AMBASSADOR CAFFERY CONCRETE REPAIR LANE CLOSURES

Crews will be making concrete repairs on Ambassador Caffery Parkway between Galbert Road and Eraste Landry Road... Read More »

Intoxicated Driver Arrested After Attempting to Strike Officers With Vehicle

Dominque Mills drove through a crime scene barricade at a high rate of speed towards officers. LPD Officers had to leap out of the path of Ms. Mills’ vehicle to avoid being struck... Read More »

Lafayette Parish Students Excell On Preliminary SAT -- Others Qualify as National Merit Scholars

Congratulations to the following LPSS schools and students for scoring in the Top 91st percentile or above on the Preliminary SAT... Read More »

New program offers $146M in federal funds for struggling Louisiana homeowners

Gov. John Bel Edwards announced the Louisiana Homeowner Assistance Fund will provide up to $25,000 per eligible homeowner to help avoid... Read More »

Suspects Arrested on Armed Robbery and Other Charges

Lafayette Police arrested Selena Smith and Juwan Abraham on 2 counts of armed robbery, 2 counts of armed robbery with a gun, prostitution, and aggravated second-degree battery... Read More »

Potier to Remain Interim Commander of Lafayette Police Department

LCG: A national search to fill the Police Chief position will begin immediately... Read More »

Shreveport Businessman Sentenced on Wire Fraud Charge

DeBerardinis pleads guilty to committing wire fraud and defrauding many people out of millions of dollars... Read More »

Louisiana’s maximum unemployment benefit increases 11% in 2022

An unemployment compromise will deliver an 11% maximum increase in unemployment benefits for out-of-work Louisianans, starting... Read More »

How the Smoking Rate in Louisiana Compares to the Nation

In Louisiana, the smoking rate is higher than it is nationwide. An estimated 21.1% of the 18 and older population in Louisiana are smokers... Read More »

More than half of U.S. states vow to fight Biden’s vaccine mandate

Twenty-seven Republican governors or attorneys general have vowed to fight the latest executive order issued by President Joe Biden... Read More »

Third Marine from Southern California killed in Kabul

A third Marine from Southern California has been identified as among the 13 U.S. service members killed at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul... Read More »

Edwards: Search, rescue top priority after Hurricane Ida slams Louisiana

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said Monday morning search and rescue is the first priority in the wake of Hurricane Ida's landfall Sunday... Read More »

Louisiana: 10 Million in State Tax Refunds Headed For Unclaimed Property Department

Thousands of LA taxpayers have until Sept. 15 to claim more than $10 million in income tax refunds, or the money will be turned over to the state’s unclaimed property program... Read More »

Gov. Edwards Temporarily Reinstates LA Statewide Mask Mandate

Gov. John Bel Edwards has temporarily reinstated Louisiana’s statewide mask mandate indoors for all people age five and older as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to rise across Louisiana, threatening the ability of Louisiana’s hospitals to deliver care during this fourth surge of COVID. Louisiana is currently in the worst surge of the COVID-19 pandemic so far in terms of case growth rate, percent positivity and hospitalizations... Read More »

OMV Implements New Safety Protocols Amid COVID-19 Surge

To help stop the spread of COVID-19, facial coverings will be required inside all Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles locations beginning Monday, July 26, 2021... Read More »