Lafayette firefighters responded to a mobile home fire on Saturday at the 100 block of Hebert Road. No one was inside. The occupant was at a neighbor’s home.

In response to the imminent freezing temperatures approaching our community, Lafayette Consolidated Government is opening a warming center to provide refuge for individuals experiencing homelessness or who lack adequate heat.

Sheriff Becket Breaux announced deputies with the St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Office received a call on Saturday, January 4, around 2:30 p.m. regarding a body that was located by a passing driver in a wooded area.

One arrest has been made in connection to