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About 7,000 Lafayette households will see trash collection day change Aug. 3
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (208+ words) Acadiana Waste Services is delivering new garbage and recycling carts to customers in the city of Lafayette, La., and unincorporated areas, to be used starting Oct. 30, 2023. About 7,000 households in the city of Lafayette and unincorporated areas of Lafayette Parish will…...
Missing emu found wandering near Duson leaves Lafayette animal shelter: ‘very confused’
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (177+ words) An emu found wandering in Duson is at the Lafayette Parish Animal Shelter. Duson police responding to reports of a large bird along a roadside this week were surprised to find an emu wandering the area, according to authorities. Officers…...
Taking down decorations? Here's how to dispose of Christmas trees in the Lafayette area.
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (375+ words) A Christmas tree is set out for trash pick up Tuesday, December 30, 2025, on Maple Drive in Lafayette, La. Lafayette residents looking to dispose of live (now dead) Christmas trees are asked to place them on the curb on your regular…...
Downtown Lafayette gets a ferny facelift: Volunteers help plant 16,000 square feet along Jefferson
10+ mon, 4+ day ago (528+ words) From left, Jessica Taylor, Ciara Leblanc, Ella Morgan and Rachel Voitier plant in the flowerbeds along Jefferson St. Saturday, November 8, 2025, during the Downtown in Bloom event. Julien Labry, (4) can't resist checking out the freshly planted plants during the Downtown in…...
Lafayette breaks ground on $17.6 million sewage project to unlock downtown development
10+ mon, 4+ week ago (373+ words) Jeff Stewart, director of Lafayette Utilities System, speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony for the LUS South Gravity Lift Station Thursday, October 16, 2025, in the 1900 block of Johnston Street in Lafayette, La.The $17.6 project is "designed to improve wastewater capacity and reliability…...