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Every second someone is not breathing while suffering from a heart attack, it moves them closer to damage and death.  EMS Academy Director Gifford Saravia tells Bernadette Lee and Ken Romero why someone should be coming a HeartStarter.

Scott Angelle, Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, continues his fight for the oil and gas industry.  The Secretary joined The Morning Report today to give the latest with the permits in the Gulf.

Jay Walker, ESPN 1420 show host, and KPEL sports reporter is in San Francisco to cover a UL game, but today he was waiting on more word on the tsunami waves expected after a major earthquake in Japan.  Jay describes the morning.

On today's Morning Report Ken Romero and I had the chance to talk to two TEA Party of Lafaytte members about why they are opposed to TIFS.  Jeremiah Supple and Mark Tolson are very much in favor of business development, but they are very against government getting invovled with help to build a five star hotel.  Supple and Tolson explain their reasons:

Cleanup efforts at Rayne High School are underway.  Students who returned Thursday are keeping their chins up despite the damage. KPEL's Suzanne Ferrara has details.

The search for a Lafayette missing man is over.  KPEL's Suzanne Ferrara has the latest.

Rayne Mayor Jimbo Petijean tells KPEL news he expects official word Friday from FEMA officials on assistance for storm victims.  KPEL's Suzanne Ferrara has the latest.

Dr. Andy Blalock, with Acadiana Renal Physicians spoke with Bernadette Lee and Ken Romero on the Morning Report today about National Kidney Day.  Dr. Blalock says there are millions of Americans that have no idea that they have kidney disease.  He talks in detail about how you diagnose kidney disease and why water is so important for your body.

Lafayette City Parish President Joey Durel spoke with the Morning Report about a variety of different issues including the financial impact of Mardi Gras and proposed TIFS.

Today's edition of Wingin' It Wednesday during the KPEL Morning Show featured Warren Caudle, Carol Ross and Mike Stagg talking about a variety of issues.   Topics today included the Lafayette Housing Authority and OPEC.

I was never the kid that ever went sleep walking, but I have a friend who sleeps eats.....gets up in the middle of the night to nosh, and then goes right back to bed, never remembering what's really happening.  So we asked listeners about their experiences with sleep walking.....

Mark Lasseigne fills you in on what's happening on Wall Street.

  It's another day of shelling out more money for gasoline in Louisiana. The average price of regular moved a penny higher overnight to three-41 a gallon, some 42 cents higher than a month ago and 75 cents higher compared to the year ago average price of two-66. Triple-A says premium increased to three-65 and diesel climbed a penny to three-74.  Congressman Charles Boustany spoke with the KPEL Mor

Mark Lasseigne fills you in on what's happening on Wall Street.

Tootie Landry tells you some things she wouldn't mind losing or not losing in this edition of "Not Necessarily The News."

This morning, Tony Credeur, director of the Acadiana Chapter of the American Red Cross spoke with KPEL's morning team about the ongoing efforts to clean up after Saturday's tornado in Rayne.  Credeur says there will be a lot of repairs to property after the F-2 rippled through a 1/3 of the town.

Today, the Revenue Estimating Conference will be reporting to Governor Bobby Jindal the latest with sales, business and other taxes coming into the state's coffers.  The question is-will this make a major change in the amount of the this year's budget shortfall?  State Senator Mike Michot tries to answer that question.

Former NASA rocket scientist Carver Shivers on the KPEL Morning Report this morning detailing advancements relating to the space program.

Mark Lasseigne fills you in on what's happening on Wall Street.

Tootie Landry finds some interesting things to "protest" in this edition of "Not Necessarily The News."