Tight end Ladarius Green makes a leaping catch against North Texas.
Former UL cornerback Bill Bentley and tight end Ladarius Green are among a select 120 college players invited to the annual NFL Combine, a talent show/screen test for prospects in April’s NFL draft that allows scouts and coaches to evaluate prospective players. The pair helped lead the Ragin’ Cajuns to a win in the 2011 New Orleans Bowl and each was also invited to the recent Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala.
Bently and Green will join eight players from LSU — linebacker Ryan Baker, defensive lineman Michael Brockers, defensive back Ron Brooks, defensive back Morris Claiborne, quarterback Jordan Jefferson, tight end DeAngelo Peterson, receiver Rueben Randle and strong safety Brandon Taylor — as well as Louisiana Tech running back Lennon Creer and McNeese free safety Janzen Jackson for a total of 12 players from the Bayou State invited to the prestigious event.
See the complete official invitation list for the combine here.
David Calhoun and Elizabeth “EB” Brooks are the first two employees of Lafayette Central Park Inc., the nonprofit charged with turning Lafayette Consolidated Government’s 100-acre Johnston Street Horse Farm property into a passive public park. Calhoun was named executive director, and Brooks is director of planning and design.
At Thursday's State of the Economy luncheon, LEDA President and CEO Gregg Gothreaux said PXP has already quietly hired 180 people for its Broussard expansion.
There will soon be a whole lot of shakin’ going on at Benny’s Sportshack Supplement Depot, a new concept by Opelousas native Benny Nele. Located at 2002 Johnston St., the supplement shop, smoothie bar and café, featuring hot off the press paninis and wraps, plans to open in late May.
Plains Exploration and Production, the Houston company Flores has been running since 2002, is building a deepwater Gulf of Mexico warehouse and storage facility on Bernard Road in Broussard.
This year’s Cool Town issue is all about people who are not native to South Louisiana but made a conscious decision to be here, to be among us, to participate in our culture and contribute to it.
A shelved ordinance transferring $200,000 from a northside drainage project to a south Lafayette development may not break any laws, but it stinks to high heaven.
An effort to restore a shuttered dancehall and document other vacant or razed honky-tonks could serve as a model for saving an endangered species of entertainment.
Lafayette’s gene pool has been host to a long line of eccentric characters who have blurred the lines between crazy, genius, disturbed and curiously entertaining.
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