LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) Lafayette Police say they found a woman who had been shot early Wednesday morning in the 100 Blk of Harrison St. Public Information Officer Sgt. Wayne Griffin said officers were responding to a disturbance call involving a firearm around 3 a.m. The victim was able to drive away from the scene and […]
(CBS SPORTS) — It’s not often that an NFL receiver will publicly call out his quarterback for something, but that’s exactly what Michael Thomas did to Drew Brees on Wednesday. The Saints receiver clearly wasn’t happy after seeing an interview that Brees did with Yahoo Finance. During the interview, the Saints quarterback was asked what his thoughts were on the subject […]
LAFAYETTE, La.- SLEMCO said it is prepared for possible outages from Tropical Storm Cristobal as it moves north through the Gulf of Mexico. Official tracking has the storm making landfall somewhere along Louisiana’s coastline late on Sunday. The company said it is prepared for the restoration process. SLEMCO is urging all customers to make plans […]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors are charging a Minneapolis police officer accused of pressing his knee against George Floyd’s neck with second-degree murder, and for the first time will level charges against three other officers at the scene, a newspaper reported Wednesday. Widely seen bystander video showing Floyd’s May 25 death has sparked sometimes violent protests […]
BATON ROUGE, La. (Gov. John Bel Edwards’ Office)- State officials announced an e-commerce initiative to boost the online performance of Louisiana’s small businesses. The goal of LASmallBizOnline.com – with support from Shopify, is to make Louisiana businesses more competitive during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. “Small businesses are playing a critical role in Louisiana’s recovery from the […]
NEW ORLEANS, La. (WWL-TV) — Saints and Pelicans owner Gayle Benson has announced the creation of a player-lead group to address injustice following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Saints All-pro linebacker and activist Demario Davis, Pelicans’ guard and NBA veteran J.J. Redick and young star Lonzo Ball will comprise the ‘Social Justice Leadership […]
Tropical Storm Cristobal formed yesterday and continues to spin slowly within the Bay of Campeche today. This system is expected to weaken over the next 48 hours as it makes its first landfall in southern Mexico, bringing devastating flooding to the region. At the end of the week, Cristobal will begin its track northward towards […]
LAFAYETTE, La. — Continued cuts within the Lafayette Consolidated Government (LCG) is a cause for one department leader to part ways with the administration. Lafayette is expected to go through $28M its $50M savings account this year because of an $18M deficit in the annual budget and $10M in expected losses due to COVID-19 and […]
(KLFY) His random act of kindness is getting praise all across social media. Tim Borel of New Iberia says on Sunday, May 31 he found a mother and daughter stranded on I-10 near Baton Rouge with a flat tire. He says they had been there for more than 30 minutes and no one stopped to […]
ABBEVILLE, La. (KLFY) Abbeville police are investigating a homicide that happened early Tuesday on East Oak St. The victim’s family has identified him as 20-year-old Aaron Wallace. They say Wallace was walking home Tuesday morning while they sat inside, not more than a block away. They waited for a knock on the door. Instead, they […]
View this post on Instagram ATTENTION LAFAYETTE THIS IS FOR YOUR SAFETY‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️ If you know this man please speak up. Call the number and report this. The police are being passive and this man needs to be arrested. First people trying to run us over now THIS. Let’s get this man in jail. #UL #ragincajuns […]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) A local doughnut shop wants to re-purpose your weekend rally posters. The owners of Rickey Meche’s Doughnut King on West Willow Street in Lafayette say they want to collect as many posters as possible from the weekend rally and protest against police brutality, to make a monument on the grounds of […]
ST. MARY PARISH, La. (KLFY) A Baldwin woman was found inside her vehicle over the weekend with a gunshot wound to the head. Karlnita’s Mark was rushed to a local hospital where she later succumb to her injuries. Now, her mother and father say they will not rest until the person who shot their daughter […]
*WARNING: Some of the images and video footage may be disturbing to viewers. VERMILION PARISH, La. (KLFY)- Ali Dudding was playing outside when she was violently attacked by a neighbor’s dog. “There was a lot of blood. Her forehead was sliced, bites to her hand, some puncture wounds behind the ear and on the face,” […]