KANSAS CITY, MO (WDAF/CNN) – Millions of people across the country are facing sweltering temperatures with most of the country in the middle of a dangerous and potentially record-breaking heat wave. Escaping to the air conditioning isn’t just a nicety at this point it can be a safety issue. Christy Zahnter’s mail route recently changed, […]
CLEVELAND (U.S. Coast Guard 9th Dis. Great Lakes)- U.S. Coast Guard Air Facility Muskegon’s MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew rescued a woman and her dog after she had been stranded on Lake Michigan’s shoreline at the bottom of a sand bluff, near Ludington, Michigan, Friday. The woman and her husband had been hiking with their three dogs along the bluff near Lake Michigan, Thursday. […]
COMPTON, Calif. (CNN) – A vicious prank pulled by two grown men earlier this month in California left a 10-year-old boy with serious injuries, his family said. Aaron Carreto’s life was changed forever on July 6, his birthday, when he says two adult neighbors approached him outside his family’s home. “He had something in his […]
The St. Landry Parish Government recently implemented a new social media policy for parish social media sites. But, it hasn’t come without growing concerns from animal shelter supporters. Parish officials want to have more input on the animal shelter’s Facebook page. Stacey Alleman McKnight, Director of St. Landry Parish Animal Control, said, “We didn’t […]
The St. Landry Parish Government recently implemented a new social media policy for parish social media sites. But, it hasn’t come without growing concerns from animal shelter supporters. Parish officials want to have more input on the animal shelter’s Facebook page. Stacey Alleman McKnight, Director of St. Landry Parish Animal Control, said, “We didn’t […]
BENTON, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Gov. John Bel Edwards highlighted the signing “Katie Bug’s Law” with a ceremonial bill signing in Benton Friday afternoon as the family of the little girl it honors looked on. Named in memory of Katie Grantham, SB 138 allows officers to determine whether a driver should be tested for drugs in crashes that […]
NEW ORLEANS, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers in New Orleans seized 180 pieces of counterfeit Cartier jewelry Thursday from a shipment coming from Hong Kong. If authentic, the jewelry would hold a manufacturer suggested retail price (MSRP) of over $2.6 million. According to a statement released Friday, officers seized 180 […]
BREAUX BRIDGE, La. (KLFY)- A Breaux Bridge man is accused in a shots fired incident. Breaux Bridge police say they responded to the report on July 14. Officers located the vehicle belonging to the suspect Charles Belvin. Police say when they tried to make a trafic stop Belvin fled on foot; he was later captured […]
MINDEN, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Police have arrested a suspect in the fatal shooting of a pregnant woman early Wednesday morning in Minden. Na’Toyedre Barrow, who was 19, was shot and killed while sleeping on a couch inside a Hickory Ridge apartment in the 800 block of Carolina St. around 2:30 a.m. There were also three children, including […]
The Louisiana state fire marshal’s office is investigating the fire as suspicious.
A St. Tammany jury took about an hour to find a man guilty in the death of his 6-week-old son in 2017. According to a report from The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate, 27-year-old Anthony Dearmas was found guilty of first-degree murder in the battering death of his son, Karter Smith. Dearmas was accused […]
It’s almost that time of year again. The following are the back to school dates around Acadiana: Acadia- Thursday, 8/8 Vermilion- Thursday, 8/8 St. Landry- Thursday, 8/8 Iberia- Friday, 8/9 Jeff Davis- Friday, 8/9 Evangeline- Tuesday, 8/13 St. Martin- Wednesday, 8/14
The defense funding bill passed by the House just a few days ago includes money to fight a battle inside the defense department — the battle against sexual assault.