With support from donors and volunteers, KRVS accomplished plenty in 2025 despite federal funding cutoffs and austerity imposed by its license holder, UL Lafayette.
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Alex CoxThe nonprofit started in 2006 with a Christmas and back-to-school event for children. Today, it runs a free after-school program in the neighborhood. -
Courtesy of Studio WestJazz icon Louis Armstrong spent much of his childhood with the Karnofsky family, Lithuanian Jews who even bought him his first cornet. Now, an effort to rebuild their 100-year-old tailor shop is underway. -
The special meeting to consider the future of data center development projects in the city was called shortly after news broke about a proposed data center in New Orleans East. -
Photos courtesy of Delaney Nolan and Bryan TarnowskiNolan discusses the journey of writing her debut novel, how her journalism informs her fiction and more with the Gulf States Newsroom’s Drew Hawkins.
Live from Cypress Lake Studios, Genuine Mustard is joining us on the Caravan!
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J. Scott Applewhite/APA spending agreement under consideration in the Senate would temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security while lawmakers negotiate provisions to rein in federal immigration agents. -
Ryder / @ryd.derDestin Conrad went from teen social media star to a musician touring the world on some of its biggest stages. In 2025, he put out both an R&B and jazz album and earned his first Grammy nomination.
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The crossover hits stacking Grammy nods this year have little in common with the culture that birthed them — but they're winning the chart game.
New episodes premiere weekly during the Zydeco Stomp and will air throughout the week during the news and other KRVS programs. They'll also be posted weekly here and on Spotify.
- Youth Action Summit in McComb Veazey Neighborhood Coterie - Feb 17th
- Acadiana Center for the Arts hosts Lousiana Crossroads "50 Years of BeauSoleil" - Feb. 1 & Feb. 2, 2024
- UL Symphony Annual Halloween Concert - Oct. 26, 2023
- Lake Charles Symphony’s 66th Season Opening “A Musical Journey” - Oct. 1, 2023
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