We’ll select four Wavemakers in 2025 and celebrate their work. Honorees will be profiled by David Begnaud in a televised ...

She spearheaded a new approach to health in Lafayette — now Beacon Community Connections founder and Executive Director Holly ...

The reduction will leave $44 million for the program, enough to continue covering private school tuition for 6,000 students who already receive state-funded vouchers.

The institute was once a bustling campus that began as a vocational school for Black girls in 1913 and grew into a national ...

After decades of decay, the historic campus on Lafayette’s Northside will finally see shovels in the ground in what local advocates see as a recognition of the local community’s unique, but often ...

For years, residents of a subdivision near Youngsville have complained about water quality. Now, a new operator’s plans ...

Throughout her life and as she worked to home school her three children, she connected to the wider world through public libraries. “You know, I was raised in libraries, grew up in libraries, spent so ...

We’re focusing on the issues that matter to young voters. Here’s why. Lafayette is losing young voters. Our goal this election season is to get them involved. Young voters often tune out because they ...

Cait Marshall and Ellis Clay are long since graduated from St. Thomas More, but they haven’t gone quietly. After the Catholic school prioritized a policy targeting queer students, they stood up and ...

Reader Questions, Answered About COVID-19 What are the common underlying conditions for people who die of COVID-19? In Louisiana, high blood pressure (66.4%) is the most common condition found among ...

Lafayette is losing young people. How well we address that issue will shape our community in the years to come. We’ve spent the last several months asking young voters about the factors that shape ...

Make sure everyone feels safe. Bullying of any kind isn’t allowed, and degrading comments about things like race, religion, culture, sexual orientation, gender or identity will not be tolerated. We ...