BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – A Louisiana coroner has ruled the death of a 75-year-old woman who founded Baton Rouge’s African American history museum a homicide by suffocation. East Baton Rouge Coroner Beau Clark released preliminary autopsy results Monday that show Sadie Roberts-Joseph was suffocated to death before her body was found in the trunk […]
SUNSET, La. (KLFY)- An Acadiana man who suffered a catastrophic brain injury after an ATV accident is helping others through art. ” I’ve tried a lot of different things. a place to plug my energy. this seemed to work the best,” said 29-year-old BJ Smith. He painted hundreds of pieces of art. It’s a craft […]
The parish agency said the infected mosquitoes were collected over the last two weeks before Hurricane Barry made landfall. COVINGTON, La.(WWL-TV)— The St. Tammany Parish Mosquito Abatement says multiple groups of mosquitoes collected across the Northshore are infected with West Nile Virus. The infected mosquitos were found near the Tammany Hills area south of Covington, […]
EVANGELINE PARISH, La. (LFY)- News 10 was live in downtown Ville Platte on Main Street near city hall and the police department. Officers are blocking roads closed to traffic due to flooding, which has become a safety hazard. There were no mandatory evacuations taking place in Evangeline Parish Monday morning. Residents are staying indoors waiting […]
VILLE PLATTE, La. (KLFY)- Tropical Storm Barry isn’t finished making its mark on Acadiana. Northern portions of the region are facing severe flooding. Emergency crews are working to restore outages and clean debris caused by the weekend storm.
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Here at 517 Bank Avenue, the power has been out since Saturday afternoon around 3:30. Resident Robert Aymond says that Tropical Strom Barry affected his daily routine because he could not do much without having power. “It kept me inside most of the day and then like I say I kept up with the news […]
Louisiana’s governor says he is “extremely grateful” that Tropical Depression Barry did not cause the disastrous floods that had earlier been forecast. In a news conference Sunday evening, Gov. John Bel Edwards said Barry’s rains could have been much worse. He says the state is now better prepared for future storms. Edwards says more than […]
Maybe it’s a family tradition. Or maybe it’s genetics. Either way, Amani Barrow was born to play basketball. “I kind of grew up around the sport of basketball,” Barrow says. “I really love it.” Both of her parents have a history with basketball. Her mom even played basketball at Southern University. Now, Amani continues the […]
There is a heavy police presence Sunday evening at the Tobacco Plus gas station on the corner of the Evangeline Thurway at Pinhook Road. Lafayette Police say on arrival they located a vehicle at that station with an unresponsive male inside. The vehicle was stopped at the station, police said, and after further investigation the […]
Casie Falcon Young was supposed to get married Saturday night at The Manor in St. Martinville. Tropical Storm Barry made that impossible, but the ingenuity of family and friends allowed her to still say “I do” Saturday — in a place she never expected. She and Garland Young Jr. wed Saturday morning inside the indoor practice football […]
All Lafayette Parks and Recreation Summer Enrichment Programs and Therapeutic Day Camps will be closed on Monday, July 15, 2019, due to inclement weather. All programs will resume Tuesday, July 16, a press release states.
The Louisiana Emergency Operations Center says that due to continued power outages associated with Hurricane Barry, Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne is announcing that state offices in Assumption, Iberia and St. Mary parishes will remain closed Monday, July 15, 2019. Agency heads have been made aware and will be responsible for determining the essential personnel who should […]
Give deep thought to debris cleanup in the aftermath of the storm. Utility companies warning residents about handling downed power lines. not only is it dangerous but it could be deadly. News Ten’s Renee Allen has the forewarning. Let the cleanup begin but let it begin with safety in mind. Residents clearing out debris could […]
NEW IBERIA: New Iberia will enforce a city wide curfew beginning at 10pm Sunday and ending at 6am Monday. Power company crews are still working to restore power to the city. We are asking that everyone stay off the streets during curfew hours. JEANERETTE: Jeanerette will enforce a city wide curfew beginning at 7pm Sunday […]