• New Iberia city councilman David Broussard says the state has given the city roughly 3 million dollars to put up additional railroad crossing signals at various intersections throughout the city.
  • Port Barre police are on alert after a crime spree of vehicle burglaries off John Addie road and an armed robbery on Book-See drive. Anyone is asked to call police at 588-6212.

  • On Saturday, residents from Lafayette and the unincorporated parts of Lafayette parish can bring items to the debris drop. They will be set up at the Robichaux Center and Brown park from 8am until noon.

  • Beginning tomorrow, a portion of Chemin Metairie parkway in Youngsville will close for reconstruction. The construction is expected to last 60 days. Detour routes will be posted.

  • Lafayette General Health’s mobile app shows what illnesses are spreading across Acadiana. Their data comes from their hospitals and clinics throughout Lafayette parish and Opelousas.

  • Today for the first time, Lafayette will be the site of the third annual crawfish pardoning. Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser will be on the campus of UL Lafayette to host the pardoning.

  • A recent Delcambre High School graduate who fashions junk metal into art is breaking barriers. This young man with Aspergers has turned his welding hobby into a businesses.