Two men have been arrested in the shooting death of a Jeanerette teenager, KATC reports.
A 17-year-old boy is in critical condition after he was shot during a robbery overnight Saturday.
An Iberia Parish man was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Wednesday after a 14-month-old child in his care suffered facial injuries and brain damage in a 2015 incident.
Lafayette Police are investigating after a Johnston Street business was spray-painted with a racial slur.
Shooting suspect discovered dead inside Jefferson Boulevard home after hourslong standoff identified
The suspect in a Thursday shooting near Jefferson Boulevard is dead after shooting himself inside a residence during an hours-long police standoff.
The heart of downtown Lafayette was on lockdown for about two hours Wednesday morning as officials swept buildings with the help of snipers and a drone in search of a suspicious person with a gun.
Suspended Lafayette City Marshal Brian Pope is asking a judge to dismiss 17 malfeasance charges against him.
One person has died after an ATV crash Saturday in Breaux Bridge, according to KATC.
A head-on crash shortly after 11 a.m. Sunday in Vermilion Parish claimed the life of a Lafayette man and injured a child.
MANY, La. (AP) — Authorities say the parents of a seriously ill baby girl were arrested in Alabama on Sunday morning, hours after leaving a Louisiana hospital with the newborn.
A 28-year-old Breaux Bridge man died Saturday after he was ejected from an all-terrain vehicle.
A Catahoula man was arrested Thursday after hitting another man in the face with a gun and attempting to shoot him, sheriff’s deputies say.
Four more suspects have been arrested in the August homicide of New Iberia 17-year-old Garon Lewis, bringing the total number of suspects accused in the case to seven, KATC reports.
A Port Barre man who coerced a teenage girl to leave the state with him for sex was sentenced to over 21 years in federal prison Friday.
The poor relationship between former Lafayette Police Chief Toby Aguillard and Sheriff Mark Garber in part led new Mayor-President Josh Guillory to ask for Aguillard's resignation or be fired.
A St. Landry Parish mother is pleading for witnesses to come forward in her son's murder, KATC reports.
A 19-year-old suspect is accused of stealing 36 guns from a weapons store in Eunice on Dec. 23.
The poor relationship between former Lafayette Police Chief Toby Aguillard and Sheriff Mark Garber in part cost the chief his job, Mayor-President Josh Guillory said Thursday.
A Jan. 5 wreck in St. Landry Parish killed a second person on the day of the two-vehicle collision.
The former mayor of Estherwood was arrested Tuesday for distributing revenge porn, records show.
Opelousas Police are investigating a shooting on South Railroad Avenue that left a woman injured.
Opelousas Police arrested 30-year-old Donovan Bryant Williams, in connection with a Sunday afternoon stabbing in Opelousas.
A Bunkie man died Sunday from injuries suffered in an early morning shooting at a concert in Opelousas, according to KATC.
A two-car crash in St. Landry Parish left one woman dead and another driver with serious injuries around 12:15 p.m. Sunday, according to State Police.
Police have arrested two more suspects in a Monday shooting that injured a 19-year-old man.
A Crowley man was arrested Saturday after he held a woman against her will and raped her, police say.
Ian Howard on Thursday notified a Lafayette Parish judge that he will plead insanity in his trial on three attempted murder charges, and in doing so waived his right to a jury trial.
The Grand Coteau police officer shot during a New Year’s Day traffic stop has been identified and a suspect has been arrested in the case.
A Grand Coteau police officer was shot Wednesday during a traffic stop, KATC reported.
Carencro firefighters extinguished a house fire Wednesday morning and a Dumpster fire Wednesday evening, according to news releases from the fire department.
The former superintendent of the Lafayette Parish School System was arrested Tuesday after exposing himself to a Lafayette police officer.
A 19-year-old man is in critical but stable condition after he was shot multiple times Monday.
A Crowley man has been arrested in connection with a Sunday hit-and-run in Acadia Parish that left a 10-year-old child in critical condition.
A Kentucky woman has been arrested in Lafayette for possession with intent to distribute more than $2 million worth of methamphetamine, making it the largest amount seized in the city's history.
Two teens died Sunday in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 10 in Acadia Parish, according to State Police.
As the Acadiana community mourns the loss of five people killed in Saturday's plane crash, two victims critically injured continue to recover at Louisiana hospitals.
The victims in a Saturday morning plane crash in Lafayette that claimed five lives and injured four others have been identified.
St. Martinville police early Saturday arrested a juvenile in connection with a shooting that sent a local man to the hospital.
Louisiana sports reporter Carley McCord is one of five victims killed in a small Lafayette plane crash on the way to Atlanta for the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl on Saturday morning, the family announced.
Five people died and four were injured Saturday morning when a small airplane struggling to take off crashed less than 2 miles from the Lafayette Regional Airport. Aboard the twin-engine aircraft was a group of LSU fans headed to Atlanta to watch …
An arrest has been made in connection with multiple counterfeit bills being passed at truck stop casinos in Duson.
There were 13 fatal shooting in the City of Lafayette in 2019, including two that police classified as negligent homicides, according to an unofficial tally by the Acadiana Advocate. Suspects have been arrested in all the other cases, but the Dist…
Abbeville police charged a Duson man with the Christmas Eve armed robbery of Gamestop, a video game store at 3001 Veteran’s Memorial Drive.
A second passenger has died from injuries suffered in a Dec. 15 crash in St. Martin Parish, according to a statement from State Troopers.
Norma Thompson knew she wasn't speeding when she saw the blue emergency lights flashing in her rearview mirror.
A Facebook video of a man down the Interstate 210 Bridge in Calcasieu Parish near Lake Charles has led to two arrests, according to a statement from police.
Crowley Police Chief Jimmy Broussard increased patrolling in the city's west side after vandalism struck four churches in a two-week period in October.
Duson Police are investigating two cases of counterfeit money being passed at local truck stop casinos, according to a release from Police Chief Kip Judice.
A Ragin' Cajuns football player has been suspended following his arrest last weekend, according to KPEL.
Detectives with the Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office are looking for information regarding an August murder that remains unsolved.
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division agents are still looking for leads and a reward has been offered for information regarding an endangered whooping crane that was shot in Acadia Parish, according to a statement fr…