Texas/Louisiana: Tropical System Heading Our Way?

(KMDL-FM) The 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season is officially 8 days old. That means we are into the "window" where forecasters with the National Hurricane Center become even more vigilant for the development of these life-threatening storms. Outer …

Celebrate 100th anniversary of 'King of Zydeco' Clifton Chenier with events throughout Louisiana

Happy early Clifton Chenier Day! The 100th anniversary of the Grammy Hall of Famer’s birth near Opelousas isn’t official until June 25. However, a slew of music releases, tribute shows and memorabilia honoring the King of Zydeco will happen throughout June …

Louisiana Residents Score Major Legal Win for Clean Air and the Climate

In Delacroix, Louisiana, it’s easy to see how the land disappears. Houses here are scattered across thin streaks of land, while in every direction, the marsh’s brackish water encroaches onto what was once solid earth. Across Plaquemines Parish, where …

Louisiana Legends Soiree Stakes: Warrior's Justice

On your own, discuss 'James,' the Louisiana Inspired Book Club summer choice

Summer is the perfect time for reading and chatting about books. For this summer's book club selection, "James," Louisiana Inspired is turning off the camera and microphone and giving the discussion over to the readers. Instead of a virtual …

A Louisiana charter school for dyslexic students plans to expand. See where, when

As many as one in every five Americans has dyslexia. Yet as of 2023, only about 1% of the nearly 700,000 students in Louisiana public schools have been identified as having dyslexia. For dyslexic children who go untreated, gaps in reading and writing …

Louisiana legislators discard plan for DOTD salaries, but larger overhaul remains on track

The Louisiana Legislature has approved changes to a proposed overhaul of the state Department of Transportation and Development — including tossing out a provision that would have banned using a trust fund for road and bridge projects to pay for $438 …

Louisiana schools have made big strides in reading. This official helps lead the charge.

As the top literacy official at the Louisiana Department of Education, Shanna Beber has seen big changes in the way students learn to read. Since 2021, state education officials and lawmakers have enacted a series of laws and policies centered around the …

Louisiana legend Huey Long's life, career get a thorough examination in new book

“American Populist: Huey Long of Louisiana,” by Thomas E. Patterson, Louisiana State University Press, 720 pages Huey Long ran roughshod through Louisiana politics for a decade, first as governor and then U.S. senator before he was gunned down inside the …

Stark Inequality Persists in Louisiana Schools as Desegregation Orders Face Rollback

BY COMFORT OGBONNA The difference between Ferriday High School and nearby Vidalia High is hard to miss. Ferriday’s aging campus is surrounded by barbed wire, its walls weathered with time. Just a few miles away, Vidalia High shines with clean halls, a …