LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) -Those who love to fish will tell you, it just hasn’t been the same in some areas since hurricanes Rita and Ike. But there are efforts to improve fishing now and into the ...

CAMERON PARISH, La. (KPLC) - One week ago a Welsh man vanished on a Cameron Parish waterway. Steven Iguess, 49, went deer hunting on Thanksgiving and didn’t return home. The boat he used was found ...

State Police early Tuesday opened up sections of Interstate 10 in south-central Louisiana to local traffic, but continued to detour other traffic on the interstate due to a flooding Mermentau River.

While many in Acadiana are ripping out flooring and applying for federal aid, others are worried the worst of the record-setting flood is yet to come. Those southwest of Lafayette continue to see ...

The Coast Guard is conducting a Waterways Analysis and Management Systems (WAMS) study of the Mermentau River and Mermentau Channel. The study focuses on the area's aids to navigation system, ...

(Cameron Parish OEP)- LA 82 at the Mermentau River/Grand Chenier Bridge will have alternating lane closures tomorrow, Monday, April 8, 2019 between 8:30am – 11:00am. The roadway will be reduced to one ...

Boaters who use the Mermentau boat launch underneath the U.S. 90 overpass on the Mermentau River in Acadia Parish will have to find another one to use starting on Monday. DOTD is replacing the current ...

UPDATE:The body of Bradford Ware, 35, of Crowley, was recovered around 11 a.m. this morning on the Mermentau River on the Acadia Parish and Jefferson Davis Parish border. The search and rescue crews ...

In 2016, Louisiana saw some of its worst floods in modern history. The storm left hundreds of thousands of homes underwater and deposited more than 26 inches in some areas over three days. The quiet ...

The fall inshore shrimp season will open Monday across most of Louisiana, but the Biloxi Marsh and part of the Mermentau River won’t open for another two weeks. The state Department of Wildlife and ...

Nearly 4,000 acres of land, divided into 38 separate parcels, located in Acadia, Jeff Davis, and Vermilion Parishes, and situated along the Mermentau River and its tributaries between Lake Arthur and ...