Confessed church arsonist Holden Matthews was sentenced in federal court on Monday, a year and a half after he destroyed three historically Black churches in Port Barre and Opelousas in a 10-day arson spree in spring 2019. Matthews was sentenced to 25 years in prison for three counts of intentional damage to religious property, a hate crime under the 1996 Church Arson Prevention Act, and one count of using fire to commit a felony for burning the three historically Black Baptist churches in Marc

The Lafayette airport is steadily growing with the number of boarding passengers increasing annually, yet the airport is still much smaller compared to other airports across the United States. Compared with airports from areas with a similar population to the Lafayette area, the Lafayette airport is smaller both in size and in the number of passengers it sees. From 2018 to 2019, the number of boarding passengers, for Lafayette Regional Paul Fournet Field increased by 23%, according to the airp

Burrowed down deep within the soil, one Lafayette woman found the source of inspiration for a new kind of recycling business. Taylor Lyons, affectionately called “the Worm Lady,” recently opened her business, Worm Lady Recycles, a recycling worm farm where she sells the worms’ waste as a source of natural fertilizer. Collecting paper items, such as copy paper, egg cartons and packing paper, along with old vegetables and produce, Taylor Lyons brings these products to her home to send them back

Up the stairs of her two-story apartment, tucked away on the side wall of her bedroom, is where Christine Savoie will have her office and classroom space for at least the next two months. Made up of a small, white fold out table with a printer, laptop, and a couple of personal photographs, she will be learning and working for the rest of her spring semester after her university made the decision to switch to remote instruction. The scene feels familiar for many as universities across the United

University of Louisiana Lafayette officials said students and faculty that attended the NICAR journalism conference in New Orleans can return to class after possible COVID-19 exposure. Concern arose from the conference organizers’ announcement that one unnamed attendee tested presumptive positive for COVID-19. The university officials communicated to the eight journalism students and one professor that they are low-risk and are safe to return to class. The university also emailed an announceme