting a large net for his education reform package, it has so far failed to snare anything related to school discipline.

By Jeremy Alford

If you believe the polling, the public isn’t sweating school discipline issues too heavily. According to a PDK/Gallup poll conducted last year, the American public may actually care less than ever. Only 6 percent felt that a “lack of discipline” was a real problem — and that’s down from 11 percent in 2006 and 15 p

Sources with knowledge of the federal investigation involving cases handled by 15th Judicial District Attorney Mike Harson say the FBI last week searched the office of Barna Haynes, Harson’s longtime office administrator, as well as the home of a local private eye.

Free access to local daily newspapers’ websites — including The Advertiser and The Advocate — will soon be a thing of the past.
By Dominick Cross

It’s probably no coincidence that Gannett Co., owner of 80 newspapers across the country including The Daily Advertiser and the Opelousas Daily World, confirmed in February it will incorporate a paywall — or what it calls a “new content subscription model” — for access to its online content.

An overview of the hottest issues to keep tabs on during this year’s regular session.
By Jeremy Alford

The 2012 regular session, which will be unleashed on the public March 12 like a political Kraken, is brimming with new personalities. Last year’s election season saw to that.

Wednesday, March 3, 2012

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After decades of logging and oil/gas production, the Atchafalaya Basin is now, finally, in good hands.

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The paranoia and enmity between LUS Fiber and its telecom competitors in Lafayette just won’t go away.

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An investigation by the National Football League concludes that dozens of members of the New Orleans Saints’ defense — players and some coaches — during the tenure of Defensive Coordinator Gregg Williams participated in an illeg

A state-supported program in Lafayette is helping adults with developmental disabilities find their way to self-sufficiency. By Lisa Hanchey

Upon entering a strip mall on Ambassador Caffery Parkway facing Eraste Landry Road, I am greeted with bright, colorful art and the raucous sounds of laughter. Inside is a classroom full of students — several in wheelchairs, some with speaking difficulties and others unable to talk at all.

An unrelated donor turned out to be a ‘perfect match’ for local sickle cell patient.

For the past 11 years, Ollie Green of New Iberia has had to worry about debilitating pain attacking his body at a moment’s notice. But soon, his pain may go away forever.

Opera singer André Courville is admittedly gangly. His celebrated voice is anything but.

Roots music fans appreciate authenticity more than fading rock stars.

Creole Lunch House’s Merline Herbert is a soul food wizard.

Purchases of visual art at participating venues are not subject to the state sales tax.

The “room full of angels” taught by Ernest Gallet Elementary School second grade teacher Terry Bethea are the muses behind a recently published children’s book, Why Snails Are Slow.

At the meet-and-greet with Kinky Friedman prior to his Southern Discomfort tour’s  Feb. 16 show at Vermilionville, fans got to enjoy gumbo, drinks and face time with the Kinkster and the show’s opener, Kacey Jones.