Lafayette LA

The 2026 Acadiana St. Jude Dream Home giveaway is just days away.

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) – Acadiana will soon have a new resource for behavioral health. Ochsner Lafayette General and Oceans Healthcare celebrated the opening of Ochsner Behavioral Health Acadiana – Lafayette with a ribbon-cutting ceremony today. The 62-bed facility located at 310 Youngsville Highway expands access to in

The Belle de Ville (Beautiful St. Martinville) organization presented honor awards to a fifth, sixth and seventh grade boy and girl at St. Martinville schools who showed respect to the principal, faculty, staff and fellow students; performed community service; and were named to the honor roll. The presentations were ma

The Atchafalaya Basinkeeper will host its monthly Acadiana meeting on June 15, featuring a presentation by environmental scientist and Vermilion Parish native Dr. Gracie Babineaux.

The St. Landry Parish School Board is convening for a special retreat this weekend as officials consider school closures and other cuts to address an $18 million budget shortfall. Following the failure of two ballot measures aimed at funding schools in the parish, the board will have to make budget...

LAFAYETTE, La. (NEWS 15) — News 15 Investigates has uncovered chronic staffing shortages at Social Security offices across Louisiana and potential benefit cuts that could cost recipients hundreds of dollars per month by 2032. Recipients visiting the Social Security office in Lafayette are dealing with heavy wait times

The murder conviction and life sentence of a convicted drug dealer for the 2021 fentanyl death of a University of Louisiana at Lafayette student has been confirmed by an appeals court. The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed a Lafayette jury’s 2023 second-degree murder conviction of Damien Dashaun Bernard,..

LAFAYETTE, La. (NEWS 15) — Doctors are issuing a warning about hot car dangers as feels-like temperatures hover around the triple-digit mark across Acadiana this week, with Louisiana leading the nation in hot car deaths among children. The deaths are preventable, according to medical experts. Climbing temperatures pose

BREAUX BRIDGE, La. (KLFY) — A Breaux Bridge man has been arrested on Tuesday in connection with an attempted murder. Theodore Castille, 45, has been charged with attempted second-degree murder and is booked into St. Martin parish jail. No further details were released.

After years of being a local favorite, Legends sports bar in Lafayette is relocating to a new spot just a few blocks away, keeping the spirit alive.