Lafayette LA

The St. Landry Parish School Board is facing a $7.9 million budget shortfall, despite efforts to reduce costs. The board will meet Thursday in an attempt to wrangle in a budget driven mainly by increased payments to a growing number of charter schools and continued decline of student populations. Superintendent...

One person was hospitalized after a shooting in New Iberia over the Labor Day weekend, authorities said.

Global models show a forecast path similar to Erin and Fernand where the disturbance tracks north of the Caribbean Sea before making a hard turn to stay in the Atlantic.

Here is a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish councils. To see the full agendas, check out the links below:. Opioid settlement funds. The parish is set to allocate $106,500 in opioid settlement funds distributed by the state’s Opioid Abatement Task Force to cover the...

Quiet conditions return to Acadiana with temperatures settling in the 70s and a tropical wave exiting the African coast being monitored for potential strengthening into a tropical cyclone by week's end.

A 51.71-acre site in Acadia Parish has been certified for economic development under the state’s certified sites program. The site, referred to as the Foster Site and located less than a mile from Interstate 10 near Crowley, is the 30th certified site in Acadiana, One Acadiana officials announced this morning. The...

An ethics complaint has been filed against Lafayette Public Library board member Robert Judge alleging he continues to raise money to pay his legal fees associated with a lawsuit after the lawsuit was settled and his legal fees were paid by Lafayette Consolidated Government. Melany Champagne of Lafayette filed the...

If you go inside, you'll reportedly go insane or worse; the devil will appear and take your soul.

A man who broke his neck in a fall off a ladder at his home has thanked the first responders who helped him get back on his feet

Lafayette Police officials are investigating after shots were fired sending two people to a local hospital.