New Iberia News

NEW IBERIA - Stephanie Judice thought the schoolwide assembly she attended Wednesday afternoon was to celebrate a school grant.

NEW IBERIA - Employees of Iberia Parish schools will have to endure a slight cut in this year's supplemental pay and deferred payment.

A Louisiana black bear was killed Sunday on U.S. 90 near New Iberia Sunday night, according to the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office.

The bear, a female weighing somewhere between 200 and 300 pounds, was struck at 8:19 p.m. by a 2002 GMC pickup truck driven by Dick Romero of New Iberia as he was on the east-bound on ramp from Louisiana 83 or Weeks Island Road.

A New Iberia man is in critical condition this evening after he lost control of the motorcycle he was driving on LA 685 near Elita Rd.

A community group in St. Mary Parish is asking state officials to hold a public hearing on plans to build a natural gas storage facility beneath the Cote Blanche Island salt dome.

A pedestrian is in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle on Johnston Street Wednesday.

A New Iberia man found dead in a bayou has been identified this. Fifty year old, Abraham Doucet was found floating along Bayou Teche just after one Wednesday, and was discovered by a tugboat captain.

A woman suspected in the robbery of a New Iberia bank was arrested at a bus station in Atlanta, the Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office said today in a news release.

Patrick Williamson just recently earned a promotion to sergeant as a member of the U.S. Army's 5th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, currently on duty in Afghanistan.

It's that time of the year again when you may find some speed bumps on the roadways caused by dirt and debris from sugarcane trucks.

Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns football team will look to get back on the winning track when they travel to Miami this weekend to take on Florida International on Saturday in Sun Belt Conference action.

State police have arrested a New Iberia woman in Friday night's fatal hit and run on La.

The Office of Family Programs is hosting pre-deployment workshops for family members of deploying units of the Louisiana National Guard throughout October and November.

A series of workshops is planned for families of soldiers in the Louisiana National Guard's 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, which is to deploy in January.

Authorities have arrested a 29-year-old basketball coach at Jeanerette High School accused of having sex with a student.

The city of New Iberia is pursuing legal action against the parish, after parish council members encroached in a city economic development area.

John Leonard was so kind to offer his help after my auto accident at the Super One grocery store in New Iberia.

It takes large doses of faith, courage, support, medical science, a sense of humor and good fortune to be a breast-cancer survivor.

NEW IBERIA, Louisiana . The City of New Iberia is proud to announce the launch of its new website: www.cityofnewiberia.com . The City partnered with Firefly Digital of Lafayette to design the site and to integrate a feature called "The Website Gadget." The Gadget enables City staff to manage almost every aspect of the website on a daily basis ...

The head basketball coach at Jeanerette Senior High School has been accused of having sex with a 17-year-old student.