Garbage Pickup for Easter 2026 CONTINUE READING >> Announcement PROCLAMATION: Today, , has been proclaimed Paint the Parish Blue and Autism Awareness Day in Lafourche Parish
Dear Parents, Students, Employees, and Friends of the Lafourche Parish School District, As we enter the second half of the 2025-2026 school year, I am filled with tremendous pride reflecting on everything our students and staff have accomplished so far.
Let me Brag! The Lafourche Gazette has a new opportunity for you to brag on your kids! Send us your photos of your child and some wording on what you want to brag on. We will feature a photo weekly on the front page of our newspaper and on a special section on our website!
Lafourche Parish is part of the Houma -Thibodaux metropolitan statistical area. People of the state-recognized Native American Houma Tribe live in both Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes.
Lafourche ranks in the top 10 parishes in the state of Louisiana in sugar, citrus and beef. We are the 9th largest sugar parish with over 28,000 acres of sugarcane (farm value of over $27 million with a total of 32 farms).
Recent Arrests & Mugshots – Lafourche Parish, Louisiana RecentlyBooked.com provides regularly updated booking information and mugshots for Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, sourced from publicly available sheriff’s office records. Our system monitors the Lafourche Parish Jail and related law-enforcement sources to surface recent bookings, charges, and arrest activity as it becomes available ...
Name: The name of the parish is derived from the French phrase la fourche or in English, the fork; Bayou Lafourche, or Fork Bayou, is a fork of the Mississippi River
Lafourche Parish works to reduce infant mortality and improve birth outcomes through outreach, care coordination, health education, support for postpartum and well-woman care, interconception health services, and initiatives that encourage and strengthen father and partner engagement. The Healthy Start Community