Lafayette LA

The arrests were made in Shreveport, Lafayette, New Iberia, St. Mary Parish, Crowley, Covington, Gretna, Harvey, and Kenner.

A federal grand jury has indicted five men from the New Orleans area and Mississippi in connection with an alleged scheme to use fake credit profiles to obtain auto loans for luxury vehicles and then fail to repay the loans. Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced on April 11,...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Police have arrested a suspect in connection with a deadly shooting on Avenue E in Baton Rouge. According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, Daniel Westley, 39, is charged with first-degree murder and illegal use of a weapon. Police said the shooting happened on Tuesday,...

Louisiana singer John Foster not only made "American Idol's" top 20 on Sunday night, but also brought the audience to tears with his original song, "Tell That Angel I Love Her." After his performance, the Addis teen explained that he had written the song for a dear friend, Maggie Dunn....

Baton Rouge Police homicide detectives are investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred early Sunday morning. At 3:04 a.m., BRPD uniformed officers responded to a dispatched call reporting a disturbance involving an armed male suspect at the Super 6 Inns and Suites at 9901 Gwenadele Ave. There, officers...

Kansas City, Mo. – More than 5.1 million people across six states are under a Tornado Watch until 7 p.m. this Easter Sunday, as severe storms threaten parts of Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, and Kansas with several tornadoes, ping-pong ball-sized hail, and 70 mph wind gusts. According to...

Shreveport stay-at-home mom turned actress has the starring female role in the independent feature film "Sod & Stubble" released on Friday. The film is based on a book by the same name, written in the 1930s by John Ise - one of twelve children of a pioneer couple in Kansas, Henry and Rosa Ise. "Their life was about...

A truck full of Louisiana teens, a beach in Florida, and enough booze to stock a small festival — what could go wrong? Deputies in Okaloosa County didn’t have to look hard to spot the issue when they pulled over a truck from Louisiana during spring break. The vehicle’s bed cover was cracked open just enough to reveal...

Lafayette Consolidated Government, in collaboration with the Lafayette Parish School System and the Lafayette Garden Club, recently announced the winners of this year’s Anti-Litter Poster Contest. LCG said the annual initiative encourages students across Lafayette Parish to promote environmental awareness through...

NEW IBERIA, La. (NEWS 15) — The New Iberia Police Department has made an arrest in the deadly shooting that happened in March. Officials said Reginald Peters Jr., 25, has been booked into the Iberia Parish Jail on charges of second-degree murder, illegal use of weapons, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.