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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.

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.

Walmart and Sam's Club locations across Louisiana are offering shoppers a new way to pay. It's one you've been asking for.

Ask ten locals what to eat in Lafayette and you'll get ten strong opinions. This list captures the best of them.

More than 40,000 bottles of eye drops have been recalled over sterility concerns. The drops were sold at major retailers through out the country.

William and Kate reportedly aren't planning to fight Harry and Meghan over their return to the UK. Sources say the future King and Queen have a very different strategy.

The Hollywood legend reportedly had a marriage wake-up call after years of work left little time for Amal. Now, the couple has been enjoying romantic dates together.

LSU could make history as Browns tight end Dae'Quan Wright reportedly prepares for an unprecedented return from the NFL to college football.

The actress and singer, who starred in 'The Donna Reed Show' and 'Coach,' has died at 82. She also appeared alongside Elvis Presley in three 1960s movies.

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.

A small number of storms could still pack a serious punch across Louisiana this Sunday, with damaging winds leading the threat list.

A Louisiana Powerball ticket just turned a $3 bet into $150,000. Someone out there is having a very good weekend and probably doesn't know it yet.

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

A deadly Louisiana motorcycle crash claimed the life of a Mansura man after his left a roadway and hit a culvert.

Drinks scattered across one of Lafayette's busiest intersections on a Saturday morning had the whole city talking, and honestly, the comments did not disappoint.

Two people were killed and three others injured in a shooting outside Chip's Daiquiris on West Laurel Avenue in Eunice at 12:15 a.m. Saturday. Eunice Police are investigating.

Win a trip for two to experience Bruno Mars and RAYE live in Santa Clara, California.