Christiaan Mader

Five local projects aimed at connection and community impact will get their start with a little help from 24 Hour Citizen Project.

Lafayette Parish School System again earned a B grade in the latest scores released by the state education department. The system took home the top score among school districts with at least 29,00.

Visa costs for international musicians have soared, as have processing times, as Festival International books a lineup befitting a 40th anniversary.

It's getting much more costly to keep Festival International, international. Visa costs for international musicians have soared, as have processing times. And it's complicating the work of putting together a heavy-hitting lineup befitting a 40th anniversary. The bureaucratic hurdles have made American tours a riskier affair for international artists and a more expensive endeavor for stateside talent buyers like Stafford.

The administration sought to quell anxiety about routing Mardi Gras 2026 down Jefferson Street, but the City Council still holds the cards.

The University of Louisiana System will convene a search committee in January and present finalists in late February, the system board announced Thursday.

Nearly four months after President Joseph Savoie stepped down, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette has begun organizing the search to replace him.

The Grammy winner was a first-call bass player for household names like Irma Thomas and Buckwheat Zydeco. He was 71.

An avid lover of the arts, history and culture, Ruth documented the region's people and events with empathy and curiosity. First reporting for the Opelousas Daily World, she went on to contribute to many local publications, including The Advocate and The Current.

Gov. Jeff Landry has scheduled a major economic development announcement in Abbeville on Aug. 24 at 11 a.m. It's all but certainly about SpaceX, unless the governor is about to troll the entire state.