LAFAYETTE, La. (NEWS 15) — News 15, Your Local News Authority, is excited to announce expanded anchoring duties for local broadcasting icon Darla Montgomery as she prepares to debut on News 15 Midday With Darla, Acadiana’s new preeminent lifestyle program, starting March 16 at Noon on KADN FOX 15 and KLAF-NBC.
Darla also plans to soon join Jim Hummel on the anchor desk for News 15’s evening newscasts. This comes as another broadcasting icon transitions to a new opportunity, with Marcelle Fontenot announcing that she’ll be stepping down from anchoring duties to become the chief communications officer at UL under its new president.
“I’m appreciative, grateful and thankful for my time at News 15. This is a choice that I have made with a lot of thought and consideration for my family. I know I am leaving News 15 in good hands,” Marcelle explained in passing the torch to her good friend and fellow Opelousas native, Darla– who graciously agreed to add evening co-anchor duties on an interim basis. Marcelle’s final newscasts will be March 20…