Lafayette LA

A new restaurant is bringing locally caught seafood with a Cajun twist to Lafayette. Off the Hook celebrated its grand opening on Tuesday, December 2. The restaurant's leaders held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its first location in the Hub City on Kaliste Saloom Road. Known for fresh seafood, signature dishes, and...

Downtown businesses don't want Lafayette's Mardi Gras on Jefferson Street, survey reveals. The results add fuel to the fight between Mayor Boulet and City Council.

A routine Wednesday morning in downtown Lafayette turned into something straight out of a viral video when a local woman looked up and spotted an unusual figure near the roof of a nearby building. Facebook user Kari Renee says she was on Convent Street near the Lafayette City Courthouse on...

A Lafayette police officer has been placed on administrative leave following a domestic violence arrest. Officer Curtis Oakes was arrested Tuesday in connection with an alleged domestic violence incident that occurred at his home on Monday, according to a Lafayette Police Department announcement. Oakes was placed on...

Broaddus Burger will close its Congress Street location later this month, the restaurant announced this morning. The location at 4519 W. Congress St., which opened over two years ago, will close Dec. 21 as the restaurant makes a move to focus on its next phase of growth, the announcement indicated.

Imagine standing on the banks of a calm Louisiana lake, birds darting overhead, and a light breeze rippling the water’s surface. Suddenly, the ground begins to tremble. Before your eyes, an entire drilling rig, barges, and acres of land vanish in a swirling vortex, sucked into the earth as if pulled by an invisible...

LAFAYETTE, La. (NEWS 15) — LFT Fiber is currently dealing with a service outage after an outside work crew accidentally cut a main fiber line in Texas that is affecting the entire region. Officials said customers are experiencing connectivity problems or loss of internet and phone service. They added...

LAFAYETTE, LA. (KLFY) — A local woman’s balloon release performance of the song ‘I Wish Heaven Had a Phone’ has gone viral on TikTok, sparking conversations about grief and healing. Neace Robinson, the artist behind the song, first released it in 2018 after experiencing personal loss,...

A frightening early-morning road rage incident on Interstate 10 in eastern Acadia Parish ended with an Estherwood man behind bars.

Fifteen-year-old Beau Barrios, a ninth grade student at St. Thomas More Catholic High School in Lafayette, was after a particular buck that had been showing up on his trail cameras. Beau’s dad, Dr. Joey Barrios, who is a surgeon in Lafayette, checked Beau out of school at noon on Nov....