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• Coaches Remember Derek Olivier On and Off the Field Play Video

  September 28, 2012 8:10 PM

  A recent graduate from New Iberia Senior High School, killed in a shooting near his college in Arkansas, is remembered for his character on and off the football field. Derek Olivier's former coaches said he was a talented athlete with great potential, someone they had high hopes for. "Just... more »

• Team of doctors set up secret Syria field hospital

  August 21, 2012 9:29 AM

  PARIS (AP) - A group of physicians says an international team of doctors turned a villa under construction in Syria into a secret hospital, spending two months treating wounded who sometimes traveled two days for help. Medecins Sans Frontieres said Tuesday that it took the doctors a week to transform... more »

• UGA student chosen for BCS championship field goal

  January 5, 2012 10:13 AM

  ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - A University of Georgia graduate student has a shot at winning thousands of dollars in prizes at one of the nation's biggest college football games. But first, he's got to make a 40-year-yard field goal at halftime of the Allstate BCS National Championship Monday in New... more »

• Obscene Obama Message Visible from Sky, Google Earth

  May 27, 2011 8:04 PM

  Someone in St. Landry Parish disapproves of President Obama, and they made it known in a very big way. The political message could not only be seen from the skies of Acadiana but has now made it to the infamy of the internet. "I found it through Facebook, my... more »

• Tornado Strikes While Lafayette Students on Field Trip

  May 1, 2011 2:02 PM

  As storms travelled through Alabama last week, also travelling in the state a group of middle school students from Lafayette. It was a field trip these student won't soon forget and a KATC exclusive as parents and students spoke only with us when they returned home. "It was... more »

• Dozens Kick to Raise Money for Miles

  April 9, 2011 7:36 PM

  Dozens of kids were kicking for a good cause Saturday afternoon. Acadiana Karate students held a "break-a-thon" at Cajun Field. They broke boards that were sold for 3 dollars each. For six years now, this fundraiser has generated thousands of dollars for the Miles Perret Cancer Services. This year,... more »

• UL Game Towing

  September 13, 2010 11:57 PM

  The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is celebrating the win at their first home game of the season. But for some Cajun fans, the euphoria quickly ended as soon as they left the field. Some had to pay nearly $250, after they parked at Westwood Village Shopping Center across Bertrand... more »

• DHH says Hispanic Field Worker Dies of Rabies

  August 24, 2010 1:01 PM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals says a Hispanic field worker died over the weekend of rabies. DHH says the unidentified victim was initially taken to a hospital in New Roads and transferred to New Orleans, where he later died. Lisa Faust with DHH... more »

• Senate Field Hearing In Lafayette On Drilling Moratorium

  August 17, 2010 7:15 PM

  Senators Mary Landrieu and David Vitter were in Lafayette today for what's called a "field hearing." The subject of the hearing was the moratorium on deep water drilling. It happened today at the LITE Center and played out very much like hearings you might have seen on C-SPAN, people... more »

• Sen. Landrieu Holds Field Hearing on the Impact of Moratorium on Deepwater Drilling

  August 16, 2010 3:41 PM

  WASHINGTON - Today, August 17, 2010, United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., Chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, will hold a field hearing on the impact of the deepwater drilling moratorium on small businesses in Louisiana and along the Gulf Coast. The field hearing entitled... more »

• Drums Across Cajun Field Will Be In Lafayette Tonight

  July 26, 2010 1:36 PM

  LAFAYETTE - Drums Across Cajun Field will come to Lafayette on Monday, July 26. A local stop on the 2010 Drum Corps International Tour, the event will feature several of the world's top drum and bugle corps in competition. This is the fourth year UL Lafayette's Pride of Acadiana... more »

• Body Found in St. Gabriel Field

  June 10, 2010 7:34 AM

  ST. GABRIEL, La. (AP) - St. Gabriel Police Chief Kevin says his department has opened a homicide investigation after finding the charred remains of a human body in a pasture. Ambeau said that the body was found around 2 p.m. Wednesday near La. Highway 141. He said it is unclear... more »

• UL and UL Monroe team up for Military Appreciation Day

  November 11, 2009 1:57 PM

  LAFAYETTE - In celebration of the Second Annual Military Appreciation Day, both bands from UL Lafayette and UL Monroe will perform together during the halftime entertainment on November 21st when Financial Concepts presents the Ragin' Cajuns and the Warhawks at Cajun Field. "The ULM band will perform with the Pride... more »

• House hold chemical day

  October 29, 2009 10:03 AM

  Lafayette Consolidated Government is giving you a chance to recycle what you may have around the house.LCG will sponsor a household chemical drop off day, Saturday, October 31st from 8 until noon at the Cajun Field parking lot. To participate, you must live in the city of Lafayette or unincorporated... more »