Local News for Lafayette, Louisiana from theadvertiser.com

Mainieri tinkers again as LSU gets ready for SEC tournament

May 21, 2013 4:27 am

Baseball managers like to try think three or four innings ahead as well as a few days ahead.

Honoring Skip Bertman long overdue

May 21, 2013 4:24 am

It's about time they put Skip Bertman's name on, or in, LSU's baseball stadium.

Top 28 won't return in 2014

May 21, 2013 4:22 am

The Louisiana High School Athletic Association's Top 28 boy's basketball tournament will not be returning to Lafayette at least for the next two years, because the Cajundome did not submit a bid to ho...

Fla. agencies raced to find La. boy

May 21, 2013 4:15 am

Investigators believe Owen Black, the autistic boy from Louisiana whose body was recovered Sunday near the Florida beach where his family was staying, was trapped by an undertow and taken out to sea.

First responders honored

May 21, 2013 4:15 am

Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office lieutenant and volunteer wrestling coach Greg Lavergne was awarded the 2013 Respect for Law Award posthumously Monday.

Baseball ready for SBC tourney action

May 21, 2013 4:09 am

A season ago, they finished 23-30 and didn't even qualify for the eight-team Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament.

Council ponders 30-day amnesty

May 21, 2013 3:18 am

The Lafayette City-Parish Council is expected tonight to consider a 30-day amnesty period for motorists who are late paying red-light camera fines, and to consider splitting late fees with contractor ...

State missed steps monitoring charters

May 21, 2013 3:13 am

The state Department of Education had gaps in its monitoring of the academic and contractual performance of Louisiana charter schools last year, according to a legislative audit released Monday.

La. ranks high in frequency of twisters

May 21, 2013 3:11 am

Louisiana is more known for its hurricanes, but the state also has gotten its share of twisters over the years.