ABBEVILLE, La. (KLFY)- Abbeville Police detectives have arrested Andrew Matthew Granger for crimes related to the homicide of Jacoby Lee, of Abbeville. Granger has been charged with second degree murder. Lee was killed on August 21, 2019. Granger’s bond has been set at $500,000. This is an on going investigation, authorities said. More arrests relating […]
ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — Friday is Fight Procrastination Day. We know we could have written this story early in the day, but we procrastinated. So what exactly causes someone to procrastinate? According to the website Solving Procrastination, procrastination is caused by a combination of factors. Mental exhaustion can play a role, as well as fear. […]
Louisiana’s gubernatorial primary election is coming up and in preparation for voting day, the Nexstar Media Group is hosting the first live televised statewide Louisiana Governor Primary Debate. The participants are Louisiana Governor Governor John Bel Edwards (D-LA), Congressman Ralph Abraham (R-LA5) and businessman Eddie Rispone (R). The debate is taking place at 7 p.m. […]
NEW YORK (CNN)- No trip to the Big Apple is complete without a few quintessentially New York experiences: grabbing a gigantic slice of NYC-style pizza; strolling across the Brooklyn Bridge on a clear morning; and, of course, coming face-to-toe with a cat-sized rat on the subway. But that last time-honored tradition has vexed city planners […]
MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WBTW) – The red Jeep that went viral during Hurricane Dorian for being stranded in the ocean was pulled away to safety on Friday. The Jeep looks worse for wear in the video with exterior damage to the body and the windshield. It was found stranded in the Myrtle Beach ocean as […]
Hurricane Dorian has continued to weaken as it now stands at Category 1 strength spinning just offshore of North Carolina this morning as it moves to the northeast. Dorian is still bringing significant impacts to North Carolina and Virginia in the form of heavy rains, strong winds, and storm surge. Fortunately, Dorian will head out […]
LAFAYETTE, LA — Thursday the Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government approved a new budget for the 2020 fiscal year. Some amendments passed. Others failed. Going in some of the biggest questions surrounded drainage, dredging, and jailing, but there was no question which issue sparked the most debate. “Drainage was the obvious place to put that money”, […]
Investigators with the St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Office have received several complaints from area residents in reference to phone scams. Scam artists use cell phones, landlines, text messages and emails to gain access to unsuspecting individuals. These scammers are usually in another country and they make their tracks untraceable. Major Ginny Higgins, Public Information Officer […]
ST MARTIN PARISH, La. (KLFY) A Breaux Bridge man is behind bars in connection with possessing stolen heavy machinery. St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s deputies say when they searched a home on the 1000 block of Dalfrey Road, they located a lawnmower stolen from a St. Landry Residents. Deputies then searched property on Camp Bon Temps […]
The Lafayette consolidated government discussed the 2020 Budget in a special meeting. $40 million in drainage for flash flooding was approved. A motion to dredge the Vermilion River also passed. The motion by Sheriff Mark Garber to received $1 million to fund 35 jobs in the parish jail failed. We will have more details from […]
BOSSIER PARISH, La. (KTAL/KMSS) A Bossier Parish schools substitute teacher is behind bars after being arrested for allegedly engaging in sexual relations with a student, according to Bossier Sheriff Julian Whittington. Melissa West, of the 300 block of Antietam Drive in Bossier City, was taken into custody Wednesday afternoon for having inappropriate sexual relations with […]
When Hurricane Dorian began spiraling towards the Bahamas, Darla Clement was in the Abaco Islands, managing her family’s resort. When the category five hurricane slammed the coast, her family lost all contact. They did not even know if Darla was alive… until Wednesday, September 4. That is when her family received the long-awaited text message […]
JEFF DAVIS PARISH, La. (KLFY)- Officials with the JDPSO tell News 10 that they go the extra mile to ensure that the public is safe from sex offenders. According to the Louisiana Criminal Code, there’s three different types of sex offenders.They’re divided into tiers. Each sex offender is placed under a tier based on their […]
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A Louisiana teacher and football coach has been jailed on a child pornography charge. An arrest warrant states 33-year-old James Allen Opie of Shreveport was arrested Wednesday. The warrant says police assisted the FBI in a search of his home. News outlets report Opie works at C.E. Byrd High School in […]
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