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These Louisiana zydeco stars will play a free concert to help save beloved dance hall
Some of our region's biggest Zydeco acts will be in Opelousas next week, playing in support of the Clifton Chenier Centennial fundraiser and the Slim's Y-Ki-Ki Zydeco dance hall restoration project. Attendees will have the opportunity to hear free performances by CJ Chenier (Clifton Chenier's son), Anthony and Dwayne Dopsie,...
AT&T Provides Update on Data Breach Affecting Customers in Louisiana
AT&T has confirmed a data breach that has impacted some of its customers in Louisiana. Contrary to previous reports that suggested nearly all AT&T customers had their calls, texts, and information compromised, the latest update reveals a more contained incident. Details of the Incident. In a recent communication to affected...
Lafayette's newest venue brings jazz and blues to the downtown music scene
A long time jazz lover, Deborah Silas used to have to get her fix by going on jazz cruises. Now, she's opened a business in the heart of Lafayette that will specifically feature her favorite genre of music, along with a selection of Cajun-style appetizers and mixed drinks. : In...
Residents of Himbola Manor Apartments in Lafayette voice concerns to city leaders
Residents at a Lafayette public housing complex are giving city officials a piece of their minds. They are fed up with the living conditions at the Himbola Manor Apartments, and city leaders are holding a town hall on Thursday, July 18, to hear their complaints. Residents of Himbola Manor Apartments...
Mayor's veto stands: Convenience store near Lafayette's Four Corners to proceed without gas pumps
A proposed convenience store near Four Corners will proceed without gas pumps after the Lafayette City Council on Tuesday chose not to override the mayor-president's veto of a conditional-use permit for the project. The matter was brought back before the City Council on Tuesday after Mayor-President Monique Boulet's June 28...
LaFayette High School football stadium to receive new LED lighting system
The Chambers County School District approved the low bid of $225,873 for a new LED lighting system for LaFayette High School’s football stadium from S. Electrical Contractors during this week’s board meeting. In June, the CCSD put out a bid for the installation of a complete and operational lighting system for the Lafayette High School […] The post LaFayette High School football stadium to receive new LED lighting system appeared first on Valley Times-News.
LCG develops a plan to fix deplorable living conditions at Himbola apartments
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY)– The Lafayette Consolidated Government is promising to take action against Himbola Manor Apartments and several other housing complexes. This comes after a News 10 investigation into deplorable living conditions. At a town hall meeting Thursday evening, more than 100 residents came to share their experience and...
Lafayette Parish Council rejects mayor-president's proposal to overhaul emergency preparedness
LAFAYETTE, La. (KADN) — Lafayette Mayor-President Monique Blanco Boulet is bringing her emergency preparedness overhaul proposal back to the parish council next month after it was rejected. The council voted down the ordinance on Tuesday, July 16.
Living conditions at Himbola 'unconscionable'; city councilman to host meeting to address complaints
The mold problem had gotten so bad in Lavincia Guidry’s apartment at Himbola Manor that her son missed enough school due to illness that he has to repeat kindergarten this fall. Now Guidry, 42, is looking for a new place to live. The mold problem, she says, is only...
Foreman Drive in Lafayette, Louisiana to Close for Drainage Repairs
Lafayette Consolidated Government has announced that Foreman Drive will soon be closed for drainage repairs. You'll want to plan your detours now, and we've got those for you too... Road Closures In Lafayette, Louisiana. As the construction of the new Lafayette High School continues, the contractor on the project will...
Belle's Tower memory care facility receives new roof from Lafayette Roofing
LAFAYETTE, La. (KADN) — Belle's Tower, the region's first memory care facility in downtown Lafayette, is receiving a new roof. Lafayette Roofing replaced the entire roof of the 2,500-square-foot facility on Monday, July 15.
LCG hosts first Spanish housing workshop
Lafayette’s Spanish-speaking population has expanded rapidly over the last two decades with many of these local residents now looking to purchase homes. Professionals in the Lafayette housing industry are in turn asking how they can meet the community’s growing housing and financial planning needs, given a lack of Spanish speakers in public-facing positions.
Editorial: LCG should boost wages of lowest paid employees
In order for a city to function well, it often relies on a host of workers who toil behind the scenes. They perform essential tasks like driving buses or making sure we have clean water when we turn on the tap. Lafayette is facing a severe shortage of these workers, and their absence is beginning to be felt. To remedy the problem, the current administration is proposing a more than 30% pay boost to some of the lowest-paid workers who perform these vital tasks.
Catholic Charities, other nonprofits expected to get federal housing funds
The Lafayette city and parish councils preliminarily approved an ordinance Tuesday that would allocate federal funds to the city's emergency homeless shelter and other programs for those in need of housing assistance. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development approved an allocation of about $2.25 million in funds to...
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