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NEW IBERIA, La. (NEWS 15) — Sugarcane farmers across Acadiana are wrapping up this year's planting season, but a dry spell, high fuel prices, and pest problems in the fields have some growers bracing for a smaller harvest than last year. Planting season, which typically runs through late August and early September, keeps farmers working to get crops in the ground ahead of schedule in hopes of a healthy yield.

NEW IBERIA, La. (NEWS 15) — Westgate High School students were relocated to nearby Anderson Middle School after a bomb threat disrupted classes, marking the second such threat at the campus this month. Iberia Parish sheriff's deputies searched the Westgate campus following the threat on Monday, Aug. 31, before eventually giving the all-clear. The school was also placed on lockdown after a similar threat on Monday, Aug. 24, which also turned out to be phony.

Tropical Storm Edouard is currently impacting the region. Thunderstorms are likely this morning across the area, with cloudy skies developing later in the day. High temperatures will reach the upper 80s. Edouard is moving across the northwest Gulf and toward the southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas coast, with landfall expected this afternoon near Sabine, Texas. Heavy rainfall associated with the storm could lead to urban flooding, especially around where the center of the low moves.

MIAMI (TWC) — Tropical Storm Edouard is forecast to strengthen before reaching the northwestern Gulf Coast on Tuesday, according to the National Hurricane Center. As of 7 a.m. Tuesday, Edouard was about 40 miles south-southeast of Cameron, Louisiana, with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph. It was moving west-northwest at 8 mph. The center is forecast to reach the coast within the warning area on Tuesday before moving inland over southeastern Texas on Tuesday night.

LAFAYETTE, La. (NEWS 15) — Days after a badly decomposed body was found in the rubble of the old La Quinta Inn demolition site, Lafayette police say the man's identity and cause of death remain unknown. Sky 15 video captured the demolition underway along the Evangeline Thruway, work that led to the discovery of the body first reported by News 15 as breaking news on Friday night. Sgt.

LAFAYETTE, La. (NEWS 15) — The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team opens its 2026 season at home against Lamar on Saturday, with head coach Michael Desormeaux saying his team has focused on the Big Red all offseason. Desormeaux was asked how excited his players are to take the field for the opener, but he redirected the question, noting that excitement alone will not be enough. "If you don't respect who you are playing, that's a fast track to getting your a** kicked on Saturday," he emphasized.

VILLE PLATTE, La. (NEWS 15) — A Ville Platte man was arrested in connection with a stabbing that sent another man to a Lafayette hospital earlier this month, according to the Ville Platte Police Chief A. Perry Thomas. Jauwan Bellard, 24, Ville Platte, is charged with attempted second-degree murder. He is being held without bond in the Ville Platte Jail and will be transferred to the Evangeline Parish Jail.

(NEWS 15) — On this segment of Monday Mangé with The Frosted Apron, Al Hebert and Stacey Dempsey are making banana bark, which is a frozen snack made by layering sliced bananas with peanut butter and melted chocolate, then freezing it until hard. You can make a whole sheet pan and break into pieces after it's frozen, or Stacey shows us how to make individual bark that you don't have to break.

LAFAYETTE, La. (NEWS 15) — Acadian Ambulance has launched a First Responder Autism Resource Hub, an online tool designed to help first responders communicate with and care for patients who are nonverbal or on the autism spectrum during emergencies. Mary Pham, community relations specialist for Acadian Ambulance, and Hailey Reviere, a paramedic with the company, discussed the hub during an interview segment on MidDay with Darla.

LAFAYETTE, La. (NEWS 15) — Measles cases nationwide have surpassed 2,700 so far this year, already exceeding last year's total and marking the highest level in about 40 years. The tally makes 2026 on pace to be a record year for measles cases in the United States. Reviewing the history of the disease and its vaccine, high case numbers were common before 1970. The first measles vaccine appeared in 1963, leading to a 95% drop in cases.