The tropics continue to be very active across the Atlantic Basin as three named storms are ongoing at the same time. Also, there’s an area near the Yucatan Peninsula that has a very low threat of developing in the southern Gulf of Mexico as it moves west. This area poses little to no threat for […]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY)- September is National Sickle Cell Awareness month. With the disease affecting between 70,000 to 80,000 Americans, blood blanks are needing more donations to help save lives. Xiomara Ellis has lived with sickle cell disease all her life. It’s a disease where a person’s red blood cells are C shaped. “They will clot […]
More than 100,000 people cross the San Diego-Tijuana border every day to go to school, work, to see a doctor or to go shopping. The San Ysidro Port of Entry is one of the busiest land-border crossings in the world
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY)- The Lafayette Police Department will be attending next month’s city-parish council meeting to ask for an increase in starting pay. Corporal David Stanley, the president of the Lafayette Police Association says officers are leaving to go to agencies willing to pay more. At $34,600 dollars per year some police officers are saying […]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY)- All K-12 teachers in Louisiana will soon have access to an app allowing them to press a panic button that immediately calls 911 and notifies first responders and school staff in the event of an emergency.It’s called the Rave Mobile Safety App. Lafayette Parish School System says this app will add extra […]
EUNICE, La. (KLFY)- UPDATE: The temporary mobile unit will be opening outside the post office to assist customers. The mobile unit will provide a window service to distribute packages to customers who arrive with valid ID. ORIGINAL: Eunice residents have been going to their city’s post office all day on Monday only to be greeted […]
An Army soldier serving in Kansas shared bomb-making instructions online and discussed killing activists and bombing a news network, the Justice Department contends. According to a criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District Court of Kansas, the Army solider spoke with an undercover FBI agent on the Telegram messenger app, where he relayed instructions on […]
A Lake Charles woman was arrested after four children – all age 4 or under – were found at home alone, authorities said. The children – ages 4, 2, 1, and 3 months – were locked in a bedroom with no air conditioner running, according to Kim Myers, spokeswoman for the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office. […]