Lafayette LA

Explore amazing animal stories – visit Animal of Things Now and follow us! If a bee colony shows up under your porch in Lafayette or a swarm lands in your Baton Rouge oak tree, most people assume there’s a clear-cut rule about what happens next. There isn’t. Louisiana’s laws on killing bees split sharply depending on

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development has begun a $1.43 million road improvement project on LA 92-1 from LA 31 to LA 347 in St. Martinville.

What happens when you set a bunch of musicians loose in the world’s largest archive of Cajun and Creole music and folklife recordings?. You get moments when Louisiana music history becomes something new — like getting to see Nathan Williams’ family (of Nathan Williams and the Zydeco Cha Chas) re-record a song originall

Amid the cyclosaladspora outbreak, restaurants – especially those which specialize in salads – are going the extra mile to reassure diners that the produce they serve is safe.

The Original Patti's Pont des Mouton location in Lafayette has closed for good after a hood vent failure. The Ground Pat'i name it split from in 2021 is still open on Johnston Street.

NEWS 15) — Parts of Acadiana are experiencing water woes from water main breaks, low water pressure, and other problems, resulting in some boil water advisories being issued. NEWEST ADDITIONS:. VERMILION PARISH:. (8/17/26) Abbeville - Southeast Waterworks District No. 2 of Vermilion Parish plans a systemwide water outa

Longtime Milton resident Bob Bixenman is serious. He says the unincorporated community in southwest Lafayette Parish has little, if any, say in how it is dealing with the accelerated growth. The 180-lot Milton Commons development illustrates the problem. Residents spoke against the project when it came before Lafayette

Members of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette women's volleyball team greeted Lafayette Elementary School students with handshakes and high fives as they returned to school. The team also surprised the school's principal with a $1,000 check to help with school needs.

Nearly two dozen cadets graduated from the Acadiana Law Enforcement Training Academy Class 180 and are preparing to become officers at seven police agencies in the area. The 21 cadets completed 15 weeks of training in the basic physical and mental skills needed to work as patrol or corrections officers.

For people living with sickle cell disease in Acadiana, a pain crisis can mean an emergency room wait, missed school or work, or a trip to New Orleans or Baton Rouge for specialized treatment. Sickle cell disease is an inherited group of blood disorders in which abnormal red blood cells...