At a Wednesday night meeting, residents raised concerns about community disruption, bike and pedestrian safety, and noise from the elevated highway. Read More

A 46-year-old Opelousas man was killed Sunday night after being struck by a vehicle while attempting to cross Interstate 49 North near U.S. Highway 190. Read More

A crash on I-10 East between University Avenue and I-49 is causing heavy delays during the Friday evening commute. Traffic is being forced off the ... Read More

A Carencro man is behind bars after he shot a woman during a domestic dispute in Lafayette, according to the Lafayette Police Department. Trevis Dural, ... Read More

We're proud it's in the center of District 24, between Lafayette and St. Landry parishes, and we're bringing those dollars back to our communities to make highways safer, improve traffic and maintain ... Read More

Traffic on I-10 East and I-10 West is closed past LA 975 (Whiskey Bay) on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge due to two separate crashes, according to Louisiana DOTD. Read More

UPDATE, 12:30 p.m.: DOTD said all lanes were reopened again in the area of the truck fire earlier this morning. UPDATE, 9:55 a.m.: DOTD said all lanes are closed again in the area of the truck fire ... Read More

LAFAYETTE PARISH, La. - A small plane crashed in Louisiana Tuesday morning, killing three residents of the Greater Houston Area, officials say. Deputies with the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office ... Read More

A vehicle caught fire on St. Charles Street this morning, but the driver was able to evacuate safely and no injuries were reported. Read More

Schuyler Lewis, 36, of Abbeville, was killed in a single-vehicle crash on LA 724 near Paul Molbert Road, after the Kia Sportage he was driving struck an embankment, tree, and utility pole. Read More

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) - A crash at Ambassador Caffery Parkway and I-10 has shut down traffic in both directions. The crash happened on Ambassador Caffery. Traffic is backed up in both directions. Read More

Ambassador Caffery Parkway at I-10 in Lafayette was closed in both directions because of a crash for about an hour, according to the Louisiana Department ... Read More

The work, which will take place between Cameron Street (US 90) and Interstate 10, is part of the University Avenue Corridor Project. Read More

Meanwhile, Buc-ee's first-announced Louisiana location is set for Ruston, about 65 miles east of Shreveport along the Interstate 20 corridor in the northern part of the state. Officials broke ground ... Read More

Two people in the vehicle that was fleeing from police were injured and transported to area hospitals, Troopers say. Read More

B ATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A police pursuit of a stolen vehicle that began in Baton Rouge ended in a crash near Breaux Bridge Monday. The driver was injured in the crash was taken from the scene by ... Read More

I-10 East is closed on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge just past Whiskey Bay after a crash, according to the Louisiana Department of Transportation and ... Read More

Baton Rouge, LA (July 3, 2025) - At 12:41 PM on Thursday, July 3, emergency responders from Baton Rouge Police Department (BRPD) were dispatched to a traffic crash with injuries on E Interstate 10 Hwy ... Read More

DEVELOPING: A shooting on Louisiana Avenue in Lafayette has left one person injured and shut down traffic near Randolph Drive. Eyewitness video shows a vehicle crashed near a home as police ... Read More

A vehicle crashed into a local tattoo shop in Lafayette, Louisiana, hitting a worker inside and causing significant damage, but fortunately no one was killed and the business plans to host fundraising ... Read More

Officers with the Lafayette, Louisiana, Police Department were called out just after 8:30 p.m. on Monday to begin investigating a crash between a vehicle and a motorcycle. Ultimately, the motorcyclist ... Read More

LAFAYETTE PARISH - The left lane on Interstate 10 West remains blocked just past LA 182 (North University Avenue) due to an accident, causing congestion to stretch approximately five miles. Read More

A driver is hospitalized after a dump truck collided with a utility pole in Vermilion Parish. It happened on US 167 between Lafayette and ... Read More

A Texas man was killed early Sunday morning in a truck crash on I-10 in Lafayette Parish, authorities said. The crash claimed the life of Oscar Morales, 61, of South Houston, Texas. Louisiana State ... Read More

DUSON, La. (NEWS 15) - There was heavy traffic congestion on I-10 West in Lafayette Parish because of an overturned 18-wheeler, according to the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. Read More

Local weather forecasters are growing more confident that heavy rains coming Tuesday night could produce flash flooding in southeast Louisiana ... north of the Interstate 10 corridor, including ... Read More

The Love's Travel Stop in New Iberia, La., sits off Highway 90 between New Orleans and Lafayette. For the professional driver, the site offers 63 additional truck parking spaces, five showers and a ... Read More

A Lafayette man has been charged with driving while impaired in the death of a pedestrian Sunday in St. Martin Parish. Read More

Late-night drivers on I-10 in New Orleans got a wild surprise when a horse was spotted galloping full speed across the highway. Read More

LAFAYETTE, La. - DOTD announces the following upcoming weekend closures on I-49 (Evangeline Thruway) northbound and the right lane of I-10 eastbound in Lafayette Parish in relation to the I-10 ... Read More

Former Southside High School football coach and current district employee Josh Fontenot and his family were injured and hospitalized after a car crash on Mardi Gras. The family was traveling on ... Read More

The community gathered on Wednesday, March 5, to pray for a Lafayette family. All four of them - mom, dad, and two children - are ... Read More

LAKE CHARLES, La. - Louisiana State Police Troop D began investigating a single-vehicle deadly crash on I-10 East near Hungerford Road on Wednesday, February 12, shortly before 4 p.m. The crash ... Read More

A fatal crash involving five vehicles occurred on Ambassador Caffery Parkway on Sunday afternoon, leaving one driver dead and several others injured. Read More

Northbound lanes of Interstate 49 will be closed at I-10 this weekend while repairs are made to the overpass that was previously ... Lafayette, LA 70501 Phone: 337.234.0800 . News Tips: newstips@ ... Read More

RAYNE, La. (NEWS 15) - Drivers on I-10 East headed toward Lafayette should expect to run into heavy delays because of an overturned 18-wheeler, according to reports. The crash happened just past the ... Read More

US 90, between Amelia and Des Allemands, in Terrebonne and Lafourche Parish, is closed. I-10 in the east and westbound direction from Interstate 49 to La. 415 is closed. Ambassador Caffery at the ... Read More

As of 3:00 this morning, travelers on Interstate 10 will have to choose an alternate route to move either east or west because the roadway is shut down between I-49 in Lafayette to Lobdell just west ... Read More

Curtis Spencer, 71, of St. Martinville, died while working for Possum's Tree Service the 200 block of Rue Iberville. Read More

A tragic workplace accident on Monday morning (Jan. 20) claimed the life of Curtis Spencer, a 71-year-old resident of St. Martinville, LA. The incident occurred while Mr. Spencer was performing work ... Read More

The Lafayette Police Department responded to a report of an employee injured at a work site on Monday, January 20, around 9:30 a.m. Upon arrival, officers discovered ... Read More

Lafayette police said a motorcyclist is dead after a major traffic crash. It happened at the intersection of East Willow Street and Dogwood Drive on ... Read More

The latest popular roadside attraction along Interstate 10 is located along a ... Steven Lanza. Lafayette beat out two other south Louisiana cities - Mitchell declined to name them - to ... Read More

LaFayette, N.Y. - A passenger in a car died Wednesday after the vehicle went off the road and overturned in a ditch in LaFayette, troopers said. Around 4:17 p.m., troopers responded to Ortloff Road ... Read More

Officials with Louisiana State Police say they were called out to a site on U.S. Highway 90 after a collision happened between two trucks, and a man died as a result. Several other people in both ... Read More

A three-vehicle crash in the 600 block of Lafayette Street in Youngsville claimed one life and left others injured. Read More

Authorities say the crash happened in the 5000 block of Hecker Road in Iowa. When they arrived on the scene, the helicopter was on fire in the roadway. Authorities say they found three victims killed. Read More

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette will be lowering the university flag to half-staff on Thursday in memory of an engineering student who died in a crash on Friday. Read More

Louisiana State Police Troop D began investigating a two-vehicle fatality crash involving a bicycle on U.S. 90 near Louisiana Highway 1126 in Jefferson Davis Parish on September 20, shortly before ... Read More

The third man arrested in connection to the Aug. 31 fatal shooting in a Lafayette barbershop had previously been ... May 2020 shooting at a graduation party at a business on U.S. Highway 90 in Lake ... Read More

Lafayette police said one person was taken to the hospital in critical condition after a vehicle hit a utility pole and flipped on Walker Road near ... Read More

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) - A motorcyclist was killed Sunday morning in ... The crash occurred at around 10 a.m. No other details were immediately released. This report will be updated as information ... Read More

One person has died after a major vehicle crash involving a motorcycle at the intersection of Surrey and Twelfth Streets. Read More

Lafayette police said one person is dead after a motorcycle crash at the corner of Surrey and Twelfth streets on Sunday morning. The person's name has ... Read More

The I-10 westbound exit to Ambassador Caffery is closed because of a vehicle crash, according to the Lafayette Police Department. Read More

Lafayette; Louisiana; Lafayette Parish; sheriff's deputies; child trafficking; child porn; suspected child predator; Tiffany Bonin; Crowley; Lafayette Parish Correctional Center; trafficking of ... Read More

Justin Ogbuaku said he enjoys bringing his family business, Smacking Sweets and Eats, to the ArtWalk of Lafayette; he said it's a bittersweet moment knowing his son, Jesus Ogbuaku, would be ... Read More

16-year-old Jesus Ogbuaku was killed in a crash on Mudd Avenue and Northeast Evangeline Thruway. His father, Justin Ogbauku, told KLFY News, he is at a loss for words. '?Living a life out here is hard ... Read More

The project will add another hotel to the University Town Plaza area, which has more than ten existing hotels stretching from East Burgess Road to Interstate 10 ... Pensacola Hotels LLC is based in ... Read More

which urges and requests the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) to expedite the process to complete the Interstate 49 Lafayette Connector. This vital infrastructure project ... Read More

Two competing plans for the Evangeline Thruway corridor have new Mayor-President Monique Blanco Boulet at odds with the city's Evangeline Thruway Redevelopment Team over how to protect ... Read More

Officials said all westbound lanes of I-10 are closed due to an overturned 18-wheeler, and traffic is being diverted to US-190. Read More

The Lafayette music family lost one of its own with the news that Chris Stafford was killed in a crash on Pinhook Road on Thursday. Read More

Backups; I-10 West; Baton Rouge; Lafayette; crash; Butte La Rose; Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development; DOTD; closed; wreck; Friday, May 3; ... Read More

Backups; I-10 West; Baton Rouge; Lafayette; crash; Butte La Rose; Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development; DOTD; closed; wreck; Friday, May 3; ... Read More

He embodied the local joke printed in an Acadiana Profile feature on Stafford: "there are 100 bands in town, but only 10 musicians ... Fatal Lafayette Crash, Police Still Investigating Rhythms on the ... Read More

Lafayette police; man; pulling gun; woman; stealing her vehicle; arrested; Damion Foote; booked; Lafayette Parish Correctional Center; LPCC; armed robbery; identity theft; Thursday, April 25; man held ... Read More

Houma, LA (April 18, 2024) - A fatal three-vehicle collision occurred on LA HWY 659 near Lafayette Woods Blvd late Tuesday, April 16 evening, shortly after 8:00 p.m. Louisiana State Police Troop C is ... Read More

Louisiana State Police; three-vehicle crash; I-49 in St. Landry Parish; claimed lives of two people from Lafayette; sent four others to hospital; Janie Hobbs; Shannon Thibodeaux; Tpr. Thomas Gossen; ... Read More

LAFAYETTE, La. (KADN) - Two incidents on I-10 in Acadiana caused major delays for drivers on their morning commute. I-10 West was closed near Henderson because of a crash that happened around 8:15 a.m ... Read More

Lafayette, LA (KPEL News) - The Kaliste Saloom Road widening and roundabout ... Drivers will need to use LA 92 (Milton Avenue), LA 339 (Verot School Road), LA 3073 (Ambassador Caffery Pkwy), or US 167 ... Read More

State police say through investigation they determined that Ronald Britt, 61, was driving a commercial vehicle northbound on I-55 in the left lane. Read More

Traffic on westbound I-10 near Iowa, La. is being detoured off the interstate after a crash closed both lanes, authorities said. Read More

Scott police; man dead; hit by a vehicle; trying to cross I-10 East; Cankton / Scott exit; Thursday, Feb. 22; Harold Airhart Jr., 68, of Scott; ... Read More

Louisiana may be synonymous with Bourbon Street and Mardi ... Jennings is conveniently located on Interstate 10 and U.S. Highway 90, midway between Lafayette and Lake Charles. This charming small town ... Read More

Officers with the Lafayette Police Department said a man walking in 100 block of PHI Drive was hit by a vehicle and died; The victim was identified as Richard Vidrine Sr., 71, of Washington; ... Read More

One person was killed and another seriously injured in a crash on I-49 in Lafayette Parish early Christmas morning, authorities said. Read More

A 30-year-old Bunkie man was killed in a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 49 in Lafayette Parish early Christmas Day, according to the Louisiana State Police. Tevin Ford was headed north on I ... Read More

A recent traffic collision on Louisiana Avenue has resulted in a fatality. The Lafayette Police Department confirmed that 63-year-old Lisa Barras, a passenger in one of the vehicles involved in the ... Read More

Revitalizing Evangeline Thruway with a focus on economic development and quality of life for residents near the future Interstate 49 Lafayette Connector will be part of her job as Mayor-President, ... Read More

Louisiana State Police Troop I investigated a two-vehicle fatality crash on Interstate 10 about 3 miles west of Louisiana Highway 35; The crash claimed the life of 45-year-old Christopher Baker of ... Read More

LAFAYETTE, La. ( KLFY) - A pedestrian was hit in a major vehicle crash on I-49, according to Lafayette Police Department. Officials said a vehicle traveling northbound on I-49 struck a pedestrian in ... Read More

A major vehicle crash involving a pedestrian has shut down I-49 northbound and is causing traffic delays in multiple directions near the I-10 - I-49 corridor in Lafayette. Read More

A convicted felon from Opelousas will spend the next decade behind bars after he tried to drive away from Lafayette Police who caught him passed out in a parked vehicle near a fuel pump at a local ... Read More

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development announces today that work will begin to repair the right lane on Interstate 10 eastbound near Whiskey Bay, along ... Read More

After all, we are reporting on accidents on I-10 just about every day of the week. Well, the most dangerous highway in Louisiana just so happens to run through many cities like Jennings, Crowley, ... Read More

Louisiana DOTD Crews to Close Interstate 10 Westbound Ramp in St. Martin Parish for Repairs ... Louisiana For those of you traveling in the Broussard / Lafayette area, please be aware the SOUTHBOUND ... Read More

LAFAYETTE, La. ( KLFY )- The Louisiana State Police is currently investigating an incident that has resulted in stalled traffic and heavy smoke on I-10 eastbound, right above Lake Bigeaux. State ... Read More

All lanes are open on I-10 West past LA 13 (Crowley). Congestion remains at approximately 5 miles.- Lafayette Traffic (@Laf_Traffic) July 20, 2017 ... Read More