Lafayette LA

Evalynn Guillory is your Acadiana Kidcaster for this week.

Scrappie Art Shop and Community Studio, founded by local artists Raeleigh Boyd and Preslie Such, provides a creative space for artists to explore their skills, access art supplies, and sell their crafts, while also offering workshops and events for the community.

Rylie was evicted from the Big Brother House with a 5-4 vote after Mickey won the BB Blockbuster game, and the "Judges" alliance was formed to strategize against Mickey.

For Jessie Devillier, the path to becoming an occupational therapist wasn’t straightforward — but it was the right choice. “As an undergraduate, I struggled to decide what to do with my life,” she recalled. "I wanted a career that would hold my interest, fulfill and challenge me, and not ultimately feel like a dead...

Dry air has settled into the area, bringing sunshine and mid 90s temperatures, with no rain expected, while two tropical systems are being monitored in the tropics and a front is expected to bring cooler temperatures and drier air towards the end of the week.

Lafayette native Emily Hamner runs the Pinhook Foundation, which her father started in 1987 to serve the community. Hamner dedicates her time and the foundation's resources to organizations that focus on Lafayette's social issues, with the goal of making the city a better place to live and visit. The Pinhook...

Lafayette has long been home to a celebrated restaurant scene. Acadiana's largest city is the acknowledged capital of Cajun and Creole dining, offering some of the most exciting foodie experiences in the world. Lafayette diners can try Anthony Bourdain-approved turkey wings from Laura's II, a little plate lunch spot...

For everyone else, Aug. 30-31 is Labor Day weekend. For zydeco music fans, these are holy days of festival obligation. Seismic cultural shifts take root that weekend. St. Landry Parish and the surrounding countryside serve as the soil, where generations of accordion-playing families were born and continue to live....

The posters advertising the International Rice Festival in Crowley, like countless others created for agricultural festivals across South Louisiana, are popular collectors’ items, showcasing Louisiana life in all its porch-jamming, kitchen-dancing, crawfish-boiling beauty. Their releases are usually moments of big...

KAPLAN, La. (NEWS 15) — A Vermilion Parish driver has died days after crashing a pickup truck, according to Louisiana State Police. The driver was identified as Ivy Hebert, 54, of Maurice. Troopers said the wreck happened on LA 700 near LA 699 in Vermilion Parish on Tuesday, August...