Lafayette LA

LAFAYETTE, La (press release) – The 15th annual Southern Screen Festival will be presented in Downtown Lafayette, Louisiana Nov. 13-16. Festival Highlights include educational session: “Film + Brand: How Entertainment Can Advance The World with Elliot Kotek (The Nation of Artists)”; and “From the Bayou to the Big...

We are talking with Dustin Dupre, co-owner of HD Processing, a company he operates alongside business partner Will Hardwick—a local serial entrepreneur. Together, they’ve built a growing operation focused on processing and logistics while each maintaining separate business ventures in their own fields. Learn more at...

The Lafayette Consolidated Government’s Parks, Arts, Recreation, and Culture Department (PARC) will hold its first PARCsGiving event in 2025. The event is intended to provide Thanksgiving meals to families in Lafayette Parish. Organizers plan to collect at least 100 meal baskets for local families in need. Donations...

As the shutdown continues, more flights will be canceled. According to reports, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) instructed airlines to reduce their flights due to a shortage of air traffic controllers during the government shutdown.

St. Landry Parish Government will host a food collection on Thursday, Nov. 13, officials announced.

Lafayette may be far away from Washington D.C., but there are some residents who are still feeling the effects of the now longest shutdown of the federal government in history. From federal workers to those working on federal contracts, the funding pause is hitting local pocketbooks too. As a result,...

On November 7, 2025, a two-vehicle crash occurred on Louisiana Highway 14, east of Pirates Lane in Vermilion Parish. Louisiana State Police said the crash happened shortly after 2:00 p.m. Julien Lawrence, Jr., 65, and Alexis Jackson, 41, both from Kaplan, died at the scene. Lawrence was driving a 2003 Ford Crown...

Louisiana Department of Wildlife Agents working with St. Landry Parish deputies have cited two men for illegal hunting activities.

A deadly camper fire in Washington, Louisiana sparks an urgent warning about smoke alarms and winter fire prevention from state officials.

A strong cold front is expected to move through the area Saturday night, bringing drier and windy conditions with temperatures dropping into the 30s, before a dramatic warm up begins Tuesday with spring-like temperatures and high humidity returning by Wednesday.