Lafayette LA

Sandy Garber of Carencro, Louisiana, was crowned as the 2022 TOPS Louisiana Queen. TOPS (Take Off Pounds SensiblySM) is a nonprofit weight loss support organization that started in 1948.

Multiple fire trucks from seven fire departments responded to a mobile home fire on Petite Road at 1:20 p.m. this afternoon.

LA 98 (Gloria Switch Road) at Mills Street will have alternating nightly lane closures on Wednesday, August 30 and Thursday, August 31 from 7:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., weather permitting.

Around 10:33 p.m., Lafayette Police responded to a shooting in progress in the 100 block of Shirley Picard Road.

The right outside lane of I-49 Northbound at Exit 4 will be closed on Monday, August 28, 2023, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., weather permitting.

The Lafayette Police Department is proud to partner with the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in a ‘Special Wave’ enforcement endeavor targeting impaired drivers operating motor vehicles on the roadway.

Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Deputies have arrested one man in connection with a Monday morning shooting.

The next Lafayette Consolidated Government Household Hazardous Waste Day (HHWD) will be held on September 9, 2023.

I am saddened by the passing of Mr. Earl “Nickey” Picard. Mr. Picard was a good friend, mentor, and inspiration to me and a pillar in the community.

As author of City Ordinance No. CO-094-2023 with reference to licensing and operation of short-term rentals (prohibition in residential single family zoning), District 2 Lafayette City Council Member Andy Naquin has requested that the ordinance be deferred to the September 5, 2023, City Council Meeting in light of requests from a number of his colleagues on the Council.