Good morning, Lafayette.

Lafayette Police are inviting residents to National Night Out, a mini festival of family fun at the MLK Center (309 Cora St.) on Tuesday, Oct.

6 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Free parking is provided and law enforcement partners will host activities.

Louisiana Mosquito Festival returns to Cankton this weekend with local food, live music, and family-friendly activities.

The event invites community members to enjoy tradition + local fun for all ages.

Train Unique, a Lafayette gym for people with intellectual and physical disabilities, offers tailored fitness programs and community events that help athletes build strength and confidence.

Its annual Ulympic Games (an adaptive fitness competition) will take place on Sept. 26 from 9 a.m. to noon at Bourgeois Hall at ULL.

Downtown Rising returns to Lafayette for its first two-night festival at Parc International on Friday and Saturday, featuring live music from artists including Big Freedia and Dumpstaphunk while local food and retro arcade games add to the fun, and afterparties will continue at Chez La Fête on Lafayette St.

Noble Plastics CEO Missy Rogers said Louisiana could revitalize its manufacturing base with an $8.5M expansion aimed at supplying plastic housings to First Solar in New Iberia, and the company expects to boost its workforce from 70 by year-end to over 100 next year.

Junior Achievement of Acadiana has received a Taco Bell Foundation grant to expand programs that teach personal finance, career readiness, and entrepreneurship skills for local teens.

The grant, funded by customer round-ups, will support the Leading Ladies and Mentoring Men programs.

UL’s College of Nursing and Health Sciences has named Maria Moya of Lafayette and Alyssa Theriot as inaugural Dolores Bess Scholars, awarding them enhanced support from a boosted endowment that helps nursing juniors with clinical coursework and honors Bess’s 25-year legacy on the faculty.

Airman Alexys Joiner of Abbeville earned the Military Excellence Award at Recruit Training Command Great Lakes on Sept.

17 & will report to Naval Air Station Pensacola to begin training as an Aviation Rescue Swimmer.

LSU will face Texas A&M at 6:30 p.m. CT on Saturday, Sept.

26 inside Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge. The Tigers, coming off an opening loss, are favored by 10 points as they prepare for the top-20 matchup.