March 7, 2013 Imagine this scenario: You get the kids ready and off to school, you put Lucky in the back yard, and you leave the house for work. On the way home, you pick the kids up from day care, stop at the grocery store to buy the fixings for supper, and then you get home to find everything of value gone!
March 3, 2013 Ouachita Parish Sheriff deputies are saying that the BOLO about a gold Hummer with a child tied and gagged in the back seat was just a big misunderstanding.
February 27, 2013 A California high school student staged an undercover sting operation to catch the thief that was stealing money from kids' backpacks. Who she caught, will astound you.
On Feb. 10, 15-year-old Austin Rivault and two of his friends were riding in a truck on Green Meadow Road in Lafayette when Fontenot allegedly opened fire on them.
Officials have not yet confirmed whether the body found in a Big Bear, California, cabin was that of accused cop-killer Christopher Dorner.
February 9, 2013 Since the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, more than a half million cards, letters, and drawings have been sent to the people of Newtown, Connecticut, from around the world.
A student carried the knife, which had a 7" blade, to school in their book bag.
A 9-year-old girl recently gave birth to a girl in Mexico last month and now the authorities want to find the father.
In a story that KPEL News has been following since it broke nearly a month ago, 59-year-old Elaine Crump of Lafayette, formerly a case manager with the Acadiana Outreach Center, has pled guilty for her role in the bribery scheme - knowingly allowing her signature to be forged on fraudulent community service certificates while employed as a case manager, and taking bribes for it.
KPEL News was able to obtain Facebook postings believed to be from the suspect from throughout the day and during the standoff.
Watch the suspect, Tai Nguyen, as he rants on video while the standoff is happening! (Warning: Graphic Language)
The body of another man was found inside a home that was set on fire before the shooting.
