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GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - The Mississippi Sound Coalition is calling on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to limit the release of flood waters through the Bonnet Carré Spillway. This comes as the corps has already begun surveying the levees twice a week. Practice operations on the spillway...

The Louisiana Lottery confirmed the $112 million win is the first jackpot win for Mega Millions under the game's new "enhanced" format.

From poboys to BLTs, these are the highest-rated sandwich shops in Lafayette, according to Yelp. How many of these local favorites have you tried?

Lafayette, La (KMDL) - In Louisiana, we eat all the meat from an animal as possible. We've come up with creative and delicious ways to it too. In Acadiana, Cajuns turn a delicious pigs into cracklins, ham hocks, Souse (hog's head cheese), chaudin, and of course boudin. With all of...

A longtime Chick-fil-A location in Lafayette is permanently closing, joining a growing list of stores that have exited the city’s once-busy retail hubs. While other locations remain open, this one has officially announced its final day of service. Continue reading…

No one knows exactly when the Easter Rock ceremony started or why, but it's said the northeast Louisiana tradition started before the Civil War. These days, the ceremony is practiced only in Winnsboro, which partly answers a question posed by Phyllis Hall, who asked if the tradition is exclusive to Louisiana.

YOUNGSVILLE, LA (KPEL) - Friday morning, a teenager from the Youngsville area was reported missing from her home. KATC reports that 16-year-old Nijalay Kelly was last seen near the Chemin Metairie area around 8:30 p.m. Thursday evening. Nijalay is a student at Southside High School and is known to have...

LAFAYETTE, La. — Girard Park Circle, between Girard Park Lane and E. Lewis Street, will be closed to all traffic beginning Monday, April 21, through Monday, May 5. The closure is necessary to allow the contractor for the Our Lady of Wisdom Church and Catholic Student Center construction project to perform sewer...

For Easter, the bakery offers seasonal specialties such as handmade chocolate eggs and bunnies, as well as cream tarts shaped like crosses and rabbits.

It's going to be a breezy Saturday. At the same time, we're tracking a storm system that could bring a few showers to the region Easter Sunday, with slightly higher chances of rain into Monday.