When the then-new Lafayette General Hospital was dedicated in 1965, the principal speaker lauded Lafayette people for their “forward look” in its establishment. Lafayette and surrounding areas would ...

The spring of 1911 was the most exciting of times in Greater Lafayette. In March of that year, at a public ceremony at 9th and Elizabeth streets, they installed the cornerstone in the building that ...

Get that dusty, old accordion out of the attic and bring it to the history students at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The university’s graduate students are gathering such memorabilia in ...

Great moments in American history have had an uncanny way, at times, of involving people from the Lafayette area. Typical was the falling-scaffold tragedy that killed two people and injured 82 at the ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY)– The local African-American history of La Place Neighborhood will be recognized and celebrated with a heritage walk. The walk will take place on February 21 at 9 am. According to ...

Lafayette Travel’s latest Gumbo People episode features Erica Fox, who transforms Maison Creole de Freetown into a cultural ...

When faced with racism and discrimination from her community, it was Rose Lueras who challenged Lafayette’s white-only restriction on the local swimming pool in 1934. Organizing many Latino residents ...

It was September 5, 1919. Johnny got his gun, the war against the Hun was won, and the boys were coming home from Over There. Meanwhile the victors squabbled at the Versailles peace conference. A ...