Lafayette LA

UPDATE 7:20 a.m.: The on-scene preliminary investigation revealed that a motorist operating an electric scooter was southbound in the right lane of travel in the 1600 block of W Pinhook Road. vehicle 1 was traveling in the right southbound colliding with the scooter. After colliding with the scooter vehicle 1...

Lafayette, LA (March 3, 2026) – Five first-responder organizations in Acadiana will receive grants of up to $10,000 each, from the company’s customer-funded Operation Round-Up program this Spring. Any law enforcement agency or fire department headquartered in one of the parishes SLEMCO serves, that holds a non-profit...

IBERVILLE PARISH, La. (NEWS 15) — Traffic on I-10 East and I-10 West came to a halt near Whiskey Bay on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge because of separate crashes involving multiple 18-wheelers, according to Louisiana State Police. Troopers reported the closures resulted in significant delays for drivers in the...

The Abbeville High Lady Wildcats Power Lifting Team secured a fourth place finish at the West Regional Power lifting tournament held last week. Here is how they placed at Regionals. • Khandi Shuford in the 123 pound class won the West Regionals and was also named the girls’ oustanding light...

A evening fire damaged multiple rooms at the Express Inn in Lafayette.

A shopping center in Scott that is anchored by the Piggly Wiggly supermarket sold for $4.5 million. The Scott Oaks Plaza, 5500-5545 Cameron St., sold to an LLC registered to a Memphis, Tennessee-based commercial real estate group, land records show. The seller was an LLC registered to Houston-based 5Rivers CRE,...

LAFAYETTE, La. (NEWS 15) — A person, who was riding an electric scooter, is hospitalized after getting hit by three vehicles, one of them operated by a suspected drunk driver, according to the Lafayette Police Department. Dakota Wagoner, 36, of Lafayette, is charged with vehicular negligent injuring and OWI...

(KMDL-FM) What is "excessive rainfall"? I guess the answer to that question depends on who you are asking. The National Weather Service and the Weather Prediction Center have an official definition for it. But let's face it, for someone who has just had their weekend plans washed out because of a passing storm, that...

A pedestrian is in critical condition following a major crash on W. Pinhook. Lafayette Police are currently on scene.

Empire Wingz, a Baton Rouge-based wing concept, is coming soon to Lafayette, LA, at 1521 Ambassador Caffery Parkway, right next to the recently opened La Chapina & La Catraccha and Mexican Food. Founded in 2012 by Vic Smith, Empire Wingz began when Smith served hot wings at his nightclub, gaining...