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Some new recruits have been hired by the Lafayette Fire Department to begin their training to become Lafayette firefighters.

The Lafayette Fire Department hired fifteen new firefighters making up their 106th Recruit Fire Academy.

Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there, as well as single parents pulling double duty.

Lafayette’s City Council voted not to raise the salary cap for the city’s next police chief Tuesday.

“If you can’t do what we ask you to do in a normal environment, how are we going to expect you to do something when everything is falling apart?” Chief Benoit said.

A civil service board in Louisiana has upheld a decision to fire a fire department captain for insubordination after he repeatedly refused orders to wear a COVID-19 mask at a training session last year.

Lafayette firefighter who was fired after refusing to wear a mask will not get his job back despite his attorney arguing it was excessive punishment.

If you ever want a straight answer, just ask a veteran.When the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced last month its recommendation to close the VA medical center in Leeds, citing the age of its buildings and a projected decline in the number...

If you ever want a straight answer, just ask a veteran.When the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced last month its recommendation to close the VA medical center in Leeds, citing the age of its buildings and a projected decline in the number...

A Connecticut man cashed in a winning CT Lottery ticket worth six figures that was sold at an area gas station.Hartford County resident Ryan Carey, of Bristol, won the top prize playing a “$100,000 50th Anniversary” scratch-off lottery tic…