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The Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office broke ground Tuesday on a $40 million law enforcement center on West Willow Street that will consolidate 11 locations across the city and parish into one building. The more than 84,000-square-foot, three-story building is expected to take about 18 months to construct, said Mike...

Umiya Sushi (pronounced oo-MEE-yuh), a growing all-you-can-eat Japanese restaurant chain, is coming soon to 3151 Johnston Street at the corner of Doucet Road in Lafayette, Louisiana, inside the former Drago’s Seafood Restaurant building. A recently filed permit with Lafayette Consolidated Government (LCG) under the name UMIYALA LLC provides a...

A driver with outstanding warrants crashed a vehicle and fled on foot Monday near North Sterling Street and Jefferson Boulevard in Lafayette, prompting a search involving at least one drone and a K-9 unit, the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office said. Public information officer Valerie Ponseti said deputies identified the...

Former Lafayette City Council Chairman Patrick “Pat” Lewis, who served on the City-Parish Council and later on the City Council, has died unexpectedly, according to sources with Lafayette Consolidated Government. Lafayette City Council Chair Kenneth P. Boudreaux and Mayor-President Monique Blanco Boulet issued statements mourning Lewis’ death and...

Frightmare on Main Street returns to New Iberia for Halloween 2026 with a spooky outdoor trail, live scare actors, ticket details and more.

Lafayette residents soon will have a chance to experience a traveling piece of American history without leaving Acadiana. As part of the nationwide celebration marking the United States' 250th anniversary, the Freedom 250 Mobile Museum, known as the " Freedom Truck ," will be making its way to Lafayette later this month. The free attraction will give visitors an interactive look at the nation's past, present and future through museum-quality exhibits housed inside a custom-built mobile museum. H

LAFAYETTE, LA. (KLFY) — The University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s Ragin’ Cajuns Water Ski Team has claimed its seventh consecutive Division 1 national title, bringing its overall total to 13 championships. The Ragin’ Cajuns Water Ski Team also earned Division 1 national championships in 2025, 2024, 2023,...

GROSSE TETE - A search party is gathering Tuesday for a 22-year-old Texas woman who has been missing for nearly three weeks. Christin Munn Holliday, also known as Chrissy, was last seen by her parents on Sept. 29 in Katy, Texas, after she dropped her children off and left for Louisiana in a dark-colored BMW.

A summer conversation between English teachers Tiffany Fontenot and Lauren Howell turned into a brand-new reading program at Abbeville High School called Beyond the Page. Beyond the Page is based on the popular AR reading program. Each week, students earn prizes based on the points they accumulate. They take a quiz on what they’ve read, using a test generator created by Fontenot and Howell, to determine how many points they receive. Some prizes include snacks, notepads, key chains, ID badge hold

South Louisiana Community College is partnering with local employers to train Acadiana’s next generation of electricians through a new Registered Electrical Apprenticeship at its New Iberia Campus. The four-year program combines classroom instruction through SoLAcc with paid, on-the-job training through participating employers, allowing apprentices to earn while they learn and work toward becoming journeyman electricians . The program marks a first within Louisiana’s community and technical coll