The music lineup for this year’s Acadiana Po-boy Festival has been released. This year the festival celebrates its 5th anniversary. Headlining this year is Keith Frank and the Soileau Zydeco Band. Joining him on stage will be Gerald Gruenig & Gentilly Zydeco, Major Handy, The Daiquiri Queens, Russell Cormier’s Homegrown Reggae, DG & The Freetown […]
BENNETTSVILLE, SC (WBTW) – A school bus driver had to be airlifted to a hospital after a crash involving an 18-wheeler Thursday in Marlboro County. Marlboro County School District Superintendent Dr. Gregory McCord tells News13 the crash happened on Beauty Spot Road in Bennettsville. The female school bus driver had to be cut out of […]
Since the beginning of 2010 and the decline of the oil and gas industry, the Lafayette economy has worked to diversify itself. “Oil and gas are very important to us but we have to diversify,” says Greg Gautreaux, CEO of Lafayette Economic Development Authority (LEDA). According to our media partners at the Daily Advertiser, Total […]
HOUSTON (KETK) – A massive explosion in Houston early Friday morning has devastated a neighborhood. According to our NBC affiliate KPRC, the explosion happened just after 4:20 a.m. and that nearly every home in the area had extensive damage to their homes. A video of the explosion was captured on a window camera by a […]
LAFAYETTE, LA — A candlelight vigil originally planned to pray for Matthew Carter’s healing was transformed into an occasion to remember his life. The vigil started at 4 P.M., but Long afterward friends gathered around his former parking spot. It’s become a memorial much like the one Thursday. “You just never would have thought that […]
LAFAYETTE, LA — A candlelight vigil originally planned to pray for Matthew Carter’s healing was transformed into an occasion to remember his life. The vigil started at 4 P.M., but Long afterward friends gathered around his former parking spot. It’s become a memorial much like the one Thursday. “You just never would have thought that […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A suspect set for trial next month in a series of fires at African American churches in Louisiana is now scheduled for a change-of-plea hearing. Holden Matthews has pleaded not guilty to federal charges arising from the arson fires at south Louisiana churches. However, a court filing Thursday says a plea-change […]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — A Lafayette man is facing a hate crime charge after police say he reportedly vandalized a local hookah bar with a racial slur. James Verrett, 23, of Lafayette, was charged with hate crimes and simple criminal damage to property after detectives located him at a local residence. Verrett allegedly spray-painted the […]
NEW IBERIA, La. (KLFY)- Three New Iberia men are being called heroes after saving an elderly man trapped inside his burning home Tuesday. “I was right here, beating on the wall just trying to find out where he is. I just heard a faint voice, and the gentleman said that he cannot get out,” Gerard […]
IOTA, La. (KLFY) — Acadia Parish School Board officials have announced that Iota Elementary, Middle, and High Schools will be closed Friday due to ongoing threat investigations. Classes were also canceled Thursday. Francis Catholic announced that its campus would be closed Friday. The school closures come after a series of bomb threats were made on […]