Lafayette LA

On this week's Friday Feed, Al Hebert visited LJ's Soul Kitchen, a recently opened eatery in Lafayette, to try out the Street Shrimp Stir-Fry. Friday Feed is brought to you by Kirk's U Needa Butcher.

Editor's note: In partnership with The Acadiana Advocate, the705 is recognizing its annual Top 20 Under 40 Acadiana Leadership Award honorees, presented by Advancial Federal Credit Union. Honorees will be recognized at a banquet April 10 at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s Student Union Ballroom. For...

Lafayette police are asking for the public's help to find the driver who fled the scene after running over a woman on a scooter who had already been hit by a vehicle. It happened on Pinhook Road near the Vermilion River on March 4. Authorities reported that a woman riding a scooter was hit by a total of three...

In a split second, a routine day became an emergency in Lafayette. Two pedestrians were caught in a moment that changed everything.

CELTIC BAYOU FESTIVAL: Chez La Fete and Parc Putnam, Lafayette, 11:30 a.m. LIVE MUSIC: Cane River Pecan Company Pie Bar, New Iberia, 5 p.m. BURRIS: Adopted Dog Brewing, Lafayette, 6 p.m. JACK WOODSON: Charley G's Seafood Grill, Lafayette, 6 p.m. LIVE MUSIC: Naq's-n-Duson, Duson, 6 p.m. LIVE MUSIC: Jim Deggy's...

Sarah Armentor’s son is a junior at Comeaux High. He’s an athlete who loves the school and being a Spartan. Everyone gets along and supports each other, he told his mom. When the news broke Tuesday that the Lafayette Parish School Board was considering a proposal to close the school, rezone students and renovate the...

Two roosters seized in a St. Landry Parish cockfighting raid were stolen from the Opelousas animal shelter. Sheriff Guidroz says the thefts are under investigation.

Building permits for the week of March 4-10 for the cities of Lafayette, Broussard and Youngsville:. RETAIL: 111 Meadow Farm Road, Suite 100; description, tenant renovation for Spencer’s Gifts store; applicant, ARCVision; contractor, Holt Services; $185,000. SCHOOL: 3020 N. University Ave., description, new covered...

It was a headline that could only occur in Louisiana. Two fighting roosters are ON THE LAM from the St. Landry Parish animal shelter, according to Sheriff Bobby Guidroz. It’s not known who egged the boids on or what may have spurred them to fly the coop but sheriff’s deputies, their feathers ruffled from the whole...

ST. MARTINVILLE, La. (KLFY) — A St. Martinville man was shot and wounded in his home this morning, authorities said. St. Martinville Police responded to a report of shots fired at 4:45 a.m. Friday in the 500 block of West Bridge Street. Officers found a man had been shot twice in the leg while in his bedroom.