Lafayette LA

Building permits for the week of Dec. 10-16 for the cities of Lafayette, Broussard and Youngsville:. MEDICAL: 1214 Coolidge St., description, renovation of existing space to accommodate an additional MRI suite at Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center; applicant, AQ Studios; contractor, The Lemoine Co.; $1.6...

LPSS Superintendent Francis Touchet addressed reports of the Louisiana Attorney General's corruption probe, explaining why arrested official still works as teacher and detailing corrective measures.

Update Dec. 19 7 p.m.: At approximately 7 p.m. this evening Carl Narcisse Jr. turned himself in to authorities and was booked into the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office Jail, officials said. This investigation remains ongoing. Update Dec. 19 4:52 p.m.: Investigators have identified the suspect in the shooting...

OPELOUSAS, La. — Investigators with the Opelousas Police Department have identified additional suspects in separate shooting incidents currently under investigation. Market & Church Street Shooting – Second Suspect Identified. Investigators have identified a second suspect in the Tuesday night shooting that occurred...

The New Iberia man charged in connection with an alleged terrorist plot to attack New Orleans will be held without bond as he awaits court proceedings.

Lafayette Parish School System Superintendent Francis Touchet Jr. said the district did its due diligence in investigating possibly forged construction bids and that it was an isolated incident. Touchet appeared on KPEL Wednesday morning to answer questions after The Current reported this week that the Louisiana...

Authorities have arrested the third and final suspect in the murder of a woman caught in the crossfire at Himbola Manor Apartments. This arrest comes as Lafayette's murder rate continues to decline. Ledontra Lewis, 18, of Lafayette, was taken into custody at a home in Scott by the Lafayette Police Department and U.S....

A New Iberia man accused of plotting a terrorist attack in New Orleans has been ordered to remain in jail until his trial. U.S. Magistrate Judge Carole Whitehurst of the Western District of Louisiana in Lafayette on Thursday ordered federal officials to detain Micah Legnon, 28, a former U.S. Marine from New Iberia,...

Arrests have been made in two recent shootings in Opelousas. The Opelousas Police Department reported Dominique Trotter turned himself in for the Tuesday night shooting near Market Street and Church Street. Police stated Donald Henry was arrested Wednesday night after a shooting at the Valero gas station on East Vine...

Lafayette police say a major crash involving a Greyhound bus and a passenger car sent one person to the hospital with severe injuries.