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A Louisiana native is competing for Miss America. Here’s how to watch, what to know about her.
1+ week, 1+ day ago (807+ words) The third time was the charm for Shelby Bordelon, of Sunshine, who was crowned Miss Louisiana this year, after also competing in the 2024 and 2025 pageants. 'I've been very busy, but I've been trying to approach everything with a lot of…...
Iconic New Orleans artist Bunny Matthews' wit, humor and controversy chronicled in new biography
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1693+ words) The first appearance of Bunny Matthews' "Vic and Nat'ly" in 1982. “Be witty. Be nasty. Be silly. Don’t be boring.” Those words, written by Bunny Matthews in 1988, might as well have been his personal motto. The iconic New Orleans cartoonist and…...
Gov. Jeff Landry to announce Louisiana’s deal with SpaceX. Here’s when, more details.
3+ week, 3+ day ago (665+ words) The sun rises behind SpaceX's mega rocket Starship as it is prepared for a test flight from Starbase, Texas, Friday, July 24, 2026. A black Heron sits on a wire over the Humble Canal while a sport fisherman fishes which residents say…...
A national program operating in Louisiana allows people to visit prisons. It's 'life-changing."
3+ week, 4+ day ago (738+ words) A large-group discussion between incarcerated people and visitors at the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women in St. Gabriel, La. The discussion was facilitated through a national program of the Frederick Douglass Project for Justice. When Val Browning’s friend suggested he…...
Louisiana and global artists explore UL Lafayette music archives for new documentary series
3+ week, 6+ day ago (517+ words) Left to right: Paul "Bird" Edwards, Jourdan Thibodeaux, Tiffany "Teddy" Lamson and Cedric Watson recording for Dry Bones. Lafayette artist Kelli Jones looks through the Center for Louisiana Studies Cajun and Creole music archives, located at the University of Louisiana…...