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January 17, 2012 10:01 AM
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - A call center once seen as an economic boon to the Lafayette area, could be closed by the end of the month. The call center received $2 million in local and state grants on a pledge to maintain a workforce of 1,000 people from 2007 to...
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December 26, 2010 11:34 PM
The day after Christmas is the busiest return day for shoppers... and many Acadiana shoppers were doing just that, returning, exchanging,and searching for deals! KATC'S Chris Welty caught up with bargain hunters at the Mall of Acadiana.
"Came in for the clearances." "Mainly to get the sales and the...
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December 22, 2010 11:34 PM
There have been four emergency evacuations in Lafayette in less than a week, all due to calls about suspicious devices. The Mall of Acadiana was the most recent site of an emergency evacuation. And with so many shoppers packed into the mall for the busiest shopping week of the year,...
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November 12, 2010 9:41 PM
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A former New Orleans police officer on trial for gunning down a man outside a strip mall in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath said after the shooting that looters are "animals" who "deserved to be shot," a fellow officer testified Friday. The former officer, David Warren, is charged...
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December 20, 2009 7:02 PM
Getting wrapped up in holiday shopping becomes a problem when you forget to keep safe in parking lots and garages.
Many do not realize how important this is until it is too late. One local shopper learned the hard way: a few years back Elaine Darby was robbed at...
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December 9, 2009 11:38 AM
Lafayette, LA- United Blood Services and the Mall of Acadiana are giving you 1,003 reasons to save a life this holiday season. Donate blood at United Blood Services donor center, located at 1503 Bertrand Drive between December 14th and December 24th and you will automatically be entered into a drawing...
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November 30, 2009 9:10 AM
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Police in Nebraska report a couple of couples have a secret -- a Victoria's Secret. Officers are looking for two couples suspected of stealing 126 bras from the Victoria's Secret store at Omaha's Westroads Mall. The missing underthings are worth nearly 6,000 bucks. The stolen bras...
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November 23, 2009 12:36 PM
Shoppers asked to be Vigilant
The Lafayette Police Department would like to wish all of its citizens a "Happy and Safe Holiday Season". The Police Department offers the following safety tips while shopping and at home: Holiday Crime Prevention Tips While Shopping: • Stay alert to your surroundings and the...
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November 13, 2009 9:48 AM
Lafayette City-Parish President Joey Durel recently wrapped a series of listening tours. Hhe wanted to know what vision Lafayette residents had for the hub city in 10... 20... or 30 years. But as one wise man said, in order to figure out where we're going, we must remember where we've...
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November 13, 2009 9:35 AM
We go back to Lafayette during the 70s and the greatest drilling boom its ever seen. What began as a trickle in the 60's was a gusher in the 70's... Lafayette was all about black gold. With oil prices hovering near $30 a barrel unemployment hung around a low four...
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November 12, 2009 7:35 PM
A lafayette teen was allegedly attacked Tuesday night in the Mall of Acadiana parking lot.
Lafayette Police say, the 16-year-old female victim was walking to her car outside the food court entrance, when three suspects allegedly hit her with what she believes was a stun gun. She says they...
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