Lafayette LA

District Attorney Don Landry confirmed Wednesday that he will look into a complaint that the Lafayette Parish School Board violated its own policy when it voted to close Comeaux High School. Former school board member and state representative Rickey Hardy said he hand-delivered a complaint to Landry on Wednesday mornin

ST. LANDRY PARISH, La. (NEWS 15) — A Port Barre man was arrested after investigators received a report from a medical professional at a senior care center involving possible cruelty to an elderly woman, according to the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. Craig Kidder, 55, of Port Barre,...

A Louisiana law from 1865, passed to disarm freed Black Americans, was cited to defend Hawaii's gun restriction. The Supreme Court said that cannot stand.

A man was killed in a hit-and-run on Marteau Road. Investigators are now searching for the driver responsible.

On Saturday, June 20, at 12:27 p.m., the Abbeville Police Department received a call from an Abbeville General Emergency Room nurse who advised that a person had just come in with a gunshot wound. The victim, Kobe Vital, Black Male, advised that as he was passing in front of a...

Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Deputies have arrested an Oklahoma man on felony narcotics charges while traveling through Natchitoches Parish on Interstate 49, resulting in the seizure of illegal narcotics, according to Natchitoches Parish Sheriff Stuart Wright. On Tuesday afternoon, June 23, 2026, at approximately 2:25

The Lafayette Police Department is currently on scene at the 6900 block of Johnston St., in regards to a fatal traffic trash accident. Patrol Officers and Traffic investigators are currently on scene.

There were several Lafayette area restaurants that received critical violations related to kitchen conditions or food preparation in Louisiana Department of Health inspections over the last two weeks of June. The health department’s retail food health inspections dashboard includes a history of each establishment's ins

A confrontation at an Abbeville Popeye's allegedly led to a shooting later that day. Police say the investigation remains ongoing.

In the aftermath of Tropical Storm Arthur, central Louisiana copes with severe flooding, as record rainfall forced evacuations and shelters like the Yambilee Building open for those in need.