LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) – Social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic can cause serious health issues for senior citizens. Poor social relationships were associated with a 29% increase in the risk of coronary heart disease and a 32% rise in the risk of stroke according to the Health Resources and Services Administration. “We are all having some […]
Warm and windy weather is coming this Wednesday along with increasing rain chances for Acadiana. High temperatures this afternoon will be back in the low to mid 80s as south winds gust to near 30 mph. Scattered rain is possible for the second half of the day before storms become likely tonight into Thursday morning. […]
CENTRAL, La. (BRPROUD)– Pastor Tony Spell addressed his supporters in front of East Baton Rouge Parish Prison after posting bail on Tuesday. Spell was arrested Tuesday morning after a warrant was issued stemming from an incident on Sunday that was caught on video. The video allegedly shows Spell backing up a church bus toward a […]
LSU could break a handful of NFL Draft records this upcoming weekend. Most notably, LSU could tie, or move ahead of, the record for most draft picks from a single school in the 1st Round (6) and most during the entirety of a draft (12). The school record for most in a draft is nine. […]
LAFAYETTE, La. — The Lafayette Parish and City Councils are already making tough decisions to shuffle funding in the midst of COVID-19. The question each councilman and councilwoman tried to answer in their first meeting in over a month is what’s an essential service and what can be done to afford them. “Times like this […]
ST. LANDRY PARISH, La. (KLFY) Tragic news out of St. Landry Parish. 25 of 28 COVID-19 related deaths are connected to area nursing homes. An unusual stat line shared by the Office of Public Health because the deaths are concentrated in assisted living facilities. When the Department of Health gave the daily coronavirus numbers Monday, […]
OPELOUSAS, La. (KLFY)- Doctors are looking for new and less invasive ways to help patients as COVID-19 continues to spread across the state. One of those new treatments is happening at Opelousas General Hospital. It’s called hyperbaric oxygen treatment. Dr. Kelly Thibodeaux with Opelousas General says, “The thing we see with severe COVID-19 patients is […]