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Buc-ee’s Is Opening Its First Location in This State: ‘Finally Happening’

The travel center chain is opening its first location in Louisiana on Monday, Nov. 9 in Lafayette

Louisiana · 4h
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Mammoth skeleton unearthed in Louisiana

A landowner in Louisiana recently discovered fossil remains belonging to a mammoth.

Lafayette, LA · 1d

kalb.com

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Here’s the breakdown of voters in Alexandria’s mayoral race

ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - Mayor Jacques Roy finished the first round of Alexandria’s mayoral election with 49% of the vote, just short of a majority. That means 51% of voters chose someone other than Roy, and a runoff against Councilman Malcolm Larvadain, who received the second-most votes, is set for Dec. 12.

Alexandria, LA · 16h
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Opelousas mayoral and police chief races headed to runoff elections

OPELOUSAS, La. (KLFY) — Voters in Opelousas will head to the polls again after both the mayoral and police chief races ended in runoffs, with no candidate receiving enough votes to secure a victory outright. In the mayor’s race, Kenon Lamb led the field with 23% of the vote, receiving 1,101 votes. Julius Alsandor followed […]

Opelousas, LA · 2d

WNTZ

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Cleco gives blankets to veterans ahead of Veterans Day and colder temperatures approaching

PINEVILLE, La. – Nov. 5, 2026 – Cleco gave away 1,500 blankets today to customers who are veterans at Kees Park in Pineville ahead of Veterans Day as a thank-you for their service, and in anticipation of colder temperatures in Louisiana. Pineville, where Cleco is headquartered, is also home to the Alexandria VA Medical Center, […]

Pineville, LA · 1d

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Clay Higgins wins reelection in Louisiana's 3rd District race

Republican incumbent Clay Higgins won reelection for Louisiana's 3rd Congressional District. Higgins secured 56% of the vote, avoiding a runoff against five other candidates. The congressman celebrated his victory with supporters at Rock'n'Bowl de Lafayette. Higgins will return to Washington for another term, having first been elected in 2016. Surrounded...

Louisiana · 2d

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$100 Entergy bill credit program includes Avoyelles customers

Eligible Entergy Louisiana residential customers in Avoyelles Parish are included in a statewide assistance program offering a one-time $100 credit toward their electricity bills. The $2 million program is funded by Entergy shareholder dollars and administered through participating United Way organizations. Applications opened at 9 a.m. Oct. 28 and will...

Avoyelles Parish, LA · 1d

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T-Alphonse Sez: The Original Alphonse Reaches Out from the Grave with Election Predictions

Editor’s note: By the time the original Alphonse reached out with these predictions, our next paper was scheduled to reach readers the day after the election. He made these picks before the votes were counted, and we’re printing them as he called them. Let’s see how close he came to the results from last night’s election.

Marksville, LA · 2d

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Express Inn owner given 2-week reprieve from condemnation due to potential buyer

The Express Inn on Evangeline Thruway, ordered closed last month due to excessive criminal activity and possible code violations, escaped condemnation Wednesday. A judge delayed condemning all buildings on the property at 1314 NE Evangeline Thruway until a Nov. 18 hearing because the owner said there is a potential buyer.

Lafayette, LA · 1d

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New Lafayette High School Baseball & Softball Complex Under Construction At Former S.J. Montgomery Elementary Site

A new Lafayette High School (LHS) baseball and softball complex is coming soon at 600 Foreman Drive in Lafayette, LA, on the former site of S.J. Montgomery Elementary School, directly behind LHS. The new athletic complex will feature two separate fields for the school’s baseball and softball programs, along with...

Lafayette, LA · 2d

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Jeff Davis election: Runoff declared in district attorney, Elton mayoral races

A runoff has been declared in the Jeff Davis Parish district attorney race after none of the three candidates garnered 50 percent of the vote on Tuesday. Incumbent Lauren Heinen […]

Elton, LA · 2d

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Races for Jeff Davis DA, Iowa mayor among runoffs set for December

SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA (KPLC) - Voters will choose Iowa’s next mayor and decide whether Jeff Davis’ district attorney will serve another term next month. Races in the Nov. 3 election in which no one received a majority of the vote will head to a runoff on Dec. 12, with the top two candidates on the ballot. The runoffs in Southwest Louisiana are listed below.

Iowa, LA · 1d

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New documentary uncovers Louisiana's forgotten Filipino history, America's oldest Asian settlement

A centuries-old Filipino settlement in Louisiana's coastal marshes is the subject of a new documentary by a University of Louisiana at Lafayette professor who is working to bring an overlooked chapter of the state's history to light. "Settling St. Malo," a 26-minute documentary featuring the research and poetry of UL...

Louisiana · 1d

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UL Lafayette Expands Space Programs as Colom Leads in Miss. Senate Race and Natchez River Level Falls

Your browser does not support the audio element. Subirior Crab is planning to open a new location in Natchez. The seafood boil and cocktail restaurant...

Natchez, MS · 7h

We Are Lafayette

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Don Landry Re-elected District Attorney Over Lafayette, Acadia, and Vermilion

Incumbent Don Landry won re-election as 15th JDC district attorney, serving Lafayette, Acadia and Vermilion parishes. The race included debate over oversight of the office’s pretrial diversion program after a federal bribery case.

Lafayette, LA · 2d

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Jeff Davis voters reject allocating funding from jail to new animal shelter by 34 votes

JENNINGS, La. (KPLC) - For a second time, voters in Jeff Davis Parish have narrowly rejected a measure to dedicate a small portion of jail funding to the newly-built animal shelter. Southwest Louisiana voters passed 12 tax proposals in Tuesday’s election and rejected two. Nov. 3 election. Full results.

Jennings, LA · 2d

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Charlotte Clavier and Eric Knight advance to runoff for Carencro mayor

Incumbent mayor Charlotte Stemmans Clavier and Democratic challenger Eric Knight will move forward to a runoff to become the next mayor of Carencro in an election to be held on Dec. 12. Clavier received 39% of the vote with according to unofficial results from the Louisiana Secretary of State's website,...

Carencro, LA · 2d

theadvocate.com

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Election day in Acadiana: Carencro mayor's race heads to runoff; Voter wants 'a change in Louisiana'

Incumbent Charlotte Stemmans Clavier will face Eric Knight in the Dec. 12 runoff for Carencro mayor. On Tuesday Clavier led the three candidates on the ballot with 1,191 votes, or 39%, according to unofficial results posted on the Louisiana secretary of state’s office Wednesday morning. Knight received 1,069 votes, or 35%, while Don Chauvin, who lost to Clavier in 2022, finished third with 789 votes.

Carencro, LA · 1d

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‘They can trust me’: Ted Davidson shares priorities for term on Lafayette Parish School Board

In a special election for a one-year term, interim school board member Robert “Ted” Davidson pulled ahead of challenger Stasia Herbert-McZeal to win the District 2 seat on the Lafayette Parish School Board. Tuesday’s unofficial results from the Louisiana Secretary of State showed Davidson with 54% of the...

Lafayette Parish, LA · 2d

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Run-off for the Lafayette City Court Division B seat

LAFAYETTE, LA. (KLFY) — The City Court Judge for Divison B in Lafayette will go to a run off after none of the candidates won a majority during the Nov. 3 election. The election was between candidates Ryan Harris, James Klock and Emilia Pardo. Klock qualified for the runoff...

Lafayette, LA · 2d