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The Current first appeared in April 2017 as a glossy print monthly published by IND Media, the company behind The IND Monthly (previously The Independent Weekly), a Lafayette alternative newspaper. With a print run of 10,000 copies, it was branded as "Lafayette's journal of culture, commentary and ideas." [2] [3]
Lafayette Parish is a part of the region of Acadiana in southern Louisiana, along the Gulf Coast.According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the parish has a total area of 269 square miles (700 km 2), of which 269 square miles (700 km 2) is land and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km 2) (0.2%) is water. [6]
Also called Abeille de la Nouvelle Orleans: New Orleans Republican: New Orleans: 1867 1878 North Ouachita Weekly: Sterlington: 2019 [23] Courrier de la Louisiane: 1807 1860 [22] The Louisianan: 1870 1871 New Iberia Enterprise: 1885 1902 [24] New Orleans Item-Tribune: New Orleans: 1924 1958 Began as Daily City Item in 1877 [4] L'Abeille (The New ...
Broussard was founded in 1884. It was named after Valsin Broussard, a prominent local merchant, who formed the first vigilante committee when his own store was robbed. He was a direct descendant of Joseph Broussard de Beausoleil, one of the first 200 Acadians to arrive in Louisiana on February 27, 1765, aboard the Santo Domingo. [5]
Lafayette was home to minor-league baseball teams in various seasons from 1907 to 2000. Lafayette was an affiliate of the St. Louis Browns 1936–1941, Chicago Cubs (1955–1957) and San Francisco Giants (1975–1976).
KLWB (channel 50) is a television station licensed to New Iberia, Louisiana, United States, serving the Lafayette area as a dual affiliate of MeTV and Telemundo.It is owned by Delta Media Corporation alongside low-power station KXKW-LD (channel 32) and Class A station KDCG-CD (channel 22).
The station signed on June 3, 1955. Owned by Camellia Broadcasting at the time alongside KLFY radio (AM 1420, now KPEL), it was intended to share time on channel 10 with KVOL-TV, owned at the time by the Morgan Murphy Stations along with KVOL, KVOL-FM (96.1, off-air and moved to Lake Charles by 1976), and The Daily Advertiser.
Youngsville is located in southeastern Lafayette Parish at (30.100595, -91.990707 It is bordered to the north by Lafayette , the parish seat , and to the east by the city of Broussard . The center of Lafayette is 10 miles (16 km) to the north, Abbeville is 16 miles (26 km) to the southwest, and New Iberia is 16 miles to the southeast.