House Fire Leaves Lafayette Family Homeless

The elderly homeowner and her disabled adult nephew escaped without any injuries... Read More »

One Acadiana Earns Prestigious Accreditation by the International Economic Development Council

One Acadiana becomes one of only 66 economic development groups in the world to earn the Accredited Economic Development Organization status... Read More »

State Official Scraps Louisiana Medicaid Contract Awards, Citing 'Fatally Flawed' Process

A state official has thrown out multibillion-dollar contracts the Louisiana Department of Health awarded to manage the care of most of the state’s Medicaid population... Read More »

Dead Alligators Dropped To The Bottom Of The Gulf of Mexico Make For Rare And Delicious Meal For Some

Researchers from ULL are among a team of marine biologists that made two unexpected discoveries while studying how deep-sea creatures would react when presented with unfamiliar food source... Read More »

Frontier Suspends Service To LFT Indefinitely

Frontier Airlines has informed Lafayette Regional Airport (LFT) they will not return to the Lafayette market... Read More »

Facebook Tip Leads To 30-Year Sentence For North Texas Woman Who Sexually Exploited A Child

A woman who videotaped as she forced a 9-year-old girl to perform sex acts on her husband was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison, Tuesday, for producing child pornography... Read More »

Louisiana Republicans To Lead State Senate Money Committees

Republicans will chair 12 of the 17 standing committees in the Louisiana state Senate for the 2020-2024 term, including the two committees that have the most control of taxpayer dollars... Read More »

Guillory Names Carlos Harvin LCG Chief of Minority Affairs

Lafayette Mayor-President Josh Guillory has announced that Carlos Harvin will join his Administration as Chief of Minority Affairs... Read More »

Acadiana Regional Airport Receives Certification For 170 Acre Large Industrial Tract Site Program

Site P4 is Acadiana’s 15th certified site and the third to be certified in Iberia Parish. As a certified site, it meets the state’s priority to certify large tracts of land, known as Industrial Sites... Read More »

Lafayette Man Cited for Deer Hunting Violations in Vermilion Parish

LDWF Agents cited Scott Dailey, 39, of Lafayette for failing to comply with deer tagging regulations and failing to comply with deer harvest validation regulations. Read More »

Daniel Landry Announces Candidacy For District Attorney

Daniel Landry (R) announced on Thursday that he will become a candidate for the Office of Louisiana’s 15th Judicial District Attorney. Election Day is Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020... Read More »

Traffic Stop Leads to Narcotic Arrests

During a search of the vehicle, officers discovered 15 cases of Promethazine & approx 5 grams of marijuana. Arrested were Markise Nettles (22) and Deryan Mosley (26), both of Mississippi... Read More »

Wingerter Named LCG Chief Administrative Officer

Mayor-President Josh Guillory replaces the recently appointed Beth Guidry with Cydra Wingerter as Chief Administrative Officer for LCG... Read More »

Cook County Released More Than 1,000 Criminal Aliens With ICE Detainers In FY19

Sanctuary Policies Put Public Safety at Risk: Law enforcement agencies in Illinois released 1,070 criminal aliens & immigration violators in 2019 without notifying ICE prior to their release Read More »

CNN To Pay $76 Million In Back Pay

The CNN settlement is the largest monetary remedy in the history of the National Labor Relations Board... Read More »