SafeSource Direct, the Broussard-based personal protective equipment manufacturer, has suspended operations in a move that will put 541 out of work.
The Lafayette Police Department is investigating a shooting that occurred around 2:20 p.m. Friday in the 200 block of Hugh Wallis Road.
A St. Landry Parish Grand Jury formally charged an Opelousas man with first-degree murder in the death of his 65-year-old mother in late June.
In his first address to University of Louisiana at Lafayette stakeholders, interim president Jaimie Hebert said the administration's top two priorities are fiscal stability and process efficiency.
