A Lake Charles police corporal is recognized for his work in talking a potentially suicidal man down from the I-10 Calcasieu River Bridge. Deputy Chief Larry Moss says on August 13th, they got a call about a man sitting on a bridge truss beyond the safety railing - and that's when Corporal Dakota Baccigalopi went into ...

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette says it is prepared to power Louisiana's space future with the announcement that SpaceX will build a $100 billion rocket launching facility in coastal Vermilion Parish. University President Dr. Ramesh Kolluru says UL Lafayette is positioned to educate workforce. "Mechanical...

SEC presidents unanimously approved a policy to ban former professional football and basketball players from returning to play for a member school. This rule blocks LSU from signing ex-NFL commits Dae'Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris as well as basketball signee RJ Luis, who all received Baton Rouge court rulings allowin...

SpaceX plans to build the largest rocket launching facility in the world on roughly 125,000 acres near Pecan Island in Vermilion Parish. The $100 billion spaceport will bring thousands of jobs to Acadiana. SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell says once operational, SpaceX will launch multiple rockets a day, but it will als...

As the world mourns the passing of Dolly Parton, we're hearing from a Natchitoches woman who served as her local stand-in when she was in that city filming "Steel Magnolias" in the summer of 1988. Jacque Horton says Dolly may have been one of the biggest celebrities on the planet back then, but you wouldn't h...