It was 80 years ago today when more than 156,000 Allied ground troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, a turning point in WWII, what’s referred to as D-Day. Of the 2,500 Americans who were killed, 33 were from Louisiana. Colonel Jerome Buller with the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs says this anniversary is notable because…
Legislation awaiting the governor’s signature would lift the requirement that every high school student has to take the A-C-T test. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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The founder and President of Acadian Ambulance Richard Zuschlag has passed away at 76 after a battle with cancer. The Pennsylvania native moved to Lafaye5ter in 1976 and a year later started Acadian Ambulance with two ambulances. Zuschlag appeared on WRKF’s Talk Louisiana in 2022 and talked about growing Acadian Ambulance into one of the country’s largest privately held medical transportation companies.
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Governor Jeff Landry signed into law a bill that gives himself authority to appoint the chairs of the board that he already appoints most of the membership. Landry appointed Stephen Dwyer as the chairman of the Housing Corporation and replaces Jimmy Clarke with New Iberia native Mark Romero as chairman of the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System.