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Quality Companies is betting big on Acadiana, rolling out a more than $7 million expansion that stretches from Jeanerette to Youngsville and keeps a lot of local paychecks in play. The two-site buildout includes a new plant in Jeanerette and expanded fabrication capacity in Youngsville. Company officials say the projec

Crowley's International Rice Festival turns 89 in October 2026, bringing free live music, a grand parade, and a fiddle and accordion contest to Louisiana's oldest agricultural festival.

LAFAYETTE, La. (NEWS 15) — A high-speed chase through the streets of Lafayette ended with two men in jail after a driver fled a traffic stop and was pursued by officers, according to the Lafayette Police Department. David Weldon, 51, of Lafayette, is charged with aggravated flight from an...

OPELOUSAS, La. (NEWS 15) — A Breaux Bridge man was arrested in connection with a 2023 Opelousas shooting death following a three-year investigation marked by conflicting statements and deception, according to the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office. Sherman Zenon, 27, of Breaux Bridge, is charged with second-degree murd

ST. LANDRY PARISH, LA. (KLFY) — An investigation resulted with an arrest and two firearm seizures, one of which was stolen, St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office said. Arthur Freeman, Jr., 38, of Eunice was arrested on July 16 and charged with two counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and illegal possessi

Scott's newest gas station, Grab-n-Geaux, is nearly finished near Rue De Belier and Dulles, and the phrase Uncommon Courtesy on the building has people in town talking.

A New York woman has been charged with bribing a federal official in Louisiana to release ICE detainees from detention. A federal grand jury indicted Diana Kutateladze, 37, of Brooklyn, New York, on three counts of bribery of a Louisiana public official, according to a Western District of Louisiana statement. She faces

LAFAYETTE, LA. (KLFY) — Two people were arrested following underage alcohol compliance checks, Lafayette Police Department reported. The Lafayette Police Department's Youth Services Section conducted an underage alcohol compliance operation, checking 46 businesses throughout the city on July 17. Out of the following bu

The restaurant that moved into the space at the bottom floor of a downtown Lafayette apartment complex has closed its doors. Brown Skillet, which opened in 2020 inside the Uptown Lofts when Reggie’s Soul Food moved out, announced on Friday it has been closed for weeks. The restaurant, located...

OPELOUSAS, La. (NEWS 15) — An Opelousas woman was arrested on multiple felony charges after making threatening communications against the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office and a school support staff member, according to Sheriff Bobby Guidroz. Mackenzie James, 25, of Opelousas, is charged with one count of terrorizing