Further proof that old people have finally discovered Facebook is unnecessary. A pair of pages on the social networking site — “Lafayette Memories” and “Acadiana Broadcast Legends” — is devoted to the Hub City’s civic, social and media histories, complete with vintage photos on the former page and, in the case of the latter, a YouTube video from Mardi Gras on Jefferson Street in 1985 in which a KADN “live” video feed helped keep viewers at home “abreast” of the frivolity. We’ll spare you the wanton bosom wagging. Instead, enjoy this KATC news open from 1983 for “Action 3 News.”
... written by Anthony Boudin , August 01, 2011 - 12:30 pm
Ed Roy? You sure? The Ed Roy I know is the size of Moby Dick.
... written by HPF , August 03, 2011 - 07:16 am
Thanks for the PR! Unfortunately Facebook's Groups aren't set up to handle the thousands of fans who joined Lafayette Memories since this story ran. We've created a new Facebook Page with the same name - Lafayette Memories. Here's a link:
In rendering his ruling, District Judge John Trahan all but called the real estate developer a liar for inconsistencies in his accounts of what prompted him to punch a school teacher unconscious.
Frank’s Casing Crew, now doing business as Frank’s International, will make its final appearance on ABiz’s list of the Top 50 Privately Held Companies in Acadiana this year, and once again, it will likely be at the top with more than $1 billion in annual revenues. The 75-year-old company specializing in tubular fabrication and installation services to the oil and gas industry plans to go public this year.
The defeat, or rather highjacking of House Bill 420 in the final days of this year's Legislative Session, say Reps. Vincent Pierre and Terry Landry, is the result of the propaganda spread by one unidentified local media outlet and an unnamed former state Representative, but nothing to do with the original legislation's lack of checks, balances or details.
City-Parish Council Chairman Brandon Shelvin heaped steady doses of condescending ire on a Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Louisiana executive while failing to reveal his financial ties to a BC/BS rival.
Abbeville native David Primeaux was a popular professor until his death late last year, and while he was successful at camouflaging a dark past, he couldn’t outlive it.
Tehmi Chassion’s failure to recuse himself in the school board’s selection of a group health benefits provider raises ‘serious questions’ on whether he violated state ethics law.
He’s a singer. A songwriter. A piano man. A family man. He’s even got his own Wikipedia entry. He’s David Egan. And he knows ancient secrets about the monolithic stones of Stonehenge that he’s not willing to share.
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