Freetown-Port Rico, a Lafayette neighborhood that once was a safe haven for freed slaves, has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. The long-sought designation, which came this week, ...

Originally a neighborhood for railroad and sugar cane workers, freed slaves and Lebanese immigrants, the Freetown-Port Rico neighborhood just south of downtown Lafayette has been through several ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY)- A local restaurant is closing one of its original locations near downtown Lafayette. Taco Sisters will end its operation in the Freetown Port-Rico neighborhood off Johnston ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) – Freetown-Port Rico could be seeing major developments near downtown. This comes as the Lafayette Community Development and Planning Department plans to re-zone the area. The ...

The two latest concepts for the Interstate 49 Lafayette Connector, one with roundabouts replacing traffic signals at three intersections and both with sound barriers and accommodations for the ...

Freetown in Lafayette has played a substantial role in Lafayette’s African-American history, known as a safe haven for freed slaves. “It was a space that people pick themselves up by the bootstraps, ...

A row of brightly colored, tin-roofed, shotgun houses is springing up in Freetown. The first phase of Springhill, a 23-home development along General Mouton Avenue, is under construction. With prices ...

Ochsner Lafayette General is opening the Ochsner Lafayette General Community Health Center on Monday, which was part of a $3-million project to renovate the former Lafayette Community Health Care ...

LUNSAR, Sierra Leone and LONDON, June 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- SL Mining Limited ("SL Mining", "the Company"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Gerald Group, is very pleased to announce that the first ...