Lafayette, LA (March 24, 2025) – News 15 has been honored by the Louisiana Association of Broadcasters for having the Best Newscast in the state of Louisiana for a second straight year. In addition, News 15 has also been honored by the LAB for the state’s Best Investigative Reporting.
The awards were presented Friday at the annual awards gathering for the organization in Baton Rouge. “Over the course of the past two years, News 15 has topped its competitors not only in Lafayette, but in all other TV markets in the state – from New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Shreveport, to Lake Charles, Alexandria and Monroe – to take home the top honor for news excellence from the LAB,” said Jim Parker, Vice President & General Manager for KADN FOX 15 and KLAF-NBC.
On top of having the state’s undisputed best newscast, News 15 also drew top honors for its investigative reporting work. This includes exposing a loophole in state law that has allowed for deceased persons to be cremated by local coroners without sufficient efforts to contact next of kin, as well as uncovering that the death of a local SWAT officer involved in a standoff resulted from friendly fire. Lafayette’s mayor-president brought in an outside SWAT review agency in the wake of News 15’s reporting.
News 15 is the home of Acadiana’s most experienced anchor team. Marcelle Fontenot and Jim Hummel have been delivering the stories that matter to local viewers for well over a decade. They are the anchors that our community “knows and trusts,” said Parker. The pair anchor news 15 weeknights at 4, 5, 6, 9 & 10. They’re joined by “Doppler Dan” Romano, who delivers Acadiana’s most accurate and dependable forecast.
