Big news Keith Urban fans -- you'll have not one, but TWO chances to see him later this year in Louisiana, as he announced an extension of his current tour today.
March 12, 2013 In a move that makes you want to say "YAY, justice system," a judge turned down confessed killer Brandon Scott Lavergne's attempts to withdraw his guilty plea. He also pretty much turned down everything else Lavergne was asking for, too.
March 6, 2013 Confessed double murderer Brandon Scott Lavergne is so upset about not being treated like a prince during his time in Angola State Penitentiary that he announced he is starting a hunger strike. You know, like Gandhi ... if Gandhi had been a cold-blooded stalker/butcher.
January 30, 2013 We have to say, Dateline NBC did a worthy job in recapping the entire Mickey Shunick saga on their show Tuesday. But equally fascinating was unearthed footage of killer Brandon Scott Lavergne's confession. In fact, it's chilling how calmly he describes what he did.
January 27, 2013 The case of the missing University of Louisiana Lafayette student Mickey Shunick will be the featured story on NBC's Dateline this Tuesday night January 29th.
October 31, 2012 U.S. Congressmen Charles Boustany and Jeff Landry finally sat down for an actual debate tonight and got to the heart of a lot of interesting questions on Obamacare, Medicare, negative campaigning, and jobs in the oil and gas industry. If you missed it, we have the full debate, broken down into questions so you can hear the parts you're interested in.
October 31, 2012 It was a very informative night in the sole, exclusive debate between U.S. Congressmen Jeff Landry and Charles Boustany tonight. In the second part of tonight's debate, they touched on the national debt ceiling, their votes while in Congress, the nation's taxation problems and the negative feelings toward Congress. Here's the audio from the second half of the show.
October 29, 2012 Hunter Hayes is coming back home this April, and he's bringing a beautiful blonde with him! Tickets for Hunter and Carrie's April 29 Cajundome concert in Lafayette will go on sale Friday morning at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster.
October 26, 2012 Despite what has been a very heavily contentious campaign across South Louisiana, sitting Republican congressmen Charles Boustany and Jeff Landry have not yet faced off in a debate for the 3rd Congressional District seat. That will change Wednesday night as Cajun Radio 1470/1290 AM teams up with Lafayette's news radio KPEL 96.5 FM to bring a live one-hour debate in which all the questions are provided by you, our listeners.
The University of Louisiana Lafayette football program has announced that they will honor former UL student Mickey Shunick this season by putting decals on their football helmets. The team will wear the decals on the helmets all season long to honor Mickey.
Our sister station in Lafayette, Hot 107.9, is reporting that the Ragin’ Cajuns head coach is supporting tribute fully.
As we reported last week, Brandon Lavergne was indicted by a grand jury in Lafayette for the first degree murder of the still-missing Mickey Shunick.
But in a shocking twist in the case, Lavergne was also charged with the first degree murder of Lisa Pate, an Acadia Parish woman who was found dead in 1999. Now the Lafayette Parish District attorney is saying that both cases may be tried together.
It’s not much, but all of us who are still hoping that Mickey Shunick will still be found can help in some small way tonight. Mickey’s family is asking for a mass moment of silence at 10 p.m. tonight, and they’re also asking you to show your support by turning on your porch lights or lighting a candle. If nothing else, it at least brings some positive energy to a sad story.
