LAFAYETTE, La. — UPDATE: After investigating, LPD detectives determined a 2-year-old child inside the home found an unsecured and loaded firearm. The child fired the gun, hitting the 4-year-old Blaze ...

The Lafayette Police Department (LPD), in coordination with the Lafayette Consolidated Government Department of Alcohol and Noise Control, conducted compliance checks at several downtown ...

A third person has been arrested in connection with the November slaying of Oveyanna Francis. Francis, 23, died in a November shooting that happened at the Himbola Manor apartment complex. The most ...

Lafayette Consolidated Government and the Lafayette Police Department will host a public meeting to provide information and receive input ahead of the upcoming Mardi Gras season. Residents, krewe ...