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, ...

Downtown residential has been a top priority across the board. While there aren’t yet apartments available on top of the Children’s Museum overlooking Parc Sans Souci or lofts built along the newly ...

Residents of a Lafayette neighborhood once known as a safe haven for freed slaves and free men of color during the mid-1800s are working to add the area to the National Register of Historic Places.

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) – 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 ...

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 ...