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🌱 What Lafayette Parish’s Senate runoff results mean heading into November
Lafayette, Louisiana Patch AM: a 5 min readHey there, Lafayette! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- What Lafayette Parish’s Senate runoff results mean heading into November
- How Lafayette’s Festivals Acadiens landed a starring role with the Smithsonian
- How a Lafayette chef cooked his way to Louisiana’s seafood crown
Also on today's calendar: Sharon LaCour.
Today's riddle: What do French fries do when they haven’t seen each other in a while? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Sunday: Mostly sunny and humid, with a high of 94 and low of 77 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Monday: Mostly sunny and humid, temps: high: 93, low: 76.
- Tuesday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 93 and low of 76 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Lafayette Parish runoff results: Letlow, Davis win nominations (theadvertiser.com) — Lafayette Parish voters have chosen their nominees for Louisiana’s open U.S. Senate seat, backing Republican Julia Letlow and Democrat Jamie Davis in Saturday’s primary runoff. With 24,021 local ballots cast, both now advance to the November 3 general election, where they’ll face each other and any additional qualified candidates. 
• Festivals Acadiens and the Smithsonian go way back (thecurrentla.com) — Lafayette’s beloved Festivals Acadiens et Créoles is stepping onto a national stage through a new collaboration with the Smithsonian’s America 250 “Festival of Festivals” project. The story traces how a 1974 Cajun music show at Blackham Coliseum evolved into today’s signature Lafayette festival, and how decades of ties with the Smithsonian are now bringing archival footage, new funding, and a special fall program highlighting Cajun and Creole music’s evolution.
• Lafayette chef wins Louisiana Seafood Cook-Off, named 2026 King of Louisiana Seafood (klfy.com) — A Lafayette chef just brought a major culinary title home, as Kris Allen of Pamplona Tapas Bar and Restaurant was crowned the 2026 King of Louisiana Seafood at the statewide cook-off in Kenner. Allen’s crab-stuffed flounder beat 12 competitors from across Louisiana, and he’ll now represent the state at the Great American Seafood Cook-Off and serve as a seafood ambassador.
📸 Around Lafayette
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★ Featured events ★
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Final Frontier Tour →
CAJUNDOME & Convention Center, 444 Cajundome Blvd, Lafayette
7:30 pm
Sunday June 28
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Sharon LaCour →
South Regional Library, 6101 Johnston St, Lafayette
6:00 pm
Tuesday June 30
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Kober Benefit →
Cowboys Nightclub, 207 N Ambassador Caffery Pkwy, Scott
10:00 am -
ZYDECO GONE WILD- SWIMSUIT & BOOTS EDITION w/LIL' NATE, DJ SEXY LEX, DJ VOS →
Cypress Cove Landing, 1399 Henderson Levee Rd, Breaux Bridge
3:00 pm -
Lil Nate @ Cypress Cove →
Cypress Cove Landing, 1399 Henderson Levee Rd, Breaux Bridge
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Juneteenth Lyrical Expressions →
Downtown Convention Center, 124 S Buchanan St, Lafayette
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Finance Committee Meeting
St. Martin Parish SMPSB Federal Programs & Tech Annex
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St. Martin Parish School Board - Department of Administration, 625 Corporate Blvd, Breaux Bridge, LA 70517, USA
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Scott City Council Meeting →
Scott City Hall, 125 Lions Club Rd, Scott
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Broussard Independence Day Festival →
Broussard Sports Complex at Saint Julien Park, 701 St Nazaire Rd, Broussard
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Tracy Lawrence →
Camp Margaritaville Breaux Bridge, 1055 N Barn Rd, Breaux Bridge
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Yvette Landry Trio →
Buck & Johnny's: Eclectic Italian with a Cajun Flair, 100 Berard St, Breaux Bridge
6:30 pm
Sunday June 28
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Hey guys, it’s Food Truck Friday AND National Food Truck Day and Parc De Oaks has a stacked park, including a NEW TRUCK!
Stop by and grab some lunch or treat from one of the many trucks there! Enjoy this beautiful day! #SupportLocalBusinesses (Nextdoor River Oaks/ River Trace) - Before I disconnect from this site as I go to Africa for two years, I wanted to make you aware of scam from a person who found me on this site.
Now the site said the person just joined this site so I was already leery. She/they wanted to purchase my adjustable bed frame and was going to… (Nextdoor Plantation Estates)
- ArcBest Corporation posted a job opening for Dock Worker / Forklift Operator, Part Time in Lafayette. Apply here.
- Valet Living, Inc. posted a job opening for Part Time Doorstep Trash Collection Specialist - Night in Lafayette. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lafayette here.
🗞 Nearby News
Scott
- Senate GOP scrambling for a strategy to please Trump on SAVE America Act (klfy.com)
Broussard
- Kevin and Trev Faulk mark 22nd year of youth football camp (katc.com)
- Carencro drivers demand action over I-49 gravel damage (klfy.com)
- Deadly Hit-and-Run Ends With Felony Arrest (973thedawg.com)
Carencro
- Three sites marked as ready for development along Chemin Metairie (katc.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: “ketchup!” (Thank you Fauna T. for sending it in!)
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