The Gateway to South Louisiana
Ruffin Rodrigue, proprietor of Ruffino’s on the River in Lafayette, Ruffino’s in Baton Rouge, and Ruffino’s Catering in downtown Baton Rouge, is our guest on Discover Lafayette with Jan Swift. A native of Thibodaux, Rodrigue followed in the footsteps of his dad, Ruffin Rodrigue, Sr., who played LSU football in the early 1960s as a […]
Steven Picou, Executive Director of the Lafayette Regional Airport, visits with Jan Swift, Host of Discover Lafayette, to discuss the ongoing progress of construction of Lafayette’s new terminal, as well as the impact the COVID-19 virus on air travel numbers at the airport. A native of Cut Off in Lafourche Parish, Picou graduated from Louisiana […]
Mark Miller has worked in the oil and gas business since 1981 and is a veteran of the dramatic ups and downs the industry has experienced. In this episode of Discover Lafayette, Miller discusses how the overnight collapse in demand due to the Covid-19 pandemic, in conjunction with a war over market share between Saudi […]
Rodney and Laurel Hess join Jan Swift on Discover Lafayette. Business partners and advertising gurus that created Rally Marketing, Laurel has also launched hampr which is making all the news as an on-demand laundry service. Hurricane Katrina was the catalyst for the couple to meet when Laurel came to Lafayette from New Orleans to attend […]
Reverend John Cannon, Senior Pastor of Asbury United Methodist Church, is our guest on Discover Lafayette. A native of Shreveport, John graduated from the University of Arkansas and LSU Law School. While working as an Assistant District Attorney in East Baton Rouge, he began to discern a call to pastoral ministry that he had first […]