Lawmakers are getting Louisiana ready to take on the latest grant from FEMA that will go towards hazard mitigations. Legislation will put the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness at the helm of doling out the money.
The state of Louisiana will be receiving $118.34 million for transportation projects, according to Congressman Troy A. Carter.
Louisiana State Police Troop I reports that it will hold a sobriety and seatbelt checkpoint somewhere in Acadia Parish on Thursday, April 28.
Acadia Parish Crime Stoppers is asking for the public's help in finding a burglary that struck in the 100 block of Richard School Rd. on March 27.
Some Lafayette voters are being asked to decide the fate of a tax renewal for the Lafayette Downtown Development Authority in this Saturday's election.
A new report from The Action Network has crunched the numbers of current NFL talent and traced them back to their college days.
A home at Beau Soleil Estate on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Lafayette was heavily damaged by a fire early this morning
Five children between the ages of 3 and 13 are in the hospital fighting for their lives after a deadly two-vehicle crash in Pointe Coupee Parish.
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) - The 2022 Regular Legislative Session is underway. On Tuesday, April 26, a bill from State Senator Regina Barrow took center stage. Bill SB252 was on the agenda at Tuesday's Senate Committee on Judiciary C meeting. The bill would provide “for surgical castration of persons convicted of certaincrimes when the victim [...]
A Morgan City man is among 78 people granted clemency by U.S. Pres. Joe Biden this week.
An Abbeville man with a prior conviction for cocaine base distribution is now headed to federal prison for Fentanyl, according to U.S. Attorney Brandon Brown.
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IBERIA PARISH, La. (KLFY) An Acadiana family devastated by heartbreak is speaking out after three of their youngest family members were killed by a drunk driver in December. Lindy Simmons, 20, Christopher Simmons, 17, and Kamryn Simmons, 15, were killed in the crash. The three siblings were in the car with their mom and Christopher's [...]
A four-year-old boy is dead after Lafayette Police say he shot himself with a gun he found in his motel room.
A second person wanted in connection with an alleged assault inside a New Iberia restaurant, was taken into custody over the weekend.
Lafayette Police are investigating after a person was shot Monday night near the Super 1 Foods on the Evangeline Thruway
t. Martin Parish authorities are searching for two missing/runaway juveniles.
After a toddler fatally shot himself inside a motel room on the Evangeline Thruway, the child's father says he wants justice for his son.
LABADIEVILLE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a man who backed a stolen pickup truck toward deputies and into two police cars after a chase, state police said. Rhett Thibodeaux, 26, of Larose died at a hospital after the shooting Sunday morning about 55 miles (nearly 90 kilometers) west of New [...]
The Scott Fire Department is warning residents of a new scam involving fake fire department merchandise.