Lidia Alcala

The Ragin’ Cajuns Downtown Alive event in Lafayette, La. is collecting donations of professional clothing to benefit the university’s Career Closet, providing students with professional…

The Autism Society of Acadiana is hosting a sensory-friendly fundraiser, Walk on the Wild Side, at Zoosiana on Saturday Sept. 6, to help provide events and programs for those with autism in the com…

After 40 years of service, Lafayette Fire Chief Robert P. Benoit will retire on August 15, leaving behind a legacy of trust and community support.

The Lafayette Animal Shelter & Care Center has set up three microchip scanning stations in Lafayette Parish to help pet owners quickly locate their lost pets and keep them out of animal shelte…

The Hub Lafayette Urban Ministries is hosting a food drive to support individuals facing homelessness and chronic poverty, with donations needed by July 31 to replenish their shelves.

The Lafayette Jockey Lot offers free booths to rent for veterans and first responders during July to show support for their service to the community and country.

Volunteers with Catholic Charities of Acadiana collected donations from hundreds of cars at a one-day supply drive, which will be shipped to Texas to help survivors recover from recent floods.

Emmy, now eight months cancer-free, was granted a wish to visit Disney World, courtesy of Halliburton and the Make-A-Wish Foundation, after being diagnosed with neuroblastoma at the age of two.

Ja’Nayah Howard, a junior from David Thibodaux STEM Magnet Academy, won gold in the informative speaking category at the 100th Annual National Speech and Debate Tournament in Iowa, and was an…

Family creates Pool Guardian to safeguard pool safety

Two students, Molly Lai and Kennedi Johnson, spent months crocheting a quilt of almost 200 flags painted by students and teachers over the years, to honor the past students and the physical buildin…

A Lafayette couple was able to get their daughter with juvenile idiopathic arthritis into remission without medication by implementing lifestyle and diet changes, and Joshua compiled the informatio…

The St. Jude Dream Home, built by McLain Companies, is open to the public every Saturday and Sunday from noon to 5pm until June 22, with proceeds from ticket sales supporting childhood cancer resea…

Our Lady of Wisdom Church and Catholic Student Center are hosting their first Super Giving Day on May 8, aiming to raise $150,000 to support the FOCUS Missionary and Campus Ministry teams, and offe…

The Community Foundation of Acadiana is ending SOLA Giving Day and instead offering affiliate grants between $2,000 and $5,000 to nonprofits in Evangeline, Iberia, St. Landry, St. Mary and Vermilio…

Festival International de Louisiane begins Wednesday, offering five days of music, food, and art from around the world, with resources available on the festival’s website and app to help plan…

Rebecca D. Henry, founder and director of the Creole Heritage Folklife Center in Opelousas, is a remarkable woman who is dedicated to preserving and sharing Creole heritage through guided tours, co…

Schilling Distributing, Lafayette’s only locally owned alcohol distributor, has partnered with Folds of Honor to offer two scholarships to students whose parent is a fallen or disabled milita…

Dr. Mary Neiheisel, a nursing professor at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, has been honored as a Remarkable Women finalist for her work in giving back to her community, including voluntee…

Justina Plowden, a wheelchair-bound law student, is one of the four finalists for the Remarkable Women award, for her efforts to make her hometown of Abbeville more accessible to the disabled commu…