Joshua Wilson walks his dogs Caymus and Moose Tuesday, January 21, 2025, on Mall Street in Lafayette, La. For the first time ever, Lake Charles and much of Acadiana are under a blizzard warning as snow blankets the area Tuesday morning.

The Western Heritage Trail Ride marks the kickoff of the Southwest Louisiana Livestock Show & Rodeo and celebrates the cowboy culture of the Cajun prairie.

The Storm Prediction Center has placed all of Louisiana with the exception of the extreme northwest corner and southeastern third of the state at a slight risk for severe storms today. Those areas not under a slight risk of severe storms will be at a marginal risk for strong to severe storms later tonight and especially during the day on Thursday.

the Louisiana state climatologist. "And the temperatures — four degrees in Lafayette, six in Lake Charles — are the coldest we've seen in over a century." While the snow has stopped, subfreezing temperatures are expected to persist for several days ...

The cold temperatures are coming from a not uncommon expansion in the Polar Vortex, which are counter-clockwise rotating air currents that typically hang over the Arctic.

This Is Home Fest is returning for its fifth year, featuring a celebration of food, music and community. This year’s festival will take place April 26 at the Civic Center in Lake Charles, according to a news release.

The Lafayette Parish School Board are holding meetings to hear the superintendent's "vision" for the system, as well as budget processes, at the Golden Nugget.

Interstate 10 reopened to westbound traffic from I-49 in Lafayette to the Texas border, the Department of Transportation and Development announced mid-afternoon Wednesday. The update comes after a historic winter storm brought several inches of snow to the gulf coast and shut down most of I-10 between Texas and Mississippi.

Southeast Texas and parts of Louisiana are under its first ever blizzard warning Tuesday as the winter storm rolls through

Jeff Landry and parish presidents. Most of the heaviest snowfall will blanket areas in the Interstate 10 corridor beginning after midnight Monday entering western Louisiana in Lake Charles and moving through Lafayette and then Baton Rouge with ...

Over 10,000 kids have participated in the program since 2009, performing more than 75 shows for the community.

Starting in Gueydan, the trail ride spans much of southwest Louisiana, passing through Lake Arthur, Jennings, Welsh and Iowa to eventually arrive at the rodeo parade and later ride into Burton Coliseum in Lake Charles.