It’s official. SpaceX plans to build the largest rocket launching facility in the world on near Pecan Island in Vermilion Parish. The 100-billion-dollar spaceport will bring thousands of jobs to Acadiana. But SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell says SpaceX also has another mission here.
Cut 14 (10) “…and wildlife conservation”
The LSU family came together last night to celebrate the life of legendary baseball coach and athletic director Skip Bertman. LSU’s current head baseball coach, Jay Johnson, noted that Bertman was in Omaha for the championship series between the Tigers played Coastal Carolina in 2025 and shared what Bertman told him before the second game in that series.
Cut 7 (12) “…better win today.”
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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 filming “Steel Magnolias” in the summer of 1988. Jacque (“Jackie”) Horton says Dolly may have been one of the biggest celebrities on the planet back then, she made everyone around her feel important.
Looks like Sunday’s endorsement of Blake Miguez in the district six race for U.S. Congress might not be the last word in that contest. The executive committee’s decision raised some eyebrows within Republican circles. Tyler Bridges, a political reporter with The Advocate,” says the nod came after more members of the state Republican central committee chose to back Miguez’s most prominent GOP opponent, Rick Edmonds.