An accused car thief couldn't drive himself out of trouble. Carencro Police say as they were responding to a stolen car complaint on Potier Road, they got another call from someone in the same general area saying someone tried to do the same thing with their car, damaging the ignition in the unsuccessful attempt.
An update to a story that KPEL news has been following since late December. Eric Manuel, a former youth minister at St. Thomas More High School, has been indicted on multiple child sex crimes.
A man is accused of exposing himself to an elderly woman. Captain Kip Judice with the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office says the woman called 911 yesterday and told them when she went by her window the man pulled down his pants and exposed his genitals to her.
State News The fifth time was the charm. After a vote by the Louisiana High School Athletic Association,...
Crime Authorities have arrested the student they believe set a fire in a bathroom stall at Northside...
Opinion After sitting through about 10 minutes of MTV’s newest reality show “Caged” following...
Stocks fall after lower-than-expected GDP growth. Rhonda Bordelon has your stock market report on today’s Acadiana Business Index. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] GDP grew at 2.8% rate ...
A national education policy group wants students to learn sex education at a much earlier age.
A state teachers’ union giving its own ideas on education reforms. Louisiana Association of Educators President Joyce Haynes says the group is against many of Governor Jindal’s reform plans. She says th...
As the state and the region got good news yesterday about the oil and gas industry, we get news that Louisiana is still losing opportunities in the field.
An accused car thief couldn't drive himself out of trouble. Carencro Police say as they were responding to a stolen car complaint on Potier Road, they got another call from someone in the same general...
Newt Gingrich has been calling President Obama a food stamp President. But is he? An article from Investors Business Daily makes the case for it. Still, in an interview with ABC’s Diane Sawyer, he cl...
An update to a story that KPEL news has been following since late December. Eric Manuel, a former youth minister at St. Thomas More High School, has been indicted on multiple child sex crimes.
A man is arrested after he gets caught walking around a scrap yard late last night. Sgt. Larry Isadore with Scott Police says just before 11 PM a video alarm went off, indicating two people were walking...
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