Lafayette LA

The City of LaFayette is asking the community to help choose the theme for this year’s Christmas Parade. Residents can cast their votes on social media by reacting to the city’s post, with four possible themes in the running. “A Rhinestone Christmas” would bring a country-inspired Christmas to...

ARNAUDVILLE, La. (KLFY) — About a month after a fire damaged Bayou Teche Brewing, the Arnaudville business is moving closer to rebuilding while preparing to keep one of its biggest annual events going at a new location. Owner Karlos Knott said most of the demolition is now complete, with...

Moisture from a major hurricane could create heavy downpours across South Louisiana later this week.

SCOTT, La. (KLFY) — A resident and a firefighter were taken to a local hospital Sunday afternoon after a house fire broke out in the 1300 block of St. Mary Street in Scott, officials said. Firefighters with the Scott Fire Department responded to the scene at approximately 4:09 p.m....

Historic Main Street in New Iberia will become a moving stage for musicians as they perform on balconies and attendees move from one stop to the next during the 16th annual New Iberia Beneath the Balconies. The free event will take place at 11 a.m. Oct. 18, on the west...

A February article in Forbes magazine said radio DJs are facing significant job losses from corporate consolidation, programmed playlists and prerecorded tracks that replace their presence in the studio. But Forbes didn’t interview KBON and its iron man DJ, “Gumbo” Phil Daigle. KBON, at 101.1 FM in...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - A 45-year-old man from Opelousas died in a single-vehicle motorcycle crash on Sunday morning. Louisiana State Police say they responded to a crash in Iberia Parish just before 2 a.m. Investigators believe the motorcycle was traveling west on LA 3212 before going off-road and hitting a concret

The final official act in a sprawling, seven-month effort to bring Elon Musk’s SpaceX to Louisiana took place in a nondescript room at the Vermilion Parish Courthouse. On Aug. 25, two hours before Gov. Jeff Landry stepped onstage at Magdalen Place, Abbeville’s largest reception venue, to announce the $100 billion proje

The Lafayette Parish company will add a night shift in Youngsville and Broussard while retaining 62 existing positions. YOUNGSVILLE and BROUSSARD, La. (September 25, 2026) — Leading Edge Manufacturing is expanding production across its two Lafayette Parish facilities, with plans to create 20 direct jobs and retain 62 e

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — Apparently, the proposed Bertrand Drive Revitalization project isn’t dead after all. Despite significant pushback by business owners along the corridor that led to slowing the progress of the project and changes to the original plan, Lafayette Consolidated Government has announced road construct