Why not fill your favorite KRVS mug with a brew that benefits your favorite station? Throughout November – just in time for holiday gifting – Acadiana’s own Rêve Coffee Roasters is offering a special medium-dark blend for purchase at their downtown Lafayette, River Ranch and Eunice stores ONLY. A portion of the proceeds goes to Radio Acadie. Bien merci to Rêve for this partnership!
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Christiana Botic/Verite NewsA recent report found that most New Orleans schools don’t have enough students, which could trigger more closures. -
Voters in East Baton Rouge have elected a fresh cohort of Justices of the Peace, with runoffs to come -
Charlie Neibergall/AP PhotoHouse Speaker Mike Johnson will be stepping aside from Republican Party leadership after the GOP’s wipeout in the midterm elections, declining to seek support to stay on as House minority leader in the new Congress. -
Louisiana Legislature photosOnly 665 votes separated Banks from the second-place finisher, state Sen. Blake Miguez, who, as a Republican, will be heavily favored to defeat her in a Dec. 12 runoff election.
Born and raised in Carencro, Kristen Foreman is here in the studio! She is an upcoming "old soul" in today's Country Music in Nashville and Texas. With lyrics rooted in Louisiana culture and a smooth classic Country sound, Kristen Foreman is, no doubt, making waves in the industry.
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Carlos Jaramillo for NPRSchool enrollment was already expected to plunge by 2 million kids by 2030. Education experts say deporting immigrant families, many with school-age children, is making the crisis worse. -
John Moore/Getty Images; Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Empire State Realty Trust; Alberto Pizzoli/AFP via Getty Images)Plus: Heidi Klum's hand, hackers and the pope's visitor!
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Pope Leo XIV is kicking off a three-nation tour of Latin America with a visit to Uruguay, three weeks after undergoing lung cancer surgery that had put the entire trip into question.
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