LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — Lafayette Parish’s former school superintendent was arrested on New Year’s Eve and charged with obscenity. According to the Lafayette Police Department’s booking report, Burnell F. Lemoine, 74, of Lafayette, was arrested at around 12:40 p.m. after he intentionally exposed his penis to an undercover agent. The arrest occurred in the 1400 […]
SCOTT, La. (KLFY) — A Vincent Drive residence sustained major attic damage after officials say improperly discarded fireworks led to a fire. Scott Fire Department firefighters responded to a call at around 12:42 a.m. today (Jan. 1) in the 200 block of Vincent Drive. Upon arrival, there was fire and smoke pouring through the roof […]
The start of 2020 will remain seasonably cool across Acadiana with temperatures nearing 60° for the afternoon after a chilly morning. Skies have already turned mostly cloudy and we could see a few showers late in the day but I think most of New Year’s Day will remain dry. A disturbance moving in from the […]
MIDLAND, LA — On a night communities around the world came together to ring in the new year, the small town of Midland, Louisiana, gathered to mourn. 19-years-old’s Kylan Mier and Dante Lacomb both died in a single-vehicle car crash Sunday while taking exit 76 on I-10 westbound. Authorities say Mier’s car veered off the […]
(CBS) — The United States will send approximately 750 troops to the Middle East “in response to recent events in Iraq,” Defense Secretary Mark Esper announced Tuesday. The announcement comes less than a day after an estimated 6,000 protesters stormed the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, smashing a door and setting fire to a reception area. Esper said he […]
(CNN) — Losing weight, quitting smoking, saving money — just some of the most popular new year’s resolutions. But how do you make them stick? Every year starts out with the best intentions — to become your best self. But, according to a 2015 story from US News and World Report, 80 percent of new […]
EUNICE, La. (KLFY)- Eunice Police Chief Randy Fontenot says the the police department always has problems with people shooting bullets into the air on New Year’s Eve. “For those who like to discharge firearms at midnight, I’d like to warn them that what comes up must come down, and those bullets are just as dangerous […]
Louisiana law enforcement agencies have a message for New Year’s Eve revelers. The zero tolerance policy on impaired driving will get extra attention tonight. In fact, there’s to be more manpower on the streets to help with enforcement. State Trooper First Class Thomas Gossen says every 12 hours in Louisiana there’s a family grieving the […]
Carley McCord Ensminger, who died in Saturday’s Lafayette plane crash, is being remembered not only for her sports broadcasting career but for another facet of her life. Carley competed in the Miss Louisiana Organization pageant for five years. She was the first runner up twice and held five local titles around the state.Many women in the […]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — Lafayette Consolidated Government will break ground on its new animal shelter on Friday, Jan. 3, 2020 at 410 N. Dugas Road, and the public is invited to attend. The event will take place at 10 a.m. Parking for the event will be staged nearby at the Lafayette Fire Training Center at […]
BATON ROUGE (The Advertiser)— On Monday morning, LSU football coach Ed Orgeron was told by assistant Ya’el Lofton that “The President’s on the phone” as Orgeron was beginning preparations to play Clemson for the national championship on Jan. 13 in New Orleans. “I thought it was the president of the university,” Orgeron said of outgoing LSU president F. King […]
LAFAYETTE, La (KLFY) — United States Postal Service officials have announced that the Energy Center Post Office will reopen Friday, Jan. 3 after it was closed by last weekend’s plane crash. The post office at 455 Feu Follet Road will resume retail hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. The facility will […]
People all around the world marked the end of 2019 and the arrival of 2020 with massive parties and fireworks.
JENNINGS, La. (KLFY)- Officers with the Jennings Police Department are searching for three identified suspects wanted in connection with an investigation into multiple burglaries. Investigators have issued arrest warrants for Donovan Kratzer, Isaac Gotreaux III and Cody Comeaux. In November and December officers and investigators have been working multiple burglary incidents around the city, the […]
MAMOU, La. (KLFY) — A Catholic Funeral Mass for Robert Vaughn Crisp II, 59, will be held at 10:30 a.m. at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Mamou on Friday, Jan. 3, 2020. Vaughn was one of five victims who were killed in Saturday’s plane crash in Lafayette. The family has requested that visitation be observed […]