Lafayette schools to release early Tuesday, close Wednesday and Thursday due to Francine
Lafayette schools will be released early Tuesday, and schools will be closed Wednesday and Thursday, in anticipation of the arrival of severe weather.
Sen. Cassidy urges President Biden to approve emergency declaration for Francine
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-La.) has urged President Joe Biden to grant a federal emergency declaration for Louisiana ahead of soon-to-be Hurricane Francine’s anticipated landfall as a Category 1 ...
RAIN CHECK: Here’s a list of events that have been canceled, rescheduled due to weather threat
Annual 9/11 Meal of Remembrance, scheduled for Wednesday at Parc Sans Souci in Lafayette, is canceled. The Lafayette Parish School Board meeting to consider levying additional or increased millage ...
Lafayette mayor-president declares state of emergency due to Tropical Storm Francine
Lafayette Mayor-President Monique B. Boulet has officially declared a state of emergency for Lafayette Parish, effective immediately.
Tropical Storm Francine forms in Gulf, Impacts to Acadiana Look Likely
Tropical Storm Francine has formed in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico with wind speed at 50 mph. Current movement is NNW at 5 mph. The National Hurricane Center Forecast Cone shows Francine moving ...
Here’s where you can get sandbags to prep for potential hurricane Wednesday
With Tropical Storm Francine bearing down on the Louisiana coast, several jurisdictions are offering sandbags for residents.
‘We don’t lay down’: Restaurant co-owner reflects on rebuilding after Henderson tornado
Pat’s Fisherman’s Wharf in Henderson was forced to close for months, but part-owner Harvey Huval said they knew they’d be back and thriving once again.
‘It sounds like a cover-up’: Family of Lafayette officer-involved shooting victim
Rigoberto Sanchez, 27, of Lafayette was killed. Daniel Mendez, Sanchez’s brother, says the family wants answers.
Big Lots files for bankruptcy, plans to close hundreds of locations
( WJET/WFXP) — Popular discount retailer Big Lots has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. As part of the bankruptcy and restructuring, 295 stores have already begun to shut down in what the ...
Officer hospitalized after Franklin high-speed chase Saturday
The Franklin Police Department said a high-speed chase Saturday morning resulted in an officer being injured and taken to a hospital in critical condition.
A look at some of the oldest religious leaders in the world
The top leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is celebrating a milestone birthday, his 100th. Like the president of the Utah-based faith — commonly known as the Mormon church — ...
The Mormon church’s president, already the oldest in the faith’s history, is turning 100
Leaders of worldwide religions commonly stay at the helm well past retirement age, but it’s not often you find centenarians overseeing major faiths. That’s what The Church of ...