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Why people drive miles for Best Stop boudin — and how it all started...

Before Best Stop came on the scene in 1986, boudin wasn’t necessarily the kind of thing you’d go on a road trip for. Boudin, the local sausage that has come to define Cajun cuisine alongside gumbo, rice and gravy and jambalaya, is essentially a merging of sausage traditions from French, Acadian, Creole and German sourc
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Sen Viet Kitchen & Bar Coming Soon To Now-Former Blu Basil Space On Johnston...

A new locally owned Vietnamese restaurant, called Sen Viet Kitchen & Bar, is coming soon to the now-former Blu Basil space at 5451 Johnston Street in Lafayette, Louisiana. The former 4,500-square-foot Blu Basil space will get a new look featuring lotus-inspired artwork and other updates to fit the Sen Viet brand. The k
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Man accused of extorting money from elderly person wanted by Church Point Police

CHURCH POINT, La. (KLFY) — The Church Point Police Department is asking for your help in locating a man wanted for stealing from an elderly person. Killey Lee Menard, 48, of Church Point, is wanted on charges of exploitation of elderly or persons with infirmities and theft. Investigators said...
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Lafayette-born breakfast and lunch spot grand opens soon with specialty biscuits in Baton Rouge

Parish Biscuit Co. will host a grand opening for its second location on Tuesday in Baton Rouge, according to the business’s social media accounts. After bringing its first location to Lafayette in 2023, the breakfast and lunch spot has made its way to the capital region. Parish Biscuit Co. is opening at 220 W. Lee Driv
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LA Sugarcane Festival safety reminders

NEW IBERIA, La. (KLFY) — The 83rd annual Louisiana Sugar Cane Festival returns to New Iberia this week, bringing four days of parades, music, family activities and food from Sept. 24 through Sept. 27. Bouligny Plaza will serve as a primary hub for the festivities, which are expected to...
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High school cross country: Parkway’s Robin wins LCA boys race; Parkway boys runner-up, girls...

Brennan Robin won the boys race and Parkway finished runner-up in the LCA Knights Invitational at Sievers Airfield meet Saturday in Lafayette. Robin covered the 5K course in 14 minutes, 59.20 seconds. Lafayette’s Maddox Tolbert was second in 15:29.80. Robin and Tolbert also finished 1-2 in Parkway’s Border Dash meet ea
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E. University Avenue in Lafayette Has a Two-Day Lane Closure This Week — Here...

Lafayette Consolidated Government has announced a lane closure on E. University Avenue between Harding Street and Coolidge Street on Monday, September 21 and Tuesday, September 22, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.
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Three face burglary, felony theft charges in Church Point

CHURCH POINT, La. (KLFY) — One man has been arrested, and authorities are searching for two other suspects following an early morning residential burglary on Sept. 17 in Church Point. James Chachere Jr., of Church Point, was arrested on Sept. 18. He was booked into the Church Point Police...
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Cajuns Volleyball finish strong, defeat Jackson State in four

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — Grace Sweeney delivered an offensive spark late in the third set and carried that momentum into the fourth, helping the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns Volleyball team chase away Jackson State 3-1 (25-20, 23-25, 25-21, 25-15) on Saturday at E.K. Long Gym in the finale of the Ragin’ Cajuns Classic.
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Lafayette Renaissance turnovers prove costly in loss to John Curtis

There weren’t many people outside of Lafayette Renaissance’s locker room that gave the Tigers much of a chance to knockoff John Curtis coming into Friday’s game. And understandably so, being that the Patriots are a perennial powerhouse in the state and the Tigers are still a relatively new program trying to make its ma

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