LOS ANGELES (AP) — The discovery of a “target list” containing religious institutions, courthouses and other sites compiled by the gunman in a mass shooting at a California food festival has prompted the FBI to open a domestic terrorism case. Shooter Santino William Legan, 19, fatally shot three people, including two children, with a Romanian-made, […]
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – In response to the mass shooting in the Oregon District, The Dayton Foundation has established the Dayton Oregon District Tragedy Fund. The fund will allow people to make financial contributions to help the families directly affected by the attack. You can make a donation through our special telethon between 4 p.m. […]
This article has been updated to reflect Sherrif Sid Gautreaux’s statement that no shooting incident occurred at the Burbank Walmart. UPDATE 4:34 PM: East Baton Rouge Sheriff Sid Gautreaux said “a shooting incident did not occur” at the Walmart on Burbank on Tuesday. UPDATE: UPDATE: East Baton Rouge Sheriff Sid Gautreaux said during an afternoon news conference […]
(The Advertiser/USA TODAY)- A lawsuit filed late Monday against the Boy Scouts of America says hundreds of former scouts have come forward in recent months with new accounts of sexual abuse, allegations from across eight decades that touch nearly every state. Lawyers began collecting the accounts this spring as they were preparing a suit, which they filed on behalf of a client who alleges his […]
LAFAYETTE, La.- Lafayette Consolidated Government’s Public Works Department broke ground Tuesday to widen and extend Kaliste Saloom Road between Grand Point Boulevard and E. Broussard Road. This phase of the project will widen the existing two-lane asphalt road to a five-lane road with a two-way center turning lane. The purpose of the project is to increase […]
LAFAYETTE, La. (William Taylor Potter/The Advertiser)- Fashion retailer H&M has announced plans to open a new store in the Acadiana Mall in fall 2019, adding a business to the recently purchased mall that is working to eliminate vacancies. The new store will measure approximately 16,000 square feet and will add 20 new employees. “H&M has […]
Abbeville Police are investigating a murder from Monday morning. Although they haven’t identified who died yet. The family reached out to us to make sure Timothy Green Sr. is remembered. “Somebody took my baby’s life for no reason,” Cynthia Johnson Levy told me about her son-in-law. She says he was on his way back from […]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY)- A national shortage of paramedics has led to more companies pushing for the education and recruitment of emergency medical technicians. Acadian Companies is working to answer that demand for more paramedics and EMTs to help keep up with emergency response. “There’s not too bad of a shortage around here, but nationwide there […]
(CBS Sports) This is certainly something that you don’t see every day. According to EuroHoops and RTV, former Ohio University standout D.J. Cooper received a two-year suspension from FIBA in 2018 after it was revealed that he used his pregnant girlfriend’s urine instead of his own to try and pass a drug test. The test results showed that Cooper […]
State Police are investigating a fatal motorcycle crash in Ville Platte. They say it happened shortly before 5 p.m. Monday on Hwy. 167 near the intersection with Crimson Lane. The crash involved a motorcycle and a vehicle, police said. No additional details have been released — including the cause of the crash or the identity […]
On Monday, President Trump made remarks from the White House in response to the shootings this weekend in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio.
Update: A Baton Rouge Police officer was shot in the leg and taken to the hospital Monday evening. WVLA reports that the shooting happened just after 7:00 p.m. in the 900 block of Geranium Street, just a block away from LSU’s campus. ————————————————————————————————— A Baton Rouge Police officer was injured and taken to an area […]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY)- Republican Congressman Clay Higgins says the culture that defines America is suffering while the country is divided about how to respond. Higgins says he’s shocked and prays for the victims of both shootings. “I’m heart broken just as an American, as a patriot, as a veteran and as a police officer.” The […]
BREAUX BRIDGE, La. (KLFY)- Less than five years ago two young girls were killed and another was seriously injured after an intoxicated driver ran them over on their way to school. Now, their parents say they’re re-living everything because the person responsible is walking free. “Him out is re-opening old wounds that never really closed,” […]
"We're exploring the idea of whether this individual acted alone. He may have physically (executed) the shooting alone, but we want the investigation to go deeper into who he was in contact with, whether there could be a network of people who think like he did." Chihuahua Gov. Javier Corral
It was a rough day on Wall Street again Monday amid worries about how much President Donald Trump’s worsening trade war will damage the economy. Stocks dropped 3% on Wall Street, their worst drop of the year, as China countered Trumps’ tariffs by letting its currency, the yuan, drop to its lowest level against the […]