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The Lafayette Parish School Board will review a list of $30 million worth of proposed renovations, expansions and repairs proposed for six area schools at its Wednesday meeting. The list includes

Here's a simple dish you can make before the power goes out & just toss into your ice chest.. I threw a batch of this together yesterday afternoon.

The biggest rock show of the year is just days away. Journey, Pat Benatar and Loverboy appear at the Cajundome August 28th. I had the opportunity to chat with Journey's longtime keyboardist Jonathan Cain. We discussed his own work as a songwriter, producer, as well as Journey's "second wind"...

  The Traffic & Transportation Department has informed KTDY the 400 Block of Stevenson Street will be closed Monday, August 13, 2012 from 7:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. for a house moving. Detour routes will be made available.

'National Night Out' is the nation’s largest annual crime prevention event with over 37 million people in 15,000 communities from all fifty states participating with their local law enforcement agencies.

LAFAYETTE, La. (KPEL) — Documents filed Thursday in district court are providing an idea of what kind of evidence prosecutors have against Brandon Scott Lavergne, the man accused of murdering Lisa Pate and missing University of Louisiana at Lafayette student Mickey Shunick.

Downtown Alive celebrates its 30th Anniversary with the fall 2012 season. It looks like a great one!  Things kick off September 7th, with the brass sounds of  Treme’s Kermit Ruffins and the Barbeque Swingers. Here's the lineup September 7 Kermit Ruffins & the Barbeque Swingers (New Orleans Jazz & Swing - Parc International) September 14 Horace Trahan & The Ossun Express (Zydeco – Parc

William J. Oliver, Jr., P.E., the District Engineer Administrator for District 03 – Acadiana Region of the Louisiana Department Of Transportation and development tells us that Johnston Street will be partially blocked, beginning next week.

Tuesday, July 31st, everyone's invited for a night of family fun to watch Olympic races from the Earl J. Chris pool at the Robichaux Center from 5-7 PM. Enjoy hotdogs, nachos, snow balls, face painting, open swimming for the whole family, crafts, and more as Lafayette supports TEAM USA!

Jimmy Buffett has asked Roddie Romero and  “The Hub City All Stars” to be his opening act this Saturday, July 28th at Comerica Park in Detroit. Lionel Richie will be appearing as well.

Are you a modern day "Amos Moses"? The History Channel is looking for new alligator hunters to be on “Swamp People”. Individuals, groups or families can audition.

Earlier I posted about joining a weekly 'club' and the benefits of doing so:  Critical Mass is a local/national bicycling organization that meets in Acadiana. Critical Mass Lafayette met this past Friday evening in Lafayette and went for a little ride.  I was leaving work from our back parking lot and had to wait for them to get past me, and it took a few minutes... there were several people ridin

Acadiana's a strange place, or a great place to be. This depends, of course, on your outlook.   I think it's both!  We have the richest, most unique regional music scene in North America.

I had a great three-day weekend over the Memorial Day holiday:  it started, as it should, with one of my families:  the Vietnam Veterans of America's Memorial Day Ceremony at the Lafayette Fire Department's Training Facility on N. Dugas Road

Did you shoot some great video during Festival International? Show it off in the 'My Lafayette' Video Contest and you might win $1000! Filmmakers and videographers have until May 9 to submit entries.

When we are searching for stories to post on our website, we try to find pictures to use that relate to our stories.  According to copyright laws, we can't just 'pull' any picture from online, we have to have permission to use the pictures that we post.

I love watching people walk into things.  I do.  I like it when they fall, slip, mis-judge and land wrong, etc.  I just hope that they aren't hurt.  This little girl gets a bruised ego, that's all.

Want to tell Lafayette officials what you think should be done with jogging trails, red light cameras, fiber to the home, garbage collection, bike lanes, dog parks or Johnston Street? The Lafayette Consolidated Government Comprehensive Plan Community Forums are where you need to be!

(Okay, hate IS a strong word:  let's go with "don't always desire" driving in Lafayette.) At the top of the list:  Roundabouts.  Don't get me wrong, I LOVE roundabouts.   I am a proponent of roundabouts.

Coming down from the 'high' of being named "Tastiest Town in the South", I think that there are a few reasons ideas like Canned Cheeseburgers don't sit well on our collective palates: