evangeline thruway

Construction is beginning on two major Lafayette roads and drivers need to plan accordingly or expect for major slow downs.

Surveillance footage of a Sunday night Lafayette shooting shows bystanders running for their lives as shots echo in the background.

Another Burger King location in Lafayette has abruptly closed its doors at the start of the new year.

It will be a busy upcoming week (December 11-15) for Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development workers as crews will be performing all sorts of repairs on Interstate 10 - including the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge - and on the Evangeline Thruway in Lafayette all the way down US Highway 90 to St. Mary Parish.

Local authorities are currently responding to an unusual road hazard on the 600 block of the NE Evangeline Thruway: a spill of raw alligator meat.

The project will begin on Tuesday, September 5, 2023.

A new petition to address pedestrian deaths in Louisiana is circulating online.

Two northbound lanes on Evangeline will be closed as state officials make emergency repairs.

The Lafayette Police Department has made an arrest in the hit-and-run fatality that occurred on January 2, 2022.

The crash happened in the early hours of Sunday, January 2, in the 2100 block of the Northwest Evangeline Thruway.

The closures are expected to begin at about 8 pm this evening and last until midnight.

A local firewood business has become an 'eyesore' for residential neighbors as they say it is causing a multitude of issues for the area. The battle has been on-going for years in this part of town, but it looks like the city could be stepping in soon.

A peaceful protest and vigil for Trayford Pellerin began at 5pm on the north side of Lafayette. Live video is showing protesters walking down Evangeline Thruway.