Many people in Lafayette were out catching beads at the Friday Night Parade. But there were also those who had different plans for the night, who got to see the parade whether they wanted to or not. That's because for as many beads thrown, there's just as many roads closed. This Friday night, the parade caught driver after driver off guard. "Slowed down and boom, they closed the road. Had no ...

PROFESSIONAL THEATER "Burn the Red Banner: Or, Let the Rebels Have Their Fun": A collection of plays by Michigan playwright Franco Vitella, 8 p.m. Fri.-Sat., 4 p.m. Sun. Through Feb. 25. Abreact Performance Space, 1301 W. Lafayette #113, Detroit. 313-285-0217. www.theabreact.com. Donation.

Do you know of someone who lives in Lafayette or Orinda who has gone above and beyond for their community, providing crucial muscle for a local project or working tirelessly to help those in need?

The following people were booked into the Lafayette Parish Correction Center Tuesday. Be advised, the names listed are the names provided by the inmate and/or arresting agency at the time of the arrest.

WORCESTER - Senior captain Meredith Ward didnand#8217;t have to say too much to her Holy Cross teammates the last two days of practice or before last nightand#8217;s game against Lafayette at the Hart Center. "We were sick of losing," Ward said, "and we came out fired up and ready to go this week in practice and (last night). We came ready to play, and right from the start, we had the mentality ...

In the past three years, state health investigators have been to the Indiana Veterans' Home outside West Lafayette more than 18 times to investigate complaints and perform routine inspections.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Kelsey Barlow's Purdue basketball career is over, and teammate D.J. Byrd has been suspended for Sunday's game against seventh-ranked Michigan State following an incident at a West Lafayette bar.

Northampton Community College Spartans who dream of becoming Lafayette Leopards or Lehigh Mountain Hawks just got some good news.

MANCHESTER • Years from now, whenever he visits his alma mater, Mark Waller can look up on the gym wall and see a part of school history he helped create.

Lafayette and two more Louisiana cities have been added to state's Volunteer Louisiana campaign. In Lafayette, two volunteers, Nicholas Guillory and Lana Fontenot, were chosen to appear on billboards which will stay up for three months. A third billboard features Lt. Governor Dardenne who oversees Volunteer Louisiana and is an active community volunteer. The campaign is All We Need Is U, and it ...