White: 4 districts violating anti-seniority law
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Louisiana's education chief says four school districts are risking lawsuits by refusing to comply with a law forbidding seniority-based layoffs. The law is part of the education...
View ArticleTeachers Air Grievances at Meeting with Superintendent
The School Board is meeting with teachers discussing off days due to Hurricane Isaac. Coming up tonight on Acadiana's NewsChannel, Alex Labat has more on other issues teachers feel need to be addressed.
View ArticleOctober Crispness Returns
A cool fall pattern has returned to Acadiana in the wake of a cold front that crossed the area early Thursday. Temperatures will likely drop into the low-mid 50s by Friday morning under crystal clear...
View ArticleDisturbance Suspect Dies at Hospital Shortly after Arrest
A man is dead after he was put in custody due to allegedly disturbing hotel guest in his underwear.On October 18, 2012, at 11:20 am, Lafayette Police responded to a hotel located at 1441 SE Evangeline...
View ArticleLouisiana State Parks November 2012 Events
Click here for a list of things to do at Louisiana State Pars in November.
View ArticleBaby alligator found in theater parking lot
Officers with the Broussard Police Department were called to Celebrity Theater in reference to a loose baby alligator in the parking lot. Pictured is Detective Rogers with the baby gator. Louisiana...
View ArticleSecond arrest made in connection with death of Eunice man
A second arrest has been made in connection with the death of Michael Luke Darby. Tonight, hear from those who knew him best.
View ArticleBP: source of sheen from equipment
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - BP PLC says a sheen on the Gulf of Mexico appears to have come from oil seeping out of a piece of discarded equipment used to contain its massive 2010 oil spill. On Thursday, the...
View ArticleOil prices flat at $92
NEW YORK (AP) - Mixed signals from the world's largest economies kept the price of oil flat Thursday. U.S. benchmark crude eased 2 cents to finish at $92.10 a barrel. Brent crude, which many U.S....
View ArticleLa. to pay up to $90M to end Superdome bond deal
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Louisiana will pay as much as $90 million to get out of a troubled borrowing deal that helped rebuild and upgrade the Superdome in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. The...
View ArticleObama: No confusion over response to Libya attack
NEW YORK (AP) - President Barack Obama is pushing back against critics who say there was confusion within his administration following the deadly attacks on the U.S. Consulate in Libya. Obama says on...
View ArticleArrest made in Hummingbird Lane murder
An arrest has been made in connection with the Hummingbird Lane murder in Lafayette Parish. This was the neighbor who was killed when the person next door asked him for help because she was being...
View ArticleWANTED: Ex-boyfriend accused of punching woman in the face at LSUE
The Eunice Police Department responded to the Bengal Village Apartment Complex on the campus of LSU-E after receiving a report of a woman being assaulted.Police say, an ambulance was called to the...
View ArticleUpdate: Arrest made in August murder on Hummingbird Lane
An arrest has been made in connection with the Hummingbird Lane murder in Lafayette Parish. This was the neighbor who was killed when the person next door asked him for help because she was being...
View ArticleSecond Arrest in the Murder of Michael Luke Darby
Police make a second arrest in the murder of Michael Darby. His body was found behind a bush in the 300 block of Polk Street Monday afternoon. Police say Darby got in a fight with two men at a...
View ArticleTwo New Additions to Health Care
Acadiana now has the capability to respond to a large-scale emergency event. Two new additions to health care have been added since Hurricane Katrina moved through in 2005. All of the hospitals in...
View ArticleStudio Six Hotel Disturbance
A Lafayette man is dead tonight after what police say began as a disturbance at The Studio Six Hotel on the Evangeline Thruway this morning. Police say a 48-year-old guest, dressed only in his...
View ArticleSt. Martin, Vermilion Superintendents Fire Back Against Accusations from State
St. Martin Parish Schools Superintendent Richard Lavergne is fighting back after the Louisiana Department of Education publicly called out his school system for not following the law.The law is part...
View ArticleRice Festival Gets Underway in Crowley
The festival doesn't officially kick off until Friday morning, but many families came out to enjoy the games, rides and music well into the night. Long lines at the ticket booths didn't keep people...
View Article18 Wheeler Accident on I-10 Leaves One Dead
Troopers say, one person is dead after two 18-wheelers hit head on, on I-10, near Henderson, this evening. The accident happed around 8:00pm. State police say the eastbound truck crossed the median,...
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