LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — Doctors in Acadiana are looking to one of the latest weapons in their arsenal to treat the most critically ill patients, and it involves people who have already recovered. ”I think as physicians we feel ethically and philosophically as patients and we want to offer them some sort of hope.” So […]
Team partners with 19 Thanks in video tribute to essential workers promoting statewide virtual event on May 19 at 7 p.m. Baton Rouge – (May 15, 2020, press release) – The New Orleans Saints have partnered with nonprofit 19 Thanks to salute essential workers across Louisiana in a new online video featuring three members of the Saints football team – […]
BROUSSARD, La. (KLFY)- Tattoo shops across Acadiana are speaking out about not being included in phase one of Governor John Bel Edwards’ plan to re-open Louisiana’s economy. Tattoo artists say they have clients with H.I.V., AIDS, Tuberculosis, Hepatitis C, and other bloodborne pathogens often in their profession, and they’re wondering why COVID-19 is any different. […]
OPELOUSAS, La. — The St. Landry Parish nightly curfew expired Friday, May 15. at 6 a.m. The parish-wide curfew was put in place in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in conjunction with the governor’s stay-at-home Order that has also expired. The parish government will begin reopening face-to-face operations in many of its offices next week. […]
ST. MARY PARISH, La. (KLFY)- A 64-year-old woman is at the center of a theft/forgery investigation in the Amelia area. According to the St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office, Ava Hirstiuf, of Napoleonville, was arrested Thursday morning. On April 21, 2020, SMPSO detectives met with a local business owner who stated that someone had stolen money […]
CROWLEY, La. (KLFY)- The Crowley Police Department is investigating the murder of a male juvenile who was found shot multiple times at the corner of West 10th Street and Western Avenue shortly after midnight Friday morning. Upon their arrival, officers observed a juvenile male victim laying on the ground with multiple gun shot wounds. Medical […]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY)- Lafayette and New Orleans have been pinned as two cities for COVID-19 contact tracing locations. On Friday, Governor John Bel Edwards and the Louisiana Department of Health outlined a plan for COVID-19, testing and tracking that would hire as many as 700 Louisianans to serve as “contact tracers,” interviewing and advising people […]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY)- With Louisiana beginning phase one of reopening the state Friday, some places still won’t be allowed to fully reopen to the public. According to the state director for AARP Louisiana, there will be no changes to nursing homes and assisted living facilities. They will still have to abide by the ‘no visitation’ […]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY)- COVID-19 cases have been reported by 197 nursing homes and 77 other adult residential facilities in Louisiana. Over half of Acadiana’s COVID-19 deaths have been nursing home residents. Statewide, one-third of covid-19 deaths have originated inside nursing homes. ”I think in Louisiana, nearly 40% of all COVID-related deaths have come from […]
CROWLEY, La. (KLFY) — Crowley Mayor Tim Monceaux announced that City Hall will have a limited reopening to the public Monday, May 18 at 8 a.m. Regular business hours will be in effect. “The City of Crowley expects to accommodate citizens who wish to enter City Hall; however, we must follow the guidelines of allowing […]
JENNINGS, La. (KLFY)- It started with a traffic stop and the detected the scent of marijuana and ended with the seizure of guns, drugs and cash from inside a home. On Tuesday March 12, 2020, an officer with the Jennings Police Department conducted a traffic stop on a black Dodge Challenger for a traffic offense. […]
OPELOUSAS, La. (KLFY) — An unknown subject fired off roughly 15 rounds earlier today in the 900 block of Bernice St. in Opelousas, but the only victim was a natural gas line outside a home. Opelousas Police Major Mark Guidry said the shots were fired shortly before noon today (May 14) by an unknown assailant […]
CARENCRO, La. (KLFY) — Officials at Carencro High say they want their 2020 graduates to be recognized on their original graduation date, so they’re holding a drive-by parade on May 23 from the school to the Carencro Community Center. Carencro High Principal Mary Qualey released a set of rules Thursday that will allow the parade […]
OPELOUSAS, La. (KLFY)- Four suspects have been arrested in a narcotics investigation that included the seizure of a pound of heroin. The month-long investigation in the Opelousas and Sunset areas ended in a raid by SWAT and narcotics agents on Wednesday, May 13, St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz said. Two juveniles were also taken […]