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In a joint bombshell announcement, veteran news anchors Marcelle Fontenot and Jim Hummel announced that they will be leaving KATC TV-3.

Gavin Benoit, a talented football player for the Church Point Bears, has recently found himself in the spotlight for reasons beyond the gridiron.

KATC Chief Meteorologist Rob Perillo announced on social media today (July 18, 2023) that he is celebrating 35 years of weather forecasting in Acadiana.

Did you pay too much for your crawfish this weekend? Here's what crawfish lovers are paying in Lafayette, Acadiana, Lake Charles, and Baton Rouge per pound.

I was watching Rob's forecast on Wednesday evening when I heard him say this and I stopped what I was doing to make sure I heard my friend correctly.

Our good friend over at KATC, Chief Meteorologist Rob Perillo, fell victim to some funny photoshop editing after he showed his support for the Ragin Cajuns on social media.

KATC also welcomes several new reporters, while another prepares to leave for Kentucky.

A portion of the movie was filmed in Acadiana using locals as extras, local landmarks and even the KATC TV 3 News van and anchor.

Letitia Walker had been with the station for nearly 20 years.

Our media partners and friends from the KATC Weather Lab will soon have a new doppler radar system.

KATC Sports used Microsoft Paint to depict the highlights of the LSU/Michigan game in the NCAA Basketball Tournament.

Morning show provides light at the end of the Winter Storm tunnel.

Starbucks is offering free coffee to front-line workers as COVID-19 cases surge across the United States. The same promotion was offered earlier in the year and the coffee chain has brought it back to support those fighting the pandemic from the front.

Our media partners at KATC-TV3 are reporting that the disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico has been upgraded to a Hurricane by the National Hurricane Center. Hurricane Zeta is projected to make landfall late Wednesday.

Friday, October 16, KATC and the United Way of Acadiana are holding "Spirit of Acadiana Day of Giving" to benefit those in need from Hurricane Delta.

Travis Guillory did not come here to play with y'all.

Our media partners at KATC-TV 3 ran across a former local meteorologist, Dick Faurot, while they were in Southwest Louisiana covering storm damage.

Our media partners at KATC-TV3 announced today that some Facebook users may no longer be able to post to their page. KATC fosters a place for conversation on its page, but will not allow abusive, hateful, or threatening speech to the KATC staff or to other users on the page.

The prospect of severe weather in South Louisiana late Friday into Saturday is now becoming more likely based on the latest forecasts.

Here's a nostalgic look at what Lafayette was looking for and shopping for during the holiday season of 1981.