Lafayette News

BATON ROUGE - First Lady Laura Bush is scheduled to attend a fundraiser in Lafayette next month to boost the campaign of Republican U.S. Senate candidate John Kennedy.

Police have confirmed that further investigation of a man who was arrested in a police standoff Wednesday has connected him to at least five pharmacy robberies in several area parishes.

Police have confirmed that further investigation of a man who was arrested in a police standoff Wednesday has connected him to at least five pharmacy robberies in several area parishes.

Workers earning at or just above minimum wage should notice a little extra in their next paycheck.

Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns senior associate athletic director Scott Farmer announced the 2008 Football Season Ticket Blitz will begin on Thursday, July 24 at 6 p.m. and will end on July 31 at 6 p.m....

A national business magazine has ranked Lafayette the 10th best midsized city in the nation to do business.

University of Louisiana Vice President of Academic Affairs Steve Landry gives his presentation as part of E. Joseph Savoie's advisory team Wednesday morning at the ULL Alumni Center.

IberiaBank Corp. said Tuesday that its earnings fell in the second quarter, in part because of liabilities it incurred as a result of its May acquisition of ANB Financial, an Arkansas institution shut down by ...

It's the end of an era, again, for a Lafayette landmark. Townhouse Restaurant and Catering is now officially completely closed, and the building across from the Heymann Center is up for sale.

America is going green and this is certainly true with Louisiana builders and homeowners.

SHREVEPORT - Leadoff hitter Ziggy Sloan had a career night as the Lafayette All-Stars opened defense of their Little League state championship on Friday night with a 22-3 win in four innings over Alexandria.

UL Lafayette's is taking advantage of the summer break to give the campus a major facelift.

Firefighters rushed to a home at 202 Lindsey Circle in Lafayette Parish around 7:25 Sunday evening.

A study of the effects of music levels on drinking in a bar setting has found that loud music leads to more drinking in less time.

Africanized bees, commonly known as killer bees, are most likely already in St. Landry Parish.

Lafayette residents are not among the 36 percent of Louisiana residents who have access to drinking water containing fluoride, a group of compounds proven to help prevent cavities.

MONROE - Along the Gulf Coast in southwestern Louisiana, Henry Heights Elementary in Calcasieu Parish teaches by this simple mission statement: ' ... to provide an education that allows all students the ...

The Starbucks coffee shop on the corner of Verot School Road and Pinhook Road will close as the company moves to trim costs in a weakening economy.

The Lafayette Public Library offers a new program for book discussion groups that will make selected titles easily and conveniently accessible to club members.

You may soon see more police officers patrolling Hub City streets. Lafayette Police plan to ask for an additional one $100,000 to add ten more officers.