News Massive fire levels Carencro mechanic shop after fuel fumes ignite inside building BY KRISTIN ASKELSON | Staff writer May 12, 2026 A mechanic shop in Carencro was destroyed Monday morning after a fire sparked by fuel fumes caused the building’s roof to collapse, authorities said.
News Man charged with murder for setting fire that killed 9-year-old child in Duson area BY CLAIRE TAYLOR | Staff writer May 4, 2026 A Lafayette Parish man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a 9-year-old girl who died in an apartment fire in the Duson area.
Woman turning on the gas burner on the stove. M-Production Apr 29, 2026 Residents can cook with propane on gas-powered stoves, allowing them to have hot meals even in difficult storm-related conditions.
Woman turning on the gas burner on the stove. M-Production Apr 29, 2026 Residents can cook with propane on gas-powered stoves, allowing them to have hot meals even in difficult storm-related conditions.
Environment NO.longleaf.adv_3228.JPG PHOTO BY CHRIS GRANGERUpdated Mar 22, 2026 Longleaf pine grows in a healthy forest habit maintained by prescribed fire in St. Tammany Parish on Wednesday, February 25, 2026. (Photo by C…
Environment NO.longleaf.adv_3225.JPG PHOTO BY CHRIS GRANGERUpdated Mar 22, 2026 Hunter Hutchinson, a fire technician with Sustainable Forestry Solutions, drives his four-wheeler down a dirt road as he monitors a prescribed…
Environment NO.longleaf.adv_3227.JPG PHOTO BY CHRIS GRANGERUpdated Mar 22, 2026 A forest habitat in St. Tammany Parish burns in a prescribed fire on Wednesday, February 25, 2026. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
Environment NO.longleaf.adv_3249.JPG PHOTO BY CHRIS GRANGERUpdated Mar 23, 2026 Longleaf pine grows in a healthy forest habit maintained by prescribed fire in St. Tammany Parish on Wednesday, February 25, 2026. (Photo by C…
Environment NO.longleaf.adv_3243.JPG PHOTO BY CHRIS GRANGERUpdated Mar 23, 2026 Longleaf pine grows in a healthy forest habit maintained by prescribed fire in St. Tammany Parish on Wednesday, February 25, 2026. (Photo by C…
Environment NO.longleaf.adv_3251.JPG PHOTO BY CHRIS GRANGERUpdated Mar 23, 2026 Longleaf pine grows in a healthy forest habit maintained by prescribed fire in St. Tammany Parish on Wednesday, February 25, 2026. (Photo by C…