Lafayette LA

Louisiana Cajun food has a reputation for being spicy. At least, that is what I thought when someone mentioned Cajun cuisine. However, that is inaccurate; Cajun food is well-seasoned, not spicy, which I found out on a group trip to Lafayette during the Festivals Acadiens et Créoles. After wandering...

ANGOLA — The death of an inmate at the Louisiana State Penitentiary that happened over the weekend is under investigation, West Feliciana Parish Sheriff Brian Spillman told the Investigative Unit on Monday. Harold Brooks, a 37-year-old Angola inmate from Lafayette, died Saturday. According to the sheriff, the death...

You came hungry, and Louisiana is ready to deliver. From Baton Rouge to Lafayette, these all-you-can-eat spots stack plates high with seafood boils, sizzling grills, and soul-warming classics. Whether you want sushi on repeat or Cajun comfort by the spoonful, the value is real and the flavors run deep. Use...

A national women’s clothing retailer with five stores in south Louisiana will close all of its locations this month. Francesca’s, which has has locations in the Mall of Louisiana and Perkins Rowe in Baton Rouge, The Outlet Collection at Riverwalk in New Orleans, Acadiana Mall in Lafayette and Southland Mall in Houma,...

The parade, set for Saturday, has been cancelled. Organizers say the forecast is for dangerously cold temperatures and they're cancelling the event in the interest of public safety.

There’s something special happening in Lafayette’s culinary scene, a delicious revolution where chefs are ditching industrial ingredients for the bounty growing right in our own backyard. Acadiana is no stranger to agriculture, and local restaurants are taking advantage. It’s a return to the way our grandparents ate,...

In the year Wilton Allen has worked as a custodian at Southside High School, he’s made sure to keep a smile on his face as he interacts with students, teachers and staff. “I remember how when I was coming to school (as a student), we just had nobody to talk to. The story was just do your work,” he said. “I started...

A new plate lunch concept called Gravy is coming soon to 107 E. Main Street in downtown Lafayette, in the space currently occupied by Pat’s Downtown. The new restaurant will be operated by the same ownership group behind Pamplona, which is located on the same corner of Jefferson Street and East Main Street. While...

A Crowley alderman has filed criminal complaints against a fellow council member following a heated exchange during an October committee meeting.

OPELOUSAS, La. — A weathered cinder block sits on a shelf in St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz’s office — a reminder, he says, of deteriorating conditions at the parish jail and a December escape by three inmates who chipped through a wall. Guidroz said the escape...