ACADIANA, La. (KLFY) — The National Weather Service has confirmed four tornadoes across Acadiana Saturday night causing damage in several parishes. All of the tornadoes were rated between EF0 and EF1 ...

Acadiana’s Mardi Gras takes the gold. Purple, green and gold, actually. This from someone who was born and raised in New Orleans. I spent my early Februarys on a wooden bench on top of a ladder, ...

At least four tornadoes are confirmed to have touched down in the Acadiana region on Saturday night. The tornadoes’ wind speed reached anywhere from 80 to 95 miles per hour, according to the National ...

This past week in the high school sports season provided some impressive statistical showings across the Acadiana area. Here's your chance to make your vote count and choose The Acadiana Advocate's ...

In the fall of 2025, Riverbanks Zoo & Garden opened an aerial gondola ride to take visitors between the zoo and botanical garden sides of the Saluda River. Joshua Boucher jboucher@thestate.com Want a ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY)- Carpe Diem Cafe & Wine Bar, located at 812 Jefferson St. in Lafayette, serves up handcrafted gelato and ice cream in a relaxed, family-friendly atmosphere. The shop is open ...

LAFAYETTE, La. — Arc of Acadiana is giving Mardi Gras beads new meaning by turning donated parade throws into purposeful employment for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. “It ...

The Bronx Zoo’s beloved blind gorilla, who was featured in an Animal Planet docuseries, died of an ‘acute cardiac event,” the zoo announced Tuesday. Ntondo, a male western lowland gorilla who lived in ...

Acadiana restaurants were cited almost 80 times last year for failing to disclose the origin of their shrimp. In Louisiana, any food service establishment that serves imported seafood must disclose on ...

A lot of exciting changes and celebrations are coming to the Cincinnati Zoo.The zoo is celebrating the birth of African penguin chicks for the first time in three years, marking a hopeful milestone ...

The Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens will open its new Manatee River Habitat and VyStar SkyScape Entrance on March 6, 2026. A $3 million donation from J. Wayne and Delores Barr Weaver helped fund the new ...