IBERIA, PARISH, La. (KLFY)- #emptytheshelter is in full swing! News Tens Caroline Marcello sat down with Sonia Tauzin from the IPAC to talk about their reduced adoption fees during this event. All animals can be seen at petango.com/IPAC. If you see an animal you’d like to adopt and add to your family, please fill out […]
LAFAYETTE, La. –Regional chamber of commerce, One Acadiana, released its “Workplace Readiness Playbook,” a comprehensive guide for businesses on reopening physical workplaces as stay-at-home restrictions are lifted. This follows the creation of the organization’s Economic Recovery Toolkit and the launch of its user-friendly guide to the Louisiana business community’s “Safe at Work” framework. “We were pleased with Governor Edwards announcement […]
LAFAYETTE, La. (UL)- The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is so proud of Spring 2020 graduates that it plans to applaud them twice this week. Graduates will be recognized first during virtual commencement ceremonies on Friday, May 15. Individual ceremonies for the University’s eight academic colleges and the Graduate School can be accessed starting at […]
The National Hurricane Center is expecting an area of low pressure to develop this weekend near the Bahamas. Conditions within the environment should allow for further development as this disturbance moves further northeast, away from the east coast of the United States. Currently, the NHC is placing a 50% chance this will develop into at […]
(CNN WIRE/NEXT MEDIA WIRE/KLFY) – Hurricane season is fast approaching and it is likely to be active — maybe even an extremely active — season. “Nearly all seasonal projections that have been issued by various agencies, institutions and private forecasting companies call for this season to be quite busy,” meteorologist Taylor Ward says. Almost all […]
The government’s leading infectious disease expert says he intends to warn the nation Tuesday that “needless suffering and death” will result from a rushed reopening of the economy.
Police have arrested a man connected to a weekend shooting in Lafayette. Chad Credeur, 38, is charged with Attempted Second Degree Murder. The suspect is accused of shooting a man on Saturday in the 400 block of Lourdes Street in Lafayette. Police say the it began with a verbal altercation between the victim and the […]
This morning could be the last “cool” morning Acadiana see until fall as temperatures are starting your Tuesday in the upper 50s. Warmer and breezy returns for the afternoon as highs will range in the low to mid 80s. There will be a bit more cloud coverage along with a touch of humidity today. Rain […]
PORT BARRE, La. (KLFY)- Authorities say a Port Barre police officer has confessed to engaging in sexual activity with a woman he pulled over. The officer allegedly offered the woman leniency for a traffic violation in exchange for sexual favors. The woman says she was pulled over for speeding on U.S. 190, and the officer […]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — Blood banks are running short on supply as fewer people have donated during the stay at home order. Our Lady of Lourdes Blood Center says they need donors now more than ever after the COVID-19 pandemic limited their blood supply. “We can take somebody today,” said Our Lady of Lourdes Blood […]
DALLAS, Texas (NEXSTAR) — While most of the country has started the process of reopening, a majority of people surveyed in three U.S. states aren’t yet ready to return to restaurants and gyms, according to new polling from Nexstar Media Group and Emerson College. People in Texas, California and Ohio indicated they aren’t ready to […]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) – Lafayette’s City-Parish government buildings will be reopening on Monday, May 18 at 25% of the building’s occupancy after the announcement that the state’s stay-at-home order will be lifted on Friday. Lafayette City-Parish Mayor-President Josh Guillory said his number one priority for the next few days will be getting more detailed guidance […]
ACADIA PARISH, La. (KLFY) The Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office will re-open its lobby area at its main office on Capitol Road beginning at 8 a.m. Tuesday, May 12. The reopening, following a closure because of the coronavirus caused COVID-19 global pandemic, comes with some changes. To enter the building beyond the lobby will require that […]