Afternoon Show

A proposed change to the city-parish charter would create a council within the already existing nine-member Lafayette City-Parish Council.

Bertrand's comments come in the wake of a turbulent Tuesday council meeting, which featured a heated back-and-forth between fellow council member William Theriot and Burton Kolder, the certified public accountant tasked with auditing Consolidated Government and the Fiber program.

Jindal has criticized budget reformers in the House, claiming they want to raise taxes by some $500 million.

Cole said, while teachers in general are not opposed to reform, "these bills are not backed up by experienced educators who have an idea of what the profession involves in the classroom."

Harry Reid blames military deaths on sequester. Dad gets in "trouble" over picture of his son with a gun. Jay Leno calls NBC execs "snakes." Pope Francis officially installed. Thieves steal copper roof...from a church. Feds want to decrease human-elephant conflict...

For some, they have their system down to a science.  For others, you might just need a little help.  That's why Stu Gonsuron stopped by the Afternoon Drive Home to share some tips for your Crawfish Boil. Gonsuron said that one of the most important things for you to remember is that you need to have enough for the people that you have invited to your crawfish boil...

The latest announcement came today from Broussard Mayor Charles Langlinais that he would be withdrawing the lawsuit against the City of Lafayette as a show of good faith. The lawsuit over the annexation of a golf course is only the latest in the battle between the two cities...

The IRS has been spending money on some unusual things and Congressman Charles Boustany is checking into what he has heard about.  He came on the Afternoon Drive Home to talk about how the IRS is spending money. Congressman Boustany said that he found out the IRS has been spending around $4 million on a TV studio that they have been using to produce videos at taxpayer expense...

In today's edition of the Afternoon Drive Home, Scott Brazda (filling in for Jeremy Lawrence) discusses with Lafayette City-Parish President Joey Durel the ongoing feud between the city of Broussard and Durel concerning the 911 dispatch service being discontinued to the city of Broussard.

After sequester, there are still White House staffers making six figure salaries. Five Guys Burgers and Fries, another business touched by Obamacare. Only 3 in 10 actually trust the government. Is North Korea spoiling for a fight? The soda ban in New York is "arbitrary and capricious" according to a judge...

For many people, they know how to use the microwave or the stove top, but the oven is something that many people really only use every now and again. Stu Gonsuron stopped by the Afternoon Drive Home with some tips to help you make better use of the oven, apart from using it as additional storage space...

Governor Jindal has announced some details about his tax plan and many are now taking sides.  His plan calls for the elimination of the income tax in exchange for a sales tax increase from 4 to 5.88 percent. What do you think about the ideas that the Governor is putting forward...

With much pomp and circumstance, Catholic Cardinals gathered in the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican and voted to see who the next pope would be.  After several votes, it was decided that Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio would be chosen as the next pope...

She wrote a bold and unapologetic letter to the school system.  In it, she not only laid down her job, but she also laid out some simple and direct ways to fix what she says are continuing problems in our schools.  Abby Breaux's letter has now gotten national attention, having appeared in the Washington Post, and has gotten a movement started on Facebook...

With everything that is going on for City Parish President Joey Durel, he still made the effort to join us on the Afternoon Drive Home.  While he joined us, he did cover some key areas that things are happening in, not only in the city, but also in his personal life...

We have all seen it.  A friend posts something that you know they will regret later.  Or maybe it was you, who posted something about work or a friend, not meaning for it to get back to them.  We sometimes forget that the things that we put on Facebook and Twitter are very public and quite permanent...

The church that looks like a chicken...really. White House admits that sequester was really their idea after all. There is no set price to see the President, according to Jay Carney. Top 20 percent will pay 72 percent of taxes to the federal government in 2013...

There has been a lot of talk about game meat and how people enjoy it, but if you don't know how to cook it, you could find yourself ruining what would otherwise be a great meal. Stu Gonsuron stopped by the Afternoon Drive Home and talked about the best way to make game meat work for you...

We had the opportunity to review what has been happening at University of Michigan to veterans just a couple of weeks ago.  In the last couple of weeks, they have reached out to tell more of their story. Alan Beaulieu is an 11 and a half year veteran, having served in the Air Force as a K-9 handler during the Iraq War...

The Senator from the State of Kentucky has decided that he really wants to stand up against an appointment that the President wants to make.  Senator Rand Paul has continued an old fashioned filibuster throughout the day today, saying at the start, I rise today to begin to filibuster John Brennan’s nomination for the CIA...