BREAUX BRIDGE, La. (KLFY)- Shake Your Trail Feather is an annual community event celebrating the 130-mile-long Bayou Teche National Paddle Trail. The festival is free to the public. You can help with The Teche Project’s cause by purchasing festival merchandise. Proceeds from the festival are used to provide paddle-trail amenities and management. Teche Project […]
MONROE, La. (KNOE) – A Monroe special education teacher has been arrested and accused of using corporal punishment on two autistic students. Melissa Lacomb is facing two counts of felony cruelty to juveniles. Court documents state Lacomb was involved in two separate incidents at Madison James Foster Elementary School on October 3rd. First, an employee told […]
Rescue operations have ended at the site of the Hard Rock Hotel construction collapse and focus has shifted to maintaining control over the unstable structure. Rescue workers were searching for a construction worker who may have survived the Saturday morning collapse, but all evidence shows that person is dead, officials said Wednesday evening. “It’s a […]
In the 1950s, Maurice Heymann had a vision for Lafayette to be a hub for the oil economy. This vision became the Oil Center. Half a century late, the Oil Center Association is working to revitalize that same area. “Currently we are seeing a lot more activity happening in the Oil Center. It’s a lot […]
The Jennings Police Department is investigating a fatal shooting that happened on West Street Wednesday night. KPLC TV is reporting that two people were wounded, and that one of the victims did not survive. One person is in custody in connection with the shooting. This is a developing story. More details will be released as […]
The Lafayette Police Department is investigating a woman’s claims that a mounted patrol horse injured her in downtown Lafayette. The woman says a Lafayette Police horse shoved her into a brick pillar. Authorities have not verified her statements but say the complaint is being processed by the internal affairs department. “No matter what the situation […]
Emergency officials responded to a double fatal shooting in Baton Rouge Wednesday night. The incident happened Oct. 16 around 9:30 p.m. at an apartment complex near Tigerland in the 4700 block of Tigerland Avenue. Emergency officials confirms two people were killed in the shooting. No other details are currently available. WAFB says it will update […]
Crowley Police are searching for the suspect(s) who threw bricks through the front door of multiple churches in the area. Police say on October 11, someone threw a brick into the front door of the St. Theresa Catholic Church. On Wednesday, police say bricks were thrown into the front doors of at least two other […]
A longtime, iconic, upper Lafayette fast food restaurant is for sale. Fat Albert’s Fried Chicken Restaurant, 1322 Moss Street, is on the market for $375k. The listing prices Fat Albert’s at $163.4 per square foot. The property is being represented by Eric Schexneider and Hamilton Davis with Scout Real Estate. The well-known building has been […]
CENTERVILLE (ABC4 News) – A young man is alive because of the quick and courageous actions of a Utah Highway Patrol trooper in the predawn darkness Wednesday morning. With a fast-moving FrontRunner train bearing down on them, that patrolman and an unnamed driver were two seconds away from certain death and the dramatic rescue was captured on […]