Coming to America: Volvo Cars, the first major automaker to abandon traditional cars to make exclusively hybrids and electric vehicles, is opening its first plant in the United States today. The Swedish carmaker aims to make 130,000 hybrid or all-electric vehicles a year at the Ridgeville, South Carolina, factory, once it reaches peak capacity. Read the full story.
The show must go on: Swine Palace says it’s extending its run of Always…Patsy Cline for a second time because of the show’s popularity. Performances were originally set to run from June 5-17. The show was extended through June 24 last week, and has now been extended through July 1. Get show details and tickets.
Crowned: Ryan Trahan of Blue Dog Café in Lafayette was crowned as the King of Louisiana Seafood on Tuesday by Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser and the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board, KALB-TV reports. Trahan beat eleven of the state’s best chefs by cooking a Red Snapper dish with crawfish tails. Read the full story.
