Mayor-President Monique Boulet has appointed a public works director, filling her last department head position with Warren ...

Lafayette’s warming shelter, open since Sunday night due to freezing temperatures, closed this morning due to rising ...

Lafayette’s warming shelter, open since Sunday night due to freezing temperatures, closed this morning due to rising temperatures Friday and into the weekend. A planned cooperative endeavor agreement ...

Response to this week’s extremely cold weather marks the first deployment of LCG’s new emergency preparedness plan.

Friends and family gathered bid farewell to Bech, who was fatally injured in a terrorist attack in New Orleans in the early ...

Medical cannabis use has been picking up, including in southwest Louisiana. The number of patients across the state went up 60% over the past year.

The rezonings are aimed at offering more housing options in the respective zones while getting the existing structures to ...

A planned cooperative endeavor agreement between the parish and state will fund an estimated $4.15 million in park improvements.

Bethany Cooney-Palmer sits on the porch of her home in Scott, La., on Wednesday, December 18, 2024. After an appointment in May 2022, Bethany Cooney-Palmer left the offices of Crowley surgeon Dr.

The Acadiana Advocate looks back on the lives lost in 2024, including the musicians, foodies, artists, business owners and civic leaders so integral to the place we all call home. “When we lose people ...

One such state mandate bars teachers from addressing trans and nonbinary students by their preferred names and pronouns, without parental consent. Teachers would not be subject to discipline for ...