Lafayette LA

Lafayette Utilities System (LUS) will be hosting a public open house on Monday, February 26, 2024, between 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Lafayette Main Library.

The Lafayette Police Department (LPD) held a plaque dedication honoring Lafayette's first African-American Police Officers, James Benoit and Johnny Walker.

On February 20, 2024, construction will begin on the University Avenue Revitalization from Alcide Dominque Drive to Walker Road.

On February 14, 2024, at 1:02 a.m., the Lafayette Police Department (LPD) responded to a shooting in progress in the 2700 block of North East Evangeline Thruway.

On February 13, 2024, at 4:57 p.m., officers from the Lafayette Police Department (LPD) responded to the 1200 block of South Sterling Street about a motor vehicle crash involving four vehicles and two pedestrians.

Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Detectives are investigating a fatal hit-and-run crash that happened in the 800 block of Ridge Road.

Our imagination is a powerful gift. Our imagination provides us a vehicle to feel and see our lives outside of our current reality.

Mayor-President Monique Blanco Boulet orders all flags at Lafayette Consolidated Government to be flown at half-staff, effective immediately and continuing until sunset on the day of interment, in honor of former Mayor William "Dud" Lastrapes, Jr. who passed away on February 7, 2024, at the age of 94.

Lafayette Mayor-President Monique Blanco Boulet and Sheriff Mark Garber kicked off the re-establishment of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee (CJCC) on February 8, 2024, an initiative aimed at addressing critical issues within the criminal justice system in Lafayette Parish.

President Monique Blanco Boulet has appointed Dr. Jessica Leger, Ph. D., to the Lafayette Convention and Visitors Commission (LCVC).