A murder suspect awaiting trial has escaped from the Iberia Parish Jail, according to Sheriff Tommy Romero. The suspect was captured shortly after midnight.

Authorities stepped up security measures at Lake Arthur High on Wednesday, September 18, after online chatter the previous day about threats against the school.

More than two years after the FBI raided the Lafayette District Attorney’s office, a former assistant district attorney has been indicted by a federal grand jury.

An Abbeville Police dispatcher is on administrative leave after her indictment. The dispatcher was indicted in July on one count of felony sexual battery and one count of