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Start planning your fall weekends with this guide to festivals happening across Acadiana and South Louisiana in 2026.

Southern University's board chairman wants a campus dress code, pointing to other HBCUs as models ahead of the Sept. 18 board meeting in Baton Rouge.

Breaux Bridge has just been recognized as tops in Louisiana in Architectural Digest's recent list of the prettiest town in every state.

The Saints are signing veteran kicker Daniel Carlson, adding a former All-Pro to a position that has been unsettled throughout training camp.

Louisiana State Police arrested a Rapides Parish coach and bus driver in an alleged child sex trafficking investigation in Alexandria.

A 66-year-old Lafayette man was killed after a truck left the roadway and struck him early Monday morning on the Evangeline Thruway.

An 8-year-old Ruston girl has died after contracting Naegleria fowleri, a rare brain infection, following a family swimming trip to Lake Claiborne.

Zero sugar, 90 calories, no carbonation, and it goes down like a sports drink. No wonder Acadiana bars and stores can't keep it on the shelves.

LA 92-1 (Smede Highway) in St. Martin Parish closes August 24 through September 14 for drainage work. Emergency vehicles cannot use the road and must detour.

The Tap Room will close its Youngsville location Aug. 30 as the local brand shifts its focus and resources toward a new project.

Lee Amedee is returning to UL baseball for a fifth season after a Louisiana court ruling reopened his eligibility just weeks before practice begins.

Louisiana State Police are investigating a fatal Highway 14 crash that killed a volunteer firefighter responding to an emergency call.