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We are sitting down with Preslie & Raeleigh, co-owners of Scrappie Studio, a community arts studio in Lafayette with a mission to create a third-space where people can connect through creativity. Check out their website at: https://scrappiestudio.com. ⸻. 🎙 Listen & Watch. 🎧 Find this episode and more:. 🔗...

Shadows on the Teche: A Louisiana Plantation Reckoning with its Antebellum Legacy. As a child growing up in South Louisiana, plantation home tours comprised family outings and school field trips. The tours were romanticized narratives of the Antebellum South, with visions of beautiful southern belles in hoop-skirted...

Lafayette Parish teachers will receive a nearly $3,000 bonus check with 2002 half-cent sales tax funding. The Lafayette Parish School Board voted unanimously at its October meeting to approve the $2,908.74 payments to be distributed to eligible employees this month. The money comes from about $8.1 million in excess...

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Display a purple light and stand with survivors in Lafayette and Acadiana.

Find 2025 Acadiana trick-or-treat times and family-friendly Halloween events in Lafayette, Carencro, Scott, Broussard, Breaux Bridge, Opelousas, and more

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is facing significant financial challenges due to declining enrollment, posing a major economic concern for the region. Economist Loren Scott highlighted that the drop in student numbers is a key factor in the university's current $25 million budget deficit, which is prompting...

The auto insurance rates published in this guide are based on the results of research completed by Way.com's data team. Using a mix of public and internal data, we analyzed millions of rate averages across U.S. ZIP codes. These rates were publicly sourced from insurer filings and should be used for comparative...

An armed robbery call in Lafayette led to a chaotic night as police detailed an officer’s Taser use and subsequent gunfire.

Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center has expanded its emergency room capacity with the addition of 11 new patient beds. The expansion follows the recent closure of the emergency room at Lourdes Heart Hospital on Kaliste Saloom Road.

Lafayette Parish School System is moving ahead with plans to invest more than $30 million in school upgrades across the district. The school board unanimously approved the spending plan, which includes the construction of over 40 classrooms at three elementary schools. Broussard Elementary, Ernest Gallet Elementary,...