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In Lafayette, LA, a warming shelter opens at Dupuis Recreation Center on Jan 5 to offer safety and warmth to those without heat. Community care in action!

The bill successfully cleared a House panel on Tuesday according to Rep. Dixon McMakin House Bill 97's primary objective is to "enhance pedestrian and motorist safety" across Louisiana.

A shocking video from New York shows dozens of large rats escaping from under a homeless person's blanket.

It's not very often a man earning a seven-figure salary sleeps on the streets but former New Orleans Saint Thomas Morstead did and so did his family.

The Gifting Grace Project is hosting its annual Pack the Backpack.

Is the City of Lafayette's “begging and soliciting money” ordinance aimed at curving panhandling a violation of the right to free speech?

An Uber Eats/Door Dash Driver got emotional after making $1 on a delivery that took 45 minutes.

Watch as a man takes his own pants off and donates them to a homeless guy in Fresno, California.

Mark Smith told his mom that instead of buying him gifts for Christmas, he wanted her to spend that money on supplies to help the homeless.

According to the LHC website, the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance program has been temporarily suspended.

In an effort to help of work Louisianians during the COVID-19 pandemic Governor John Bel Edwards mandated the suspension of all evictions. That suspension is set to expire June 16, and here's what you need to know.

Homeless citizens were picked up by a city bus, with their possessions, and taken to an empty downtown hotel for shelter.

What happens when a feel-good moment turns into an all-out feud?

Tuesday night while driving through downtown Lafayette I saw the true meaning of Christmas.

When you donate to the shelters, you'll not only be making today better for the homeless and hungry people in Acadiana, you'll be making their tomorrow better, too.

There are some wonderful programs across Acadiana to assist homeless Veterans who might need a little help during the holiday season.

I'm grateful yet again, to say I live in Lafayette.

From all of us at Townsquare Media, please know how appreciative we are of your Herculean efforts to fix this easily solved need this Christmas. You have definitively set in motion a chain of events for these kids that all of us in Acadiana will benefit from as these children grow up in our community.

It’s time for the Weekend WeWind! Here’s some crap you may have missed and/or what was probably important this week.

The good news is that just by doing a little bit, you can do a lot to help make this Christmas better for these students.