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Yahoo
03-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Opelousas Museum launches Neighborhoods Project
OPELOUSAS, La. () — Historic preservation has always been a priority as Opelousas continues to evolve. Now, Patrice Melnick with the is continuing that mission with the Where We Live: Opelousas Neighborhoods Project. 'The main idea of the project is to highlight the neighborhoods, and they have names like the Brickyard and the Oil Mill and Garland, and they're commonly known, but they don't appear on maps. So, we want to raise the profiles of the neighborhoods especially the profiles of the people who lived there,' Melnick said in an interview with News 10. The way the museum plans to accomplish that goal is by having residents take pictures in their neighborhoods along with written stories about their memories. 'At the end of the project, which will be the end of the year, we're going to print some of those photographs and we're going to have an art show,' said Melnick. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Melnick is also asking for assistance in labeling these special areas on a map of the city. 'We have one map that has the neighborhoods,' Melnick explained. 'Some of them may be wrong. So, we encourage people to we have a blank map with an invitation for people to come and draw in where their neighborhoods are. And even what's cool in each neighborhood.' With so much history in the city, Melnick says the people who live in it will tell the story of the city in the most genuine way possible. 'People are very proud of where they come from,' Melnick said. 'They're proud of their neighborhoods. It's a part of their identity. They have memories and a lot of associations, a lot of time that has to do with family and community. And so, it's exciting to hear those stories and to share them. And maybe it'll create a stronger sense of community between us.' For more on the Opelousas Neighborhoods Project, visit the link. Senators itching for Trump green light to move on Russia sanctions Concerns grow over river diversion project in Atchafalaya Basin Opelousas Museum launches Neighborhoods Project A Quiet Week of Weather With Near Normal Temperatures… Trump team emphasizes immigration in Boulder response Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Celebrate Alex Palou's first Indianapolis 500 victory with a commemorative page print
USA TODAY and Yahoo may earn commission from links in this article. Pricing and availability subject to change. A generational star of open-wheel racing, Alex Palou completed his resume with a victory in the 109th Indianapolis 500. To celebrate Palou's amazing triumph — his first on an oval track and the first by a Spaniard in the 500 — the Indianapolis Star has crafted a commemorative page print. It features SPANIARD'S REIGN as a big headline, Palou celebrating with a little spilled milk and his six-year road to the winner's circle at the Brickyard. Buy Alex Palou commemorative Indy 500 page print The page print is produced on high-quality, acid-free art paper and starts at $15.25, plus shipping. Upgrade options include framed copies and background choices of canvas, acrylic, metal or wood through the USA TODAY Store. Driving for Chip Ganassi Racing, Palou passed Marcus Ericsson on Lap 187 and kept him at bay by several car lengths on May 25. Although a three-time IndyCar Series champion (2021, 2023, 2024), Palou, 28, had never won on an oval. For the season, Palou has five victories and a runner-up finish in the six races. Own a piece of Indy 500 historic today! A star of stars drives among us. Buy Alex Palou commemorative Indy 500 page print Contact Gene Myers at gmyers@ Follow him on X @GeneMyers. After nearly a quarter-century as sports editor at the Detroit Free Press, Myers unretired to coordinate book and poster projects across the USA TODAY Network. Check out more books and page prints from the USA TODAY Network, including IndyStar books on Indiana's incredible 2024 football season, Purdue's basketball runner-up in 2024 and legendary Hoosiers coach Bob Knight. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Commemorate Alex Palou's first Indianapolis 500 victory with a page print
USA Today
26-05-2025
- Automotive
- USA Today
Celebrate Alex Palou's first Indianapolis 500 victory with a commemorative page print
Celebrate Alex Palou's first Indianapolis 500 victory with a commemorative page print A generational star of open-wheel racing, Alex Palou completed his resume with a victory in the 109th Indianapolis 500. To celebrate Palou's amazing triumph — his first on an oval track and the first by a Spaniard in the 500 — the Indianapolis Star has crafted a commemorative page print. It features SPANIARD'S REIGN as a big headline, Palou celebrating with a little spilled milk and his six-year road to the winner's circle at the Brickyard. Buy Alex Palou commemorative Indy 500 page print The page print is produced on high-quality, acid-free art paper and starts at $15.25, plus shipping. Upgrade options include framed copies and background choices of canvas, acrylic, metal or wood through the USA TODAY Store. Driving for Chip Ganassi Racing, Palou passed Marcus Ericsson on Lap 187 and kept him at bay by several car lengths on May 25. Although a three-time IndyCar Series champion (2021, 2023, 2024), Palou, 28, had never won on an oval. For the season, Palou has five victories and a runner-up finish in the six races. Own a piece of Indy 500 historic today! A star of stars drives among us. Buy Alex Palou commemorative Indy 500 page print Contact Gene Myers at gmyers@ Follow him on X @GeneMyers. After nearly a quarter-century as sports editor at the Detroit Free Press, Myers unretired to coordinate book and poster projects across the USA TODAY Network. Check out more books and page prints from the USA TODAY Network, including IndyStar books on Indiana's incredible 2024 football season, Purdue's basketball runner-up in 2024 and legendary Hoosiers coach Bob Knight.
Indianapolis Star
26-05-2025
- Automotive
- Indianapolis Star
Celebrate Alex Palou's first Indianapolis 500 victory with our commemorative page print
A generational star of open-wheel racing, Alex Palou completed his resume with a victory in the 109th Indianapolis 500. To celebrate Palou's amazing triumph — his first on an oval track and the first by a Spaniard in the 500 — the Indianapolis Star has crafted a commemorative page print. It features SPANIARD'S REIGN as a big headline, Palou celebrating with a little spilled milk and his six-year road to the winner's circle at the Brickyard. Buy our Alex Palou commemorative Indy 500 page print The page print is produced on high-quality, acid-free art paper and starts at $15.25, plus shipping. Upgrade options include framed copies and background choices of canvas, acrylic, metal or wood through the USA TODAY Store. Driving for Chip Ganassi Racing, Palou passed Marcus Ericsson on Lap 187 and kept him at bay by several car lengths on May 25. Although a three-time IndyCar Series champion (2021, 2023, 2024), Palou, 28, had never won on an oval. For the season, Palou has five victories and a runner-up finish in the six races. Own a piece of Indy 500 historic today! A star of stars drives among us. Buy our Alex Palou commemorative Indy 500 page print
Associated Press
25-05-2025
- Automotive
- Associated Press
Indianapolis 500 fans double up with split loyalties to Pacers, race day traditions
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Before coming to Sunday's Indianapolis 500, Austin Pettijohn dressed appropriately — checkered flag shorts and an Indiana Pacers jersey. For the 32-year-old from nearby Franklin, Indiana, it just meshed as it did with so many others in this colorful race-day crowd. As more than a dozen planes carrying advertising banners flew above Indianapolis Motor Speedway while the sounds and smells of the track wafted through the infield, blue-and-gold jerseys and other Pacers regalia seemed every bit as popular as the driver T-shirts that typically dot Pagoda Plaza. 'It's so ingrained in this town, this state since 1909, 1911,' Pettijohn said rattling off the dates the 2.5-mile oval Brickyard was completed and the first IndyCar race was held here. 'I was born into the month of May and racing, and it holds a very near and dear place in my heart with me and my family. Basketball, too. It's just an emotional, special time.' Sports fans in Indiana understand because race day is a kind of pilgrimage that binds the generations together. Many families spend dozens of years sitting or standing in the same spot and dress for the occasion in racing garb, a vastly scaled down version of the colorful hats and fancy dresses and suits found at the Kentucky Derby each May. Those who can't attend often listen to the radio broadcast because the network telecast usually is blacked out and re-aired in full on race night allowing fans who were part of the estimated 350,000 inside the track to go home and watch it all over again. It's a tradition so revered that when fans weren't allowed to attend in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, speedway president Doug Boles gave viewers and listeners a special dispensation to keep their streaks of consecutive races intact. This time is different. The 109th Indianapolis 500 marked only the fourth time the Pacers and racers competed on the same day in Indy, and it was the first time both aired live in Central Indiana. Race organizers announced earlier this week they were lifting the blackout because the grandstand was sold out for the first time since 2016. The fact some viewers may be more prone to see if the Pacers could take a 3-0 lead over the New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference finals instead of a tape-delayed race may have played a part, too. Regardless, the fans in this Midwestern town were thrilled with the decision since most couldn't do their version of the Memorial Day weekend double. Not only was the cost of two tickets to the race and to the Pacers game nearly $4,000 on the secondary market entering, but staying to watch the victory lane celebration combined with traffic leaving the track made it almost impossible to make downtown in time for the opening tip. 'The good news is (the Pacers game) is at 8 p.m. so the 500 will be done by then, and you don't have to worry about going home and watching the race,' said Indy resident Nick Bustamante, who was decked out in a jersey of two-time NBA All-Star Tyrese Haliburton. 'I'll watch it here and then I'll watch the game at home.' Haliburton might be the best-known Pacers player after making two game-winning shots during this playoff run and a buzzer-beater to force overtime in Game 1 against the Knicks on Wednesday. The jerseys of Pacers forwards Pascal Siakam and Obi Toppin, who attended college at the University of Dayton, also found their way to the track as did those of Reggie Miller and Caitlin Clark — both with the WNBA's Indiana Fever and Iowa. The Fever lost 90-88 on Saturday to defending league champ New York when Clark had the ball stripped on the game's final possession. By Sunday, that loss seemed a distant memory on one of the city's biggest weekends. After all, this is May — Indianapolis style. 'It's just a great time of year,' Pettijohn said. 'It's just great when you can kind of intermingle the two in the same month. It's such a fun team this year with the Pacers. And it's just such a fast-paced team. So it's very fitting with the theme of Pacers and racers.' ___ AP auto racing:
