Lanie Lee Cook

The City-Parish Council last night gave its blessing for the administration to explore the property’s purchase, but not until Durel’s initial proposal was stripped down.

Pan Lan Ma was the ringleader who kept her employees hostage in less-than-favorable conditions by withholding their passports.

UL Lafayette will lease the buses for $10,240 a year.

State police spokesperson Brooks David says the law won’t be enforced until then.

The group is at it again — but this time, with a motivational music video for students called "Super Gator."

Cajundome Director Greg Davis is threatening to file suit against LPSB if it doesn't drop its investigation into the superintendent and fix its budget issues.

New state laws taking effect Aug. 1 should impact behavior on Louisiana's roadways.

Mouton says it’s not known whether the incident is related to an armed robbery that happened an hour before at a convenience store in the 100 block of Gloria Switch Road.

The registration dates are for students attending a new school or who need to sign up for new services before the school year.

20-year-old Justin Odom was booked on an unrelated charge.

Lafayette Police Chief Jim Craft said Precincts 1 and 4 have seen a recent increase in "sporadic gun violence."

It's the fourth operation of this caliber since May 2013.

As of last May, there were more than 11,900 unpaid parking tickets, and the city is trying to recover more than $3 million in unpaid traffic-camera violations.

President Hunter Beasley said the board is one of the few public bodies that doesn't have security for when things get unruly.

The LPSS transportation director said he supports installing seat belts on school buses, but the endeavor would be a financial strain and a "monumental liability."

Agents reportedly discovered 1,137.5 grams of synthetic marijuana and a major manufacturing operation.

Crimes increased by 9 percent in 2013 — the highest increase since 2007 — according to statistics released Feb. 17 by the Lafayette Police Department.

A Thibodaux man charged with killing and dismembering his 7-year-old, disabled son was found not guilty by reason of insanity this morning.

Tension has reached a new level with the Lafayette Parish School Board after its Wednesday night meeting allegedly got physical.

As winter storm Leon makes its way across the South today, some are found wondering: What's with the name?