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Izzy Wollfarth

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
3
Latest publication
Sep 14, 2026
Outlet visibility, for NOLA.com
Top 100K sites
Earliest in this view
Jul 26, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Izzy Wollfarth

    A newspaper story, an invoice typo and a House resolution: How Acadiana’s name came to be (opens the original)

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    Today, “Acadiana” is a place where someone comes from. It's a place that ties directly to someone’s ancestral roots. For more than half a century, Acadiana has been a name of a particular region in Louisiana. The word is also thought to be a combination of two regional names of early settlers — the first being Acadie, an area largely in eastern Canada where settlers were expelled in the late 1700s and Louisiana, where those same settlers made their generational homes. The Crowley Daily

  2. Article · Aug 24, 2026 · Izzy Wollfarth

    Why do so many people in Louisiana back into parking spaces, especially trucks? (opens the original)

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    Minutes after Amy King flew into Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, she stopped for a cup of coffee. She was visiting from Liberty, Missouri, and couldn't help but wonder why all the trucks in the parking lot had pulled into the parking spaces backwards. "Is this a Louisiana thing?" she asked her friend. She decided to pose the question to Curious Louisiana — why do so many people in Louisiana back into parking spaces? "For me, it takes so much more effort to back into a parki

  3. Article · Jul 26, 2026 · IZZY WOLLFARTH | Contributing writer

    Calcasieu Parish took a new approach to youth justice. Years later, here’s how it’s working. (opens the original)

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    In the southwest corner of Louisiana, Calcasieu Parish law enforcement agencies, the juvenile court system and school board are working together to try to break the cycle of incarceration and rewrite the narrative around youth justice. The collaboration, called the Multi-Agency Resource Center (MARC), based in Lake Charles, aims to address the needs of kids between the ages 6 and 17 at the first sign of trouble. Officers, judges, school officials, or anyone who notices youths in need of extra su

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