Many events will be held for the Fourth of July in Acadiana. See the list below for events, times, and locations. More information can be found by clicking the name of each individual event listed below: Broussard Independence Festival – Saturday, June 29, 6:00pm-9:30pm – Broussard Sports Complex at St. Julien Park. Live music begins by Jet Seven. […]
Many events will be held for the Fourth of July in Acadiana. See the list below for events, times, and locations. More information can be found by clicking the name of each individual event listed below: Broussard Independence Festival – Saturday, June 29, 6:00pm-9:30pm – Broussard Sports Complex at St. Julien Park. Live music begins by Jet Seven. […]
CHURCH POINT, La.- During a traffic stop Thursday night, on Martin Luther King Dr., Church Point Police Department Patrol Division, smelled the odor of Marijuana coming from the vehicle. The stop was made for the driver not stopping at a stop sign. Following a permitted search of the vehicle several types and weights of illegal […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – A young father will likely die from being shot while walking home after the birth of his first children, who are twins. The shooting happened around 6 p.m. Sunday at Roselane and Clay streets in the Smoketown neighborhood. Tyrese Garvin, 20, was at the birth of his babies at University Hospital earlier […]
MILWAUKEE, Wisc. (CNN) – A Milwaukee man appeared in court Thursday, accused of killing his 5-year-old son with a punch. 29-year-old Travis Stackhouse was reportedly angry that the child had eaten his piece of cake. He appeared in court Thursday for the first time, facing a homicide charge. Stackhouse is accused of fatally punching his […]
DANVILLE, Va. (AP) — A Virginia couple has been charged in the death of a two-month-old baby from a suspected heroin and cocaine overdose. News outlets report a grand jury in Danville, Virginia, indicted 27-year-old Eugene Chandler Jr. and 26-year-old Shaleigh Brumfield on Tuesday on charges of felony homicide and abuse and neglect of a […]
WEST BATON ROUGE (LA Gov. Office) – Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards joined Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) Secretary Shawn D. Wilson, Ph.D., as well as local and state officials, to sign House Bill 578 into law. The bill appropriates $700 million from the BP oil spill settlement to transportation projects across the state. “Signing this […]
ABBEVILLE, La.- On Thursday, at 6pm in the evening, Abbeville Police Department were called out in response to an infant being left alone in a locked vehicle at Walmart. Upon arrival officers immediately notice that the infant was in a car seat in the backseat of the locked vehicle. The vehicle was not running, and […]
Rain chances will ramp back up on this Friday as an upper level disturbance moves through Acadiana. Showers and storms look likely for the afternoon and evening hours today. Approximate timing for the greatest threat for rain is between 2:00pm to 9:00pm. A few storms could be strong to severe with heavy rains, strong winds, […]
Four graduating high school seniors no longer have to worry about college tuition. Lafayette injury attorney Glenn Armentor, recently awarded his annual “Pay It Forward” scholarships to the four deserving students. One of them is Angelique Schmidt, a teen who has experienced more adversity than most people do in a lifetime. The 2019 comeaux high […]
(CNN)The US Food and Drug Administration issued a warning on Thursday about possible risk of hacking for some diabetes patients’ insulin pumps. Certain insulin pumps from Medtronic MiniMed have been recalled due to potential cybersecurity risks and it’s recommended for people who use those insulin pumps to switch to different models, according to the FDA. Glucose monitor and app […]
UPDATE: EBR Deputies have identified the victims and suspect in this shooting. Investigators say 35-year-old Crista Sudduth, 72-year-old Ruby White (Sudduth’s grandmother), and 32-year-old Ivy Frank were all killed in the shooting. Deputies arrested 48-year-old Michael Lee Wade in connection to the shooting, he’s now facing three counts of First Degree Murder. Two women and […]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) – Holy Rosary Institute, a once thriving center for education in Lafayette, is set to receive half a million dollars in state funding this year. Governor John Bel Edwards signed House Bill 2 into law. The legislation includes $500,000 for phase one of the Holy Rosary Redevelopment Project. From 1913 until 1993, […]
In the majority opinion, Chief Justice Roberts wrote that the government failed to give a good enough reason why the citizenship question should be added to the census.
Detectives believe Domingue took the photos with an electronic device, then had the teen take inappropriate pictures of her.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – As he travels Louisiana seeking support for his gubernatorial bid, Republican U.S. Rep. Ralph Abraham is spending less time in Washington and casting fewer votes than most of his colleagues. Abraham had strong attendance in his first two U.S. House terms. GovTrack, an independent clearinghouse for congressional data, shows Abraham […]
Waitr CEO Chris Meaux issued a statement calling the layoffs a "synergistic reduction."
CROWLEY, La. (KLFY)- Miss Helen’s Soup Kitchen in Crowley will close on Friday and operations will be moved to the cafeteria at Redemptorist Catholic for six months. The building that currently houses the soup kitchen is in serious disrepair and will be torn down and rebuilt. Miss Helen’s is owned and operated by St. Michael […]
NEW IBERIA, La. (KLFY)- It was an exciting day in Iberia Parish as officials broke ground on a new 911 and emergency operations center. The 10,700 square-foot facility is being built on Ember Driver in New Iberia. It’s a $5.9 million project.The facility will serve as a central location for 911 calls, and in case […]
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (WSAV) – History was made in South Carolina. The Town of Hilton Head Island announced on its Facebook page that eggs from a Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle nest hatched Thursday morning. The Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle is the world’s most endangered sea turtle species. The nest was the first of its kind […]