A Lafayette Parish jury convicted Dwight Celestine of rape and burglary in a 2019 Youngsville home attack. Sentencing is set for 90 days.

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — The W.D. & Mary Baker Smith Career Center is a place where high school students in Lafayette Parish have the opportunity to spend part of their day building skills, earning ...

The Lafayette Chamber of Commerce will honor longtime community volunteer Carol Singer as its 2026 Citizen of the Year at a March 19 reception and dinner recognizing her more than four decades of ...

Korey Lavergne, a Catholic priest from Acadia Parish, has been formally charged in connection with a child sex abuse case. A Bill of Information was filed ...

Louisiana voters will decide on five constitutional amendments in a May 16 election. The proposed amendments impact judicial retirement age, civil service, schools and business taxes. One proposal ...

London art-rock band Modern Woman, led by primary songwriter Sophie Harris, have released “Neptune Girl,” the second single and video from their upcoming debut album, Johnny’s Dreamworld, out May 1st ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Louisiana Illuminator photo illustration In 2023, Louisiana had the highest maternal mortality rate in the nation: 41.9 deaths per ...

Alysa Liu won a gold medal in women's individual figure skating on Thursday, making her the first U.S. woman to take the Olympic podium in the event since 2006. Japan's Kaori Sakamoto took silver and ...

SANTA ROSA COUNTY, Fla. (WALA) - A Louisiana man critically injured this morning in a single-vehicle crash in Santa Rosa County has died, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash happened ...

MILAN — Alysa Liu carried the flag of the “Blade Angels” into Thursday night’s free skate all the way to the top of the podium. Ranked third after the women’s Olympic short program, Liu was one of the ...

Amanda Milsap's attorney plans to request a jury from outside Tippecanoe County for her upcoming trial. Milsap is one of six people charged in connection with the gang-related shootings of Judge Steve ...

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