The founder and President of Acadian Ambulance Richard Zuschlag has passed away at 76 after a battle with cancer. The Pennsylvania native moved to Lafayette in 1970 and a year later started Acadian Ambulance with two ambulances. Zuschlag appeared on WRKF’s Talk Louisiana in 2022 about growing Acadian Ambulance into one of the country’s largest privately held medical transportation companies
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Acadian Ambulance is based in Lafayette and has 52-hundred employees, operating in four states.

Council for a Better Louisiana President Barry Erwin says in the recently completed legislative session, lawmakers approved legislation to address literacy and improving math scores…
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Several governors including Louisiana’s Jeff Landry spoke at a diesel refinery in Chalmette to criticize the Biden administration’s energy policy. Sean Richardson has more.
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The Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo in Monroe is celebrating its 100th birthday. City of Monroe spokesperson Emily Stogner says they had a big celebration last weekend…
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