Interim Lafayette Police Chief Paul Trouard is assuming the top job permanently, Mayor-President Monique Boulet announced ...

Auditors say projects that should have been put out for bid were instead awarded via a quoting process. The system disagrees ...

In 2023, local leaders pledged to help those in crisis. Now, two spaces for providing intervention services have been ...

Americans are expected to wager $1.39 billion this Sunday, primarily through mobile sports betting apps. Experts are worried ...

Heymann Park improvements. Lafayette is receiving $925,000 in reimbursements from the state for park improvements, with a ...

Lafayette schools are ahead of the pack nationally in recovering from pandemic-era learning loss. Driving, walking or biking in Lafayette can be a risky proposition — a legacy of poor planning in the ...

Even so, Lafayette is near lapping the state, exceeding pre-pandemic achievement levels by 40% in math and 75% in reading, according to the Education Recovery Survey. Louisiana only averaged 2% in ...

Pre-pandemic scores in 2019 were below the national average across the state, with Lafayette ranking below the national average in reading and math, according to the Harvard-organized study.

Pre-pandemic scores in 2019 were below the national average across the state, with Lafayette ranking below the national average in reading and math, according to the Harvard-organized study.

In 2023, local leaders pledged to help those in crisis. Now, there’s progress. A group formed amid a fledgling attempt by the state to institute a local mental health crisis response system. Now, two ...

Pre-pandemic scores in 2019 were below the national average across the state, with Lafayette ranking below the national average in reading and math, according to the Harvard-organized study.