Here's a look at news making headlines in your parish for Thursday, April 3, 2025.
LAFAYETTE PARISH
Lafayette Consolidated Government and Festival International de Louisiane are hosting a flag raising ceremony at City Hall today in observance of the free, five-day event happening downtown from April 23 - 27.
The flag raising ceremony begins at 9 a.m.
ST. LANDRY PARISH
CORRECTION: THIS EVENT IS HAPPENING APRIL 10, BUT YOU CAN REGISTER NOW.
Small business owners in the parish have a chance to learn about business growth strategy and how to bid on local, state, and federal contracting opportunities at a disadvantaged business enterprise certification seminar today — and it's all for free.
Hosted by the W Consulting Group and Opelousas Downtown Development District, it's happening at the St. Landry Economic Development building on the I-49 South Service Road starting at 5:30 p.m. until 7 p.m.
You can register here:
JEFF DAVIS PARISH
Some neighbors will not have electricity this morning while crews perform transmission work.
The outage will affect Charlie, Manchester, and Hackett substation customers starting at 9:00 a.m.
It's expected to last about 5 hours.
